Moody 54

Fantastically well-equipped and much-updated example of the very popular Bill Dixon designed Moody 54 centre cockpit blue water cruising yacht. Offering the ideal combination of performance, comfort and capability.

FURTHER BROKER’S COMMENTS:

Launched in 2002, LADY MAYFAIR is a very high specification Moody 54 fitted out for long-term liveaboard blue water cruising.

With just three owners since new, and sold to her current owners by Grabau International, LADY MAYFAIR was originally based in the Mediterranean before being shipped back to the UK following an aborted ARC adventure in 2006 (abandoned before the start due to health issues) which then saw her used only lightly in around the Solent until her sale by Grabau International to her second owners in 2014 who based her in London completing a refit before moving down to the Mediterranean a few seasons later. Sold to her current owners in July 2021 as a replacement for their Hylas 46, LADY MAYFAIR cruised in Mediterranean waters, initially as a full-time liveaboard and latterly for seasonal cruising with her being laid up ashore during the out seasons with professional maintenance as required. During this most recent ownership, LADY MAYFAIR has benefitted from further and considerable refit and improvements to keep her 100% up to date and ready to go.

LADY MAYFAIR boasts one of the best specifications we have seen, with her highlights including:-
• 3-cabin, 2-head layout with fantastic owner’s cabin aft and guest cabins forward.
• Shoal draft 1.80m draft keel
• Coppercoat antifouling
• Cutter rig with electric genoa and staysail furling
• Self-tacking staysail
• Standing rigging replaced 2023
• Inmast furling mainsail
• Teak decks
• Davits with tender and outboard
• Solid spray-screen plus large bimini
• Summer and winter cockpit enclosures
• Yanmar 110hp engine
• Bowthruster
• Maxprop propeller with rope cutter
• LiFePO4 house batteries with Victron Skyla battery charger
• Onan 11kw generator
• Victron Inverter
• Solar panel array on stern gantry with Victron MPPT charge controller
• Schenker Zen 50 24vDC watermaker
• 220vAC reverse-cycle air-conditioning
• Eberspacher diesel heating
• 24vDC ventilation fans
• Washing machine and spin dryer
• Fridge and freezer
• Electric heads
• Fusion BlueTooth entertainment system
• Raymarine instrument package with newly-replaced Axiom Pro plotters in cockpit and chart table,
• HD radar and night-vision engine room camera
• Vesper Cortex VHF with DSC and AIS transceiver
• Icom SSB
• Highfield RIB with Tohatsu outboard
• Davits
• Passarelle

UK Part 1 registered, and deemed EU VAT paid thanks to her original VAT paid status (paid to Moody Yachts at build), and location in Real Club Maritim de Barcelona on 31st December 2020, LADY MAYFAIR is available for immediate delivery.

RECENT REFIT HISTORY:

2026
• Life raft serviced
• New Raymarine Axiom Plus 9 installed at nav table
• Raymarine autopilot unit serviced
• Dometic Vacuflush heads serviced
• Freezer serviced
• New custom fender covers

2025
• New Raymarine Axiom Pro 12 S in cockpit
• 4 new Duracell heavy duty 120Ah, 800 CCA service batteries
• EPIRB serviced
• New dodger/sprayhood, with Stratoglass, and bimini
• Victron control systems evaluated and optimized
• New Wema blackwater tank sender and gauge
• Grey water discharge pump replaced
• Galley tap replaced

2024
• New Coppercoat, 6+ coats applied according to manufacturer's specs
• Installed a galvanic isolator
• Replaced Vesper Cortex AIS/VHF with a new unit

2023
• New Tohatsu 9.8hp outboard
• Anchor chain re-galvanized
• New Ultra stainless steel 45kg anchor
• New standing rigging
• Bamar furler motors stripped and serviced
• New Elvstrom mainsail
• Engine gearbox removed and serviced, new tachometer
• Installed stainless steel arch on aft deck with 4 solar panels (940w)
• Installed Victron unit to control, regulate power output from solar panels
• Installed 4 LiFePO4 batteries, for house use (24v)
• New Victron Phoenix inverter (24v/3,000w)
• New cockpit summer enclosure

2022
• New Bamar Genoa furling motor and control unit
• New Raymarine i70 unit (depth, wind,etc.)
• New Caframo Sirrocco fans in 4 cabins
• New Highfield Classic 290 RIB
• New Victron Skyla 24v battery charger
• Magma gas BBQ on aft rail
• New 24vDC high pressure fresh water pump
• New bilge alarm system for main bilge
• Gas line and regulator replaced

2021
• New running rigging, most with Dynema core
• New windlass motor
• New lifelines
• New masthead VHF antenna and Windex
• New Schenker Zen 50 Watermaker
• New Victron battery charger for engine and generator batteries

2019
• GN Espace Levante 4-burner gimballed gas cooker with oven

OWNER’S COMMENTS:

LADY MAYFAIR was purchased as a comfortable, roomier, blue-water boat to replace our Hylas 46, in which we had crossed the Atlantic and cruised the Med. She is a strong reliable, good performing boat, readily sailed by a husband and wife team. For a few years we were live-aboards, but more recently we became seasonal sailors, although still enjoying the multi-cultural sailing communities we met en route. The cruising waters of the east coast of Spain, the Balearics, Tunisia, Malta, Crete, Turkey, Cyprus, Greece, Albania, Montenegro and Croatia were readily navigated with ease in her. Installing an efficient watermaker and solar panels has enabled us to live ‘off grid’ and explore a less beaten track. Unfortunately, age and medical concerns have forced us to offer the boat for sale while we plan to explore land-based opportunities.

MANUFACTURER’S COMMENTS:

Stiff, immensely strong, yet light enough to maintain optimum performance across the full range of ocean cruising conditions, the Moody 54 has been designed without compromise. The balance and power of her underwater sections and lead keel give superb sail carrying and stability for swift passage times.

This sparkling performance is complemented by her ease of handling by two people. Standard equipment includes furling for all sails, electrically powered primary winches and a 10hp bow thrusters. Her powerful sail plan, on Seldens triple spreader rig, includes a cutter rig with self-tacking stay sail.

The Moody 54’s raised saloon is a delight. Spacious, warm and inviting, natural light floods in through its side and forward facing windows. There are up to seven comfortable berths, with three luxuriously proportioned private cabins. The large owner’s stateroom includes full en suite facilities, a separate shower stall and generous wardrobe space.

The large galley is equipped with the catering and refrigeration facilities necessary for long periods at sea. There is a large chart area, elegantly appointed throughout.