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.
Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 39 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.
1.77 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
223 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.
16.6 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.
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.
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