Moody 54

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The Moody 54, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from SEILmagasinet

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 narrow beam gives 35 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 35

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.81

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 201

EasygoingPowered-up

16.6 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 16.6

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.

Heavier than ~88% of boats her size on file
Draws less than ~86% of boats her size on file
Beamier than ~87% of boats her size on file

Compared with 1250 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Moody 54, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Moody 54 is a 16.4-meter cutter-rigged sailboat designed by Bill Dixon and built by A. H. Moody, Son Ltd. and Moody Yachts between 2000 and 2004. It features a fin keel with a rudder on a skeg, a beam of 4.8 meters, a draft of 1.8 meters, and a displacement of 20017 kg. Alex Rosén, a Norwegian sailor known for Arctic voyaging and offshore racing, is considering a Moody 54 for long-distance family cruising, specifically favoring its deck saloon configuration for offshore passages.35:53

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Who's been looking

Market signal

Crews the fleet has filmed weighing this model up — no sale seen, and no asking price.

1channel weighed buying one

Alex is considering buying a Moody 54 for long-distance cruising.
from SEILmagasinetseen March 2025watch

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

33.9%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Cutter

Ratios

SA / displacement

16.6

Displacement / length

201.4

Comfort ratio

35.3

Capsize screening

1.81

Hull speed

9.1 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

2621

Hull

Hull type

Fin with rudder on skeg

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

2000–2004

Units built

55

Designer

Bill Dixon

Builder

A. H. Moody, Son Ltd, Moody Yachts (A. H. Moody, Sons)

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The family

Boats like this

Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

Moody 46A Bill Dixon-designed cutter with a fin keel and spade rudder, built for comfortable, stable blue-water cruising Moody Yachts 49A Bill Dixon-designed cutter with a high comfort ratio, built for stable and capable long-distance cruising Moody 34A 1980s mid-sized cruiser with a 40% ballast ratio, designed for stability and predictable handling in coastal waters Moody 422A 12.4-metre masthead sloop with a 40% ballast ratio, configured with a skeg-mounted rudder for directional stability Moody 47A 14-metre masthead sloop with a 40% ballast ratio, engineered for stability and offshore passage-making

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