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Moody Excel 34

Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1999–2001

A rare Bill Dixon-designed masthead sloop built by Prout & Sons, featuring a stiff fin keel and skeg-mounted rudder

Designed by Bill Dixon, built by Prout Catamarans.

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

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 27 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 27
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.92
LightHeavy

242 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 242
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 13.3
TenderStiff

34% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 34%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
33.8%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
13.3
Displacement / length
242.5
Comfort ratio
26.6
Capsize screening
1.92
Hull speed
7.2 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1190
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1999–2001
Designer
Bill Dixon
Builder
Prout Catamarans, Moody Yachts (A. H. Moody, Sons)

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