Moody Decksaloon 54

Name: Moody Decksaloon 54
Brand: Moody

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Moody Decksaloon 54 exterior — Moody

Design

Designer: Dixon Yacht Design
Interior designer: Design Unlimited

Summary

Sailing MonohullSailCE A

Length overall: 56.1 ft
Beam: 17 ft
Draft: 7.7–8.5 ft
Air draft: 82.7 ft
Displacement: 54,454 lb
Sail area (upwind): 1,513 ft²
Cabins: 3–4

* A standard reference image, not the actual boat — shown to help visualise this model's published dimensions.

Best Suited For

Bluewater Cruising
From the published figures: CE Category A · LOA 17.1 m · fresh water 766 L
Liveaboard
From the published figures: LOA 17.1 m · 4 cabins · fresh water 766 L

Tags are derived from certified class, length, sail area, accommodation and tankage using the criteria described on the Sources page; an editor may add or remove one.

Sailing Ratios

Classic yacht-design ratios worked out from the builder's published figures, each shown against the bands designers read it by.

Sail area / displacement

How much sail the boat carries for its weight — its power in light air.

16.9· Cruiser

How it is worked out

sail area (ft²) ÷ (displacement as ft³ of seawater)^⅔

published upwind sail area

Displacement / length

How heavy the boat is for its waterline length. Lower is lighter and quicker; higher is steadier and roomier.

183· Moderate

How it is worked out

displacement (long tons) ÷ (0.01 × waterline length in ft)³

Ballast ratio

The share of the weight carried in the keel — a rough guide to stiffness, though how deep that weight sits matters as much.

26· Low

How it is worked out

ballast ÷ displacement × 100

Comfort ratio

Ted Brewer's measure of how gently a boat moves in a seaway. Higher means a slower, easier motion.

36.4· Moderate offshore

How it is worked out

displacement (lb) ÷ (0.65 × (0.7 × LWL + 0.3 × LOA) × beam^1.333), lengths in ft

Capsize screening

A guide from the inquiry after the 1979 Fastnet race: below 2 was taken as suited to ocean passages. It ignores hull shape and where the ballast sits.

1.80· Below 2

How it is worked out

beam (ft) ÷ (displacement as ft³ of seawater)^⅓

Hull speed

Roughly the speed a displacement hull reaches before it has to climb its own bow wave.

9.6 kn

How it is worked out

1.34 × √(waterline length in ft), in knots

Most builders publish a light displacement. The ratios were defined on a loaded boat, so every boat here reads a little lighter than a surveyor's figure would — all alike, which keeps them comparable.

Tanks

What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.

Fuel and water on one scale: a tank twice the height holds twice as much.

Fuel138 gal
Water202 gal

Design Category

Certified CE design category A (Ocean): the wind and waves the EU Recreational Craft Directive says this boat is designed to take.

D
Sheltered waters
Wind
up to Beaufort 4
Waves
up to 0.3 m
C
Inshore
Wind
up to Beaufort 6
Waves
up to 2 m
B
Offshore
Wind
up to Beaufort 8
Waves
up to 4 m
AThis boat
Ocean
Wind
above Beaufort 8
Waves
above 4 m

Design limits set by the EU Recreational Craft Directive (2013/53/EU), in significant wave height. A category covers the conditions of those below it. It is the limit the boat was designed to, not a promise that it is safe in any conditions within it — that judgement stays with the skipper.

Show the builders' own words

A figure marked with a quote mark was read from the builder's page. Open it for the exact line, the page and the date.

Dimensions

LOA: 56.1 ft (17.1 m)
Hull length: —
LWL: 51 ft (15.55 m)
Beam: 17 ft (5.19 m)
Draft (min): 7.7 ft (2.34 m)
Draft (max): 8.5 ft (2.6 m)
Air draft: 82.7 ft (25.22 m)
Displacement: 54,454 lb (24,700 kg)
Ballast: 14,065 lb (6,380 kg)
Cabins: 3–4
Heads: —
Berths: —

Sail Plan

Main sail: 862 ft² (80.1 m²)
Jib: 651 ft² (60.5 m²)
Genoa: 1,098 ft² (102 m²)
Sail area: 1,513 ft² (140.6 m²)
Downwind sail area: 2,377 ft² (220.8 m²)
Rig type: —

Engine and Tanks

Engine: 150 hp
Engine count: —
Engine manufacturer: —
Propulsion type: —
Fuel capacity: 138 gal (522 L)
Fresh water capacity: 202 gal (766 L)
Black water capacity: —

Construction

Mast material: —
Hull material: —
Deck material: —
Keel type: —
Rudder type: —
Steering wheels: —

Builder's Own Figures

Rig I: 21.41 m
Rig P: 20.70 m
Rig E: 7.10 m
Displacement option: 24.90 t
Rig J: 6.40 m

Figures read fromthe builder's page

About Moody

Premium production

British builder of deck saloon sailing yachts, founded in Swanwick in 1827 and owned by Germany's HanseYachts AG since 2007.

The Moody yard traces back to the 19th century; in 1935 the founder's grandson Alexander Herbert Moody, trained in shipbuilding from his youth, turned the family business from repairs to building sailing yachts. Moody introduced its first deck-saloon yacht, the Carbineer 46, in 1969, built its last wooden deck saloon, the Frederick Parker-designed Swan Dancer, in 1970, and in 1972 launched the Moody 44, the first yacht to carry the founder's name, with teak decks, a generous centre cockpit and wheel steering. When the oil crisis of the 1970s hit, the brand formed a partnership in 1973 with Marine Projects (Plymouth) Ltd that, guided by designers such as Bill Dixon and Angus Primrose, produced 39 models from 27 to 64 feet and 4,233 boats over three decades. In 2005 the founding family entrusted the marque to Premier Marinas in Swanwick, production paused briefly, and in 2007 HanseYachts AG acquired the brand and began building Moody deck-saloon and aft-cockpit yachts again.

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The Moody Range

Every model Moody publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.

Moody Decksaloon 54· this model56.1 ft
Moody Decksaloon 4850.6 ft
Moody Decksaloon 4141.1 ft

By the Same Designers

Boats this boat's designers also drew, for other builders too. Credits are grouped only where the names clearly agree, however each builder spelled them; an unclear one is left out.