Moody 346 for sale in Chatham United Kingdom

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Moody 346 for sale in Kent

The Moody 346 is a well-built coastal cruiser with good sea keeping qualities, offering 6 berths in 2 cabins and saloon. This Moody 346 features several improvements, including:

• New engine fitted in 2010
• New three-bladed folding propeller with only 468 hours
• Cutlass bearing replaced in 2020
• New mainsail in 2022
• 50 meters of anchor chain replaced in 2023
• New Isotherm 12V fridge in 2024
• 2022 Raymarine Chart plotter with electronic charts
• 180 Litre freshwater capacity
• 40 Litre holding tank
• New TV
• Upgraded cockpit speakers

A previous 2022 survey is available upon viewing. The owner is selling as he has purchased a larger yacht. A berth at Chatham Marina is available by separate negotiation.

Please call our Kent Office for further information or to arrange a viewing.

Accommodation:

This Moody 346 offers a total of six berths across two cabins and saloon. The forward cabin features:

• Double V-berth with under-berth storage and side shelves
• Wardrobe to starboard and storage cupboard to port
• Opening deck hatch overhead for ventilation and natural light

The saloon consists of an off-centre table with folding leaves to starboard, a booth seating area to starboard, and a settee to port with under-seat stowage and shelves behind the seating area.

The galley is located on the starboard side and features:

• Double stainless-steel sink with pressurized hot and cold water
• Aqua Marine Neptune two-burner gas hob with oven and grill
• 2024 Isotherm 125L 12-volt fridge
• Ample storage space

This Moody 346 has a 180 Litre freshwater capacity and a 40-litre holding tank.

Located to port, the navigation station accommodates full-size charts and includes:

• Ample storage for multiple charts
• Phillips GPS
• VHF and electrical distribution panel

The heads compartment includes:

• Single sink mounted in a vanity unit
• Pressurized hot and cold water with shower attachment
• Built-in shower tray
• Marine toilet
• Mirror

Hot water is supplied by the engine through a calorifier heater with a 240v immersion heater.

Moving aft on the starboard side leads to the rear cabin, which consists of:

• Double berth to port with a new mattress
• Settee to starboard
• Under berth and side shelf storage
• Hanging wardrobe
• Two opening portlights and two large windows for natural light and ventilation

This Moody 346 also features a 2023 TV and radio/CD player with new cockpit speakers that need connecting.

The companionway houses the 2010 Kabota V2203 engine and leads up to a large central cockpit with:

• Bench seating surrounding the wheel steering column
• Compass and engine controls
• Navigation aids such as depth gauge, wind direction, and speed log located above the companionway

Inventory:

Deck Equipment:

• Main Anchor – 35LB CQR – 50M Chain Replaced in 2023
• Windlass – Electric with remote at the helm and forward
• Mainsail Cover
• Sprayhood
• Cockpit Enclosure
• Cockpit Dodgers – Named new 2023
• Bathing Platform
• Boarding ladder
• 8 x Mooring warps
• 4 x Fenders
• Dinghy – Seago
• Davits

Navigation Equipment:

• Steering compass - Plastimo
• Combined Depth & Speed gauge – Clipper new 2024
• Windspeed & Direction - Raymarine
• VHF Radio – DSC – Simrad RD68
• Chartplotter – Raymarine, Elements 7, new 2022
• GPS – Phillips
• Stand-alone Radar – Ratheon LCD
• Autopilot – Autohelm 3000
• Electric Charts - 2022
• Some Paper Charts - 2021
• Radio/CD player - with saloon and cockpit speakers - new 2024
• Navigation lights – Mast & Deck level
• Anchor light
• Clock

Safety Equipment:

• 3 x Fire Extinguishers in saloon
• 2 x Cockpit harness points
• 1 x Fire Blanket
• 1 x Gas alarm
• 2 x Jack Stays
• 3 x Harness points
• 4 x Harnesses
• 4 x Life Jackets
• Deck Light
• 1 x Horseshoe Lifebuoy
• 1 x Danbouy
• MOB Sling
• Life Raft - Lalizas iso 4 man - 2021, Service Due
• EPIRB – new 2023
• Emergency tiller
• 1 x Manual bilge pump
• 2 x Electric bilge pump
• First Aid Kit
• Radar Target Enhancer – See Me

Keel/Hull:

• Fin keel with Skeg rudder and wheel steering

History & Construction:

Built in 1986 by Marine Projects Ltd to a Bill Dixon design, the Moody 346 has a white GRP hull and superstructure with non-slip deck surfaces. She benefits from:

• Fin keel
• Wheel steering with a Skeg rudder
• Self-draining cockpit and anchor well
• Alloy toe rails
• Stainless steel stanchions and pulpit

She was last out of the water from February to April 2024 when the hull was polished, anodes changed, and re-antifouled.

The current owners have enjoyed and maintained the vessel for the last two years and have now bought a larger vessel. A previous November 2022 survey is available upon viewing.

Title Documents & Tax:

When preparing these details, we have seen the following documents:

• Bill of Sale in the Owner's name
• Previous Bills of Sale
• Lloyds Hull Certification
• Receipt from HMRC showing VAT Paid
• Proof of location on the 31^st of December 2020
• Historical British Ships Part Transcripts
• 2021 Survey report
• 2022 Survey report

Mechanical:

Spars & Sails:

This Moody 346 has a Masthead Bermudan Sloop Rig, featuring:

• Deck stepped aluminium Selden mast and boom
• Stainless steel standing rigging replaced in 2013

This vessel is equipped with:

• Profurl, furling headsail
• Slab reef mainsail with lazy jacks and stack pack replaced in 2023
• Manual backstay adjuster
• Running rigging replaced in 2022

Winches:

• 2 x Sheet – Lewmar ST 40 - self-tailing
• 2 x Halyard – Lewmar 7
• 2 x Other – Lewmar 6

Sails:

• 1 x Mainsail – Dacron – 2022 – Excellent Condition
• 1 x Mainsail – Dacron – Age Unknown – Serviceable Condition
• 1 x Genoa – Dacron – Age Unknown – Good Condition
• 1 x Spinnaker/Cruising Shute – Age Unknown – Very Good Condition
• 1 x Storm Jib – Dacron – Age Unknown – Very Good Condition

Mechanical Systems:

This Moody 346 has a single 2010 45HP Kabota V2203 diesel engine, powering a shaft driven three-bladed folding propeller with only 468 hours. The Kabota engine is supplied by a 150-litre capacity plastic fuel tank with Morse controls. This vessel was last serviced in 2023 with a new oil pressure gauge installed in February 2024, and the cutlass bearing was changed in 2020.

This yacht will achieve a cruising speed of 6 knots and a maximum speed of 7 knots.

Electrical Systems:

3 x 12-volt batteries (1 x engine, 110AH 2019 + 2 x Domestic batteries, 110 AH 2019) all charging from the alternator, wind generator, and a 240V Victron Blue battery charger installed in 2024.

This Moody 346 also benefits from a 240-volt shore power connection with a ring main throughout the vessel, along with a 240V inverter and immersion heater.