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Moody 44-1

Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1973–1975

A 1973-1975 masthead sloop with a fin keel and skeg-mounted rudder, built for offshore stability

Designed by Laurent Giles, Partners Ltd & Jack Laurent Giles, built by A. H. Moody.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

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The Moody 44-1, on the water

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Footage from Sailing Nervous- Starting Over!

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 35 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 35
CoastalBluewater

1.73 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.73
LightHeavy

280 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 280
EasygoingPowered-up

14.8 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 14.8
TenderStiff

40% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 40%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

  • Heavier than ~77% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2461 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Moody 44-1, as the fleet has seen it

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The Moody 44-1 is a 13.4-meter masthead sloop designed by Laurent Giles, Partners Ltd. and built by A. H. Moody, Son Ltd. and Halmatic between 1973 and 1975. With a fin keel and rudder on skeg, it displaces 11,177 kg and has a 2.0-meter draft, though a shoal draft version with a 1.75-meter draft was also available. The Moody 44-1 was built with a heavy-displacement hull, prioritizing offshore capability and storm-worthiness. It is noted for its roomy layout, and it was available as either a sloop or a ketch.4:00 The Moody 44-1 is considered a bluewater sailboat, alongside models like the Amel Maramu 46 and the Hylas 44.0:45

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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On the water

The Moody 44-1 on video

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
39.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
14.8
Displacement / length
279.9
Comfort ratio
35.3
Capsize screening
1.73
Hull speed
7.8 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1528
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1973–1975
Units built
18
Designer
Laurent Giles, Partners Ltd, Jack Laurent Giles
Builder
A. H. Moody, Son Ltd, Halmatic

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Moody 44-2A 13.4-metre cruiser with a shallow 1.5-metre draft and a high ballast-to-displacement ratio for stable performanceMoody 52A 15.77-metre ketch with a long keel and a high comfort ratio, designed for stable, heavy-displacement blue-water cruisingMoody 47A 14-metre masthead sloop with a 40% ballast ratio, engineered for stability and offshore passage-makingMoody 46A Bill Dixon-designed cutter with a fin keel and spade rudder, built for comfortable, stable blue-water cruisingMoody 34A 1980s mid-sized cruiser with a 40% ballast ratio, designed for stability and predictable handling in coastal watersMoody 36-1A 1977-1981 masthead sloop with a skeg-mounted rudder, designed for coastal stability and predictable handling

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