Moody 48 DS
Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · First built 2023
A modern deck saloon cruiser from Bill Dixon featuring a powerful 150hp engine and a versatile shallow draft option
Designed by Dixon Yacht Design & Bill Dixon.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Hull type
- Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder
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The Moody 48 DS, on the water
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Footage from Sailing Northern Brees
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
LivelyComfort 39Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 1.77Bluewater
LightD/L 223Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 16.6Powered-up
A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.
- Heavier than ~94% of boats her size on file
- Beamier than ~92% of boats her size on file
Compared with 1632 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
The living fleet
Sailed by the fleet
Where the fleet has filmed this boat.
The record
Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.6
Displacement / length
223.0
Comfort ratio
38.6
Capsize screening
1.77
Hull speed
9.0 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
2579
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
GRP w/vinylester and balsa sandwich
Ballast type
Cast Iron
Production
Years built
First built 2023
Designer
Dixon Yacht Design, Bill Dixon
Builder
Moody, Hanse Yachts AG, Sons)
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The family
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