Moody 44-2
Price
US $108,000
Currency
Length
44' - 13.41m
Vessel Location
Panamarina
Launch Year
1993
Hull Material
Fibreglass/GRP
Main Description
Bill Dixon Centre Cockpit | Four Sleeping Cabins | 300Ah Lithium and Victron 2024 | TruDesign Seacocks 2023 | Watermaker, Solar and Wind | Coppercoat | Ready to Cruise
The Moody 44 was drawn by Bill Dixon and built by Marine Projects in Plymouth, who built Moody yachts for many years. She is a centre cockpit cruiser of solid, conservative construction, intended for long passages and long stays aboard. The layout gives a proper aft owner's cabin, well separated from the forward accommodation by the engine room. Stowage is generous throughout. The type suits a couple or a family who mean to live aboard and go a long way.
Da Capo was completed in 1993 and is on her third owner. She has been in the Caribbean since around 2010. Her present owners bought her in 2021 and have cruised her as a family liveaboard, laying her up ashore in Panama between seasons. She is offered fully equipped and ready to sail.
Money has been spent where it matters. All thru-hulls and seacocks were replaced with TruDesign composite fittings in 2023. The house bank was renewed in 2024 with 300Ah of lithium, Victron charging and a SmartShunt, supported by 685W of solar and a wind generator. The Perkins Prima M50 received new mounts and a rebuilt starter in January 2026. The Coppercoat dates from 2019 and the dodger and rain-catchment shade cover from 2023.
She already carries what most new owners spend their first season fitting: a Spectra watermaker, Hydrovane self-steering, SSB with Pactor modem, AIS, an Axiom chartplotter, 72 metres of stainless chain and a 12 ft RIB with a 15hp outboard. Her owners have been open about her cosmetic needs and the age of her standing rigging. She shows honest use, not neglect.
Key Features
Moody 44 centre cockpit by Bill Dixon, built 1993 by Marine Projects, Plymouth
Four separate sleeping areas, berths for seven, two heads
Aft owner's cabin with double berth accessible from both sides
TruDesign composite thru-hulls and seacocks throughout (2023)
300Ah lithium house bank with Victron charger, Orion DC to DC charger and SmartShunt (2024)
685W of solar and D400 wind generator (2021)
Spectra watermaker with spare membrane
Hydrovane self-steering, which doubles as an emergency rudder
New Perkins engine mounts and rebuilt starter (January 2026)
Coppercoat antifouling (2019)
Raymarine Axiom 7 chartplotter (2021) and P70 autopilot controller (2025)
Icom IC-M802 SSB with Pactor modem, AIS transponder and Navtex
72 m of 10 mm stainless chain on a 25 kg stainless Delta, plus Fortress and CQR
Apex 12 ft hypalon RIB with Yamaha 15hp outboard
Engine accessible from three sides
Broker's Comments
Well found ocean monohulls in the Caribbean tend to be either tired or heavily priced. Da Capo sits sensibly between the two. The unglamorous and expensive jobs, seacocks, batteries and charging, have been done recently, and her cruising equipment is already aboard and in use. Her owners have been candid about what remains, chiefly cosmetic work and the age of the standing rigging, so a buyer can plan and budget with confidence. Lying in Panama, she is well placed for the San Blas islands, the canal and the Pacific beyond. For a couple or a family wanting a capable ocean cruiser without a long refit list, she deserves a close look.
Full Specification and Inventory
General
Builder: Marine Projects Ltd, Plymouth, England
Designer: Bill Dixon
Model: Moody 44 centre cockpit
Year: 1993
Name: Da Capo
Hull: GRP, built to Lloyd's certification, glassed-in marine ply bulkheads, GRP floors
Deck: GRP with balsa core reinforcement in high-load areas, mechanically fastened and bonded to the hull
Keel: fin keel, rudder on skeg
Flag: Australian (General Register), home port Sydney
Lying: ashore, Panamarina, Caribbean coast of Panama
Dimensions and Tankage
Length overall: 13.41 m (44 ft)
Waterline length: 10.97 m (36 ft)
Beam: 4.17 m (13 ft 8 in)
Draught: 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Fuel: 265 litres (70 US gal)
Fresh water: 302 litres in two polyethylene tanks, interconnected
Holding tank: 42 litres (11 US gal), forward heads
Engine and Propulsion
Perkins Prima M50,50hp, four-cylinder diesel
Hours: approx. 3,420 (combined total of two hour meters)
Hurth 50 gearbox
Gori three-blade folding propeller (2013)
Engine mounts, new Perkins originals (January 2026)
Starter motor rebuilt (January 2026)
Fuel lift pump (2024), raw water pump (2022), heat exchanger (2018), fresh water cooling pump (2015)
90A alternator, spare 70A alternator
Engine room accessible from the port walk-through, the aft heads and the aft cabin
Maintained to the Perkins schedule, maintenance log aboard
Accommodation
Aft owner's cabin with double berth accessible from both sides, seating port and starboard, opening ports and overhead hatch
Forward V-berth cabin with bookshelves and fishing gear stowage
Forward starboard cabin with upper and lower bunks
Port walk-through with single berth and workshop stowage
Saloon with U-shaped settee and folding table to port, seating to starboard
Forward-facing chart table
Forward heads with Raritan electric toilet and holding tank; former shower space converted to shelved stowage
Aft heads with manual toilet and shower
Varnished teak joinery, fans in every cabin
Two steering wheels, the smaller folding wheel stowed below
Galley
Three-burner gimballed propane cooker with oven (2014), US gas fittings
Frigomatic 12V two-compartment fridge and freezer (2013), insulation renewed (2023), spare compressor (2024)
Separate cool box
Worktop renewed (2023)
Stainless double sink, hot and cold pressure water, saltwater foot pump (2021)
Quick BX25 calorifier, heated by the engine
Heating and Air Conditioning
No heating or air conditioning fitted
Fans in every cabin
Electrical
3 x 100Ah Syscom lithium house batteries, 300Ah (2024, owner installed)
Victron 12V 30A charger (2024)
Victron Orion DC to DC charger 30A (2024)
Victron SmartShunt and Lynx distributor (2024)
Balmar SG200 battery monitor (2020)
AGM engine start battery (2025)
Solar: 395W panel (2022) and 2 x 145W panels, 685W total, TriStar MPPT controller
D400 wind generator (2021)
Inverters: Xantrex PROwatt SW 2000W, 110V (2021); Allroundmarin KV-1000,1000W, 230V
Yamaha 800W portable petrol generator
Navigation and Communication
Raymarine Axiom 7 chartplotter (2021)
Raymarine ST70 instrument display
Raymarine P70 autopilot controller (2025) with Type 2 linear drive
Hydrovane VXA2D self-steering with spare vane
Silva steering compass
Spare depth, speed and temperature transducer
NASA Meteoman, Barigo barometer
Standard Horizon VHF with cockpit remote
GME AIS transponder, Class B
Icom IC-M802 SSB with Dragon Pactor modem
NASA Clipper Navtex
Uniden handheld VHF
YellowBrick satellite tracker
Sails
North Sails in-mast furling mainsail
Lucas furling genoa
UK Sails hank-on heavy genoa
Spinnaker
Storm jib
Genoa sheets renewed (2022)
Rigging
Kemp aluminium mast, deck stepped, stainless compression post to the keel
Double swept spreaders, four shrouds each side
In-mast mainsail furling
6 m whisker pole on a forward mast track
Standing rigging renewed 2014, aft stays and selected items renewed 2019
Spreader bases reinforced (2021), chainplates rebedded (2023)
Rig inspected annually since 2021
All sails can be handled from the cockpit
Deck Equipment
Winches: 2 x Lewmar 50 two-speed self-tailing primaries, 2 x Lewmar 30 two-speed self-tailing, Lewmar 40 two-speed self-tailing on the mast, Lewmar 16 and Lewmar 16 self-tailing on the coachroof
Simpson Lawrence Horizon 1000 electric windlass with cockpit control
Stainless bow fitting with twin rollers
Anchors: 25 kg stainless Lewmar Delta, Fortress FX-23,22 kg CQR, dinghy anchor
72 m of 10 mm stainless chain, approx. 100 m of spare nylon warp
Stainless pulpit and pushpit, double guardwires
Aluminium toerail
Lewmar opening hatches
Stainless dinghy davits and outboard crane
Bathing platform with folding ladder and transom shower
Eight fenders, good stock of spare lines
Canvas
Stainless-framed dodger (2023)
Stainless-framed bimini
Full cockpit enclosure with Strataglass windows (2020)
Shade cover with rain catchment over the aft cabin hatch and aft deck (2023)
Safety
Plastimo 6-person liferaft, last serviced December 2022
GME 406 MHz GPS EPIRB
Lifesling and inflatable dan buoy
Four lifejackets, gas cylinders renewed (2022)
Jackstays, radar reflector, grab bag
Flare pistol and flares
Fire extinguishers in every cabin, automatic engine room extinguisher, fire blanket
Smoke alarms
First aid kit
Tender and Watersports
Apex 12 ft hypalon RIB
Yamaha Enduro 15hp two-stroke outboard (approx. 2018)
Spare fuel and water cans
Recent Maintenance
2026: new Perkins engine mounts, starter rebuilt
2025: Raymarine P70 autopilot controller, AGM start battery
2024: lithium house bank and Victron charging, fuel lift pump, spare fridge compressor
2023: TruDesign thru-hulls and seacocks, galley worktop and fridge insulation, dodger, rain-catchment shade cover, chainplates rebedded
2022: raw water pump, 395W solar panel, genoa sheets, lifejacket gas cylinders
2021: Axiom 7 chartplotter, D400 wind generator, Xantrex inverter, galley saltwater pump, spreader bases reinforced
2019: Coppercoat antifouling, aft stays renewed
Invoices for recent work available to serious buyers
Inventory
Extensive spares, filters and tools
Spare fresh water cooling pump, spare 70A alternator, spare fridge compressor, spare watermaker membrane
Spare depth, speed and temperature transducer
Hand pump for fresh water as backup to the pressure system
Sale Notes
Registered on the Australian General Register, official number 859232
The owners are aboard from approx. Late November to mid January, the best time for viewings and sea trials
The owners are willing to spend time aboard with the new owner to hand over her systems
Not included, available by negotiation: Raymarine Quantum radar (fitted, needs rewiring), Starlink, Standard Horizon HX851 and HX890 handheld VHFs, paddle board, spearguns, fishing rod and gear, four harnesses, Musto foul-weather gear, galley inventory, library, pilot books, paper charts, cookery and provisioning books
Owner-disclosed items: some varnish and deck cosmetics due; forward hatch taped and due for replacement; ST70 display requires repair; windlass down solenoid requires replacement; Hydrovane spare vane needs patching; flares out of date
Standing rigging dates from 2014 with later partial renewal. An insurer may require renewal
Disclaimer
Nicolle Associates offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
As always photographs do not do justice so a viewing is highly recommended.
This boat is lying in Panamarina, Panama.
© 2026 Nicolle Associates
Bill Dixon Centre Cockpit | Four Sleeping Cabins | 300Ah Lithium and Victron 2024 | TruDesign Seacocks 2023 | Watermaker, Solar and Wind | Coppercoat | Ready to Cruise
The Moody 44 was drawn by Bill Dixon and built by Marine Projects in Plymouth, who built Moody yachts for many years. She is a centre cockpit cruiser of solid, conservative construction, intended for long passages and long stays aboard. The layout gives a proper aft owner's cabin, well separated from the forward accommodation by the engine room. Stowage is generous throughout. The type suits a couple or a family who mean to live aboard and go a long way.
Da Capo was completed in 1993 and is on her third owner. She has been in the Caribbean since around 2010. Her present owners bought her in 2021 and have cruised her as a family liveaboard, laying her up ashore in Panama between seasons. She is offered fully equipped and ready to sail.
Money has been spent where it matters. All thru-hulls and seacocks were replaced with TruDesign composite fittings in 2023. The house bank was renewed in 2024 with 300Ah of lithium, Victron charging and a SmartShunt, supported by 685W of solar and a wind generator. The Perkins Prima M50 received new mounts and a rebuilt starter in January 2026. The Coppercoat dates from 2019 and the dodger and rain-catchment shade cover from 2023.
She already carries what most new owners spend their first season fitting: a Spectra watermaker, Hydrovane self-steering, SSB with Pactor modem, AIS, an Axiom chartplotter, 72 metres of stainless chain and a 12 ft RIB with a 15hp outboard. Her owners have been open about her cosmetic needs and the age of her standing rigging. She shows honest use, not neglect.
Key Features
Moody 44 centre cockpit by Bill Dixon, built 1993 by Marine Projects, Plymouth
Four separate sleeping areas, berths for seven, two heads
Aft owner's cabin with double berth accessible from both sides
TruDesign composite thru-hulls and seacocks throughout (2023)
300Ah lithium house bank with Victron charger, Orion DC to DC charger and SmartShunt (2024)
685W of solar and D400 wind generator (2021)
Spectra watermaker with spare membrane
Hydrovane self-steering, which doubles as an emergency rudder
New Perkins engine mounts and rebuilt starter (January 2026)
Coppercoat antifouling (2019)
Raymarine Axiom 7 chartplotter (2021) and P70 autopilot controller (2025)
Icom IC-M802 SSB with Pactor modem, AIS transponder and Navtex
72 m of 10 mm stainless chain on a 25 kg stainless Delta, plus Fortress and CQR
Apex 12 ft hypalon RIB with Yamaha 15hp outboard
Engine accessible from three sides
Broker's Comments
Well found ocean monohulls in the Caribbean tend to be either tired or heavily priced. Da Capo sits sensibly between the two. The unglamorous and expensive jobs, seacocks, batteries and charging, have been done recently, and her cruising equipment is already aboard and in use. Her owners have been candid about what remains, chiefly cosmetic work and the age of the standing rigging, so a buyer can plan and budget with confidence. Lying in Panama, she is well placed for the San Blas islands, the canal and the Pacific beyond. For a couple or a family wanting a capable ocean cruiser without a long refit list, she deserves a close look.
Full Specification and Inventory
General
Builder: Marine Projects Ltd, Plymouth, England
Designer: Bill Dixon
Model: Moody 44 centre cockpit
Year: 1993
Name: Da Capo
Hull: GRP, built to Lloyd's certification, glassed-in marine ply bulkheads, GRP floors
Deck: GRP with balsa core reinforcement in high-load areas, mechanically fastened and bonded to the hull
Keel: fin keel, rudder on skeg
Flag: Australian (General Register), home port Sydney
Lying: ashore, Panamarina, Caribbean coast of Panama
Dimensions and Tankage
Length overall: 13.41 m (44 ft)
Waterline length: 10.97 m (36 ft)
Beam: 4.17 m (13 ft 8 in)
Draught: 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Fuel: 265 litres (70 US gal)
Fresh water: 302 litres in two polyethylene tanks, interconnected
Holding tank: 42 litres (11 US gal), forward heads
Engine and Propulsion
Perkins Prima M50,50hp, four-cylinder diesel
Hours: approx. 3,420 (combined total of two hour meters)
Hurth 50 gearbox
Gori three-blade folding propeller (2013)
Engine mounts, new Perkins originals (January 2026)
Starter motor rebuilt (January 2026)
Fuel lift pump (2024), raw water pump (2022), heat exchanger (2018), fresh water cooling pump (2015)
90A alternator, spare 70A alternator
Engine room accessible from the port walk-through, the aft heads and the aft cabin
Maintained to the Perkins schedule, maintenance log aboard
Accommodation
Aft owner's cabin with double berth accessible from both sides, seating port and starboard, opening ports and overhead hatch
Forward V-berth cabin with bookshelves and fishing gear stowage
Forward starboard cabin with upper and lower bunks
Port walk-through with single berth and workshop stowage
Saloon with U-shaped settee and folding table to port, seating to starboard
Forward-facing chart table
Forward heads with Raritan electric toilet and holding tank; former shower space converted to shelved stowage
Aft heads with manual toilet and shower
Varnished teak joinery, fans in every cabin
Two steering wheels, the smaller folding wheel stowed below
Galley
Three-burner gimballed propane cooker with oven (2014), US gas fittings
Frigomatic 12V two-compartment fridge and freezer (2013), insulation renewed (2023), spare compressor (2024)
Separate cool box
Worktop renewed (2023)
Stainless double sink, hot and cold pressure water, saltwater foot pump (2021)
Quick BX25 calorifier, heated by the engine
Heating and Air Conditioning
No heating or air conditioning fitted
Fans in every cabin
Electrical
3 x 100Ah Syscom lithium house batteries, 300Ah (2024, owner installed)
Victron 12V 30A charger (2024)
Victron Orion DC to DC charger 30A (2024)
Victron SmartShunt and Lynx distributor (2024)
Balmar SG200 battery monitor (2020)
AGM engine start battery (2025)
Solar: 395W panel (2022) and 2 x 145W panels, 685W total, TriStar MPPT controller
D400 wind generator (2021)
Inverters: Xantrex PROwatt SW 2000W, 110V (2021); Allroundmarin KV-1000,1000W, 230V
Yamaha 800W portable petrol generator
Navigation and Communication
Raymarine Axiom 7 chartplotter (2021)
Raymarine ST70 instrument display
Raymarine P70 autopilot controller (2025) with Type 2 linear drive
Hydrovane VXA2D self-steering with spare vane
Silva steering compass
Spare depth, speed and temperature transducer
NASA Meteoman, Barigo barometer
Standard Horizon VHF with cockpit remote
GME AIS transponder, Class B
Icom IC-M802 SSB with Dragon Pactor modem
NASA Clipper Navtex
Uniden handheld VHF
YellowBrick satellite tracker
Sails
North Sails in-mast furling mainsail
Lucas furling genoa
UK Sails hank-on heavy genoa
Spinnaker
Storm jib
Genoa sheets renewed (2022)
Rigging
Kemp aluminium mast, deck stepped, stainless compression post to the keel
Double swept spreaders, four shrouds each side
In-mast mainsail furling
6 m whisker pole on a forward mast track
Standing rigging renewed 2014, aft stays and selected items renewed 2019
Spreader bases reinforced (2021), chainplates rebedded (2023)
Rig inspected annually since 2021
All sails can be handled from the cockpit
Deck Equipment
Winches: 2 x Lewmar 50 two-speed self-tailing primaries, 2 x Lewmar 30 two-speed self-tailing, Lewmar 40 two-speed self-tailing on the mast, Lewmar 16 and Lewmar 16 self-tailing on the coachroof
Simpson Lawrence Horizon 1000 electric windlass with cockpit control
Stainless bow fitting with twin rollers
Anchors: 25 kg stainless Lewmar Delta, Fortress FX-23,22 kg CQR, dinghy anchor
72 m of 10 mm stainless chain, approx. 100 m of spare nylon warp
Stainless pulpit and pushpit, double guardwires
Aluminium toerail
Lewmar opening hatches
Stainless dinghy davits and outboard crane
Bathing platform with folding ladder and transom shower
Eight fenders, good stock of spare lines
Canvas
Stainless-framed dodger (2023)
Stainless-framed bimini
Full cockpit enclosure with Strataglass windows (2020)
Shade cover with rain catchment over the aft cabin hatch and aft deck (2023)
Safety
Plastimo 6-person liferaft, last serviced December 2022
GME 406 MHz GPS EPIRB
Lifesling and inflatable dan buoy
Four lifejackets, gas cylinders renewed (2022)
Jackstays, radar reflector, grab bag
Flare pistol and flares
Fire extinguishers in every cabin, automatic engine room extinguisher, fire blanket
Smoke alarms
First aid kit
Tender and Watersports
Apex 12 ft hypalon RIB
Yamaha Enduro 15hp two-stroke outboard (approx. 2018)
Spare fuel and water cans
Recent Maintenance
2026: new Perkins engine mounts, starter rebuilt
2025: Raymarine P70 autopilot controller, AGM start battery
2024: lithium house bank and Victron charging, fuel lift pump, spare fridge compressor
2023: TruDesign thru-hulls and seacocks, galley worktop and fridge insulation, dodger, rain-catchment shade cover, chainplates rebedded
2022: raw water pump, 395W solar panel, genoa sheets, lifejacket gas cylinders
2021: Axiom 7 chartplotter, D400 wind generator, Xantrex inverter, galley saltwater pump, spreader bases reinforced
2019: Coppercoat antifouling, aft stays renewed
Invoices for recent work available to serious buyers
Inventory
Extensive spares, filters and tools
Spare fresh water cooling pump, spare 70A alternator, spare fridge compressor, spare watermaker membrane
Spare depth, speed and temperature transducer
Hand pump for fresh water as backup to the pressure system
Sale Notes
Registered on the Australian General Register, official number 859232
The owners are aboard from approx. Late November to mid January, the best time for viewings and sea trials
The owners are willing to spend time aboard with the new owner to hand over her systems
Not included, available by negotiation: Raymarine Quantum radar (fitted, needs rewiring), Starlink, Standard Horizon HX851 and HX890 handheld VHFs, paddle board, spearguns, fishing rod and gear, four harnesses, Musto foul-weather gear, galley inventory, library, pilot books, paper charts, cookery and provisioning books
Owner-disclosed items: some varnish and deck cosmetics due; forward hatch taped and due for replacement; ST70 display requires repair; windlass down solenoid requires replacement; Hydrovane spare vane needs patching; flares out of date
Standing rigging dates from 2014 with later partial renewal. An insurer may require renewal
Disclaimer
Nicolle Associates offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
As always photographs do not do justice so a viewing is highly recommended.
This boat is lying in Panamarina, Panama.
© 2026 Nicolle Associates
Price
US $108,000
Vessel Name
Da Capo
Boat Reference
3312947
Launch Year
1993
Length
44' - 13.41m
Beam
4.1700m
Draft
1.8000m
Vessel Location
Panamarina
Region
PA
Use
Leisure
Builder
Moody
Hull Material
Fibreglass/GRP
Engine
Perkins Prima M50
50 HP
Fuel Type
Diesel
Engine Hours
3420
Cabins
4
Berths
7
CONTACT DETAILS
Dealer
Nicolle Associates
Telephone
Fax
+44 (0)23 8005 1250
Address
Saltmakers House
Hamble Point Marina
Hamble SOUTHAMPTON England
Hamble Point Marina
Hamble SOUTHAMPTON England
Website
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