Moody S31 Excel | Big Adventure Sailing with Small-Boat Running Costs
This example benefits from several valuable upgrades. These include a new Volvo Penta D1-30 saildrive engine, new heads and holding tank, new autopilot, and new sprayhood and bimini. The engine showed just 94.7 hours in October 2025. It has also received extensive servicing, including new freshwater and seawater pumps, an alternator and belt, an exhaust elbow, and a fully serviced heat exchanger. Free storage until October 2026 adds further value.
She has a white GRP hull, deck, and superstructure with a cast iron fin keel and half skeg rudder. Tiller steering and the aft cockpit layout make her easy to handle. Below deck, the teak interior feels warm and practical. Accommodation is arranged for up to six across two cabins and the saloon, with around 6ft 2in of headroom. The layout includes a Jabsco heads with shower and a well-equipped galley with Dometic cooker, grill and oven, Waeco Dometic fridge, and stainless steel sink.
On deck she is well equipped for relaxed cruising. Lewmar halyard and genoa winches manage sail handling, while a Lofrans electric windlass with two remotes makes anchoring simple. The inventory also includes bow and stern anchors, swimming platform, ladder, deck shower, and passarelle. Navigation equipment features a B&G Vulcan 7-inch chart plotter, Simrad TP32 tillerpilot autopilot, Garmin wind indicator, speed and log instrument, Plastimo bulkhead compass, and ICOM VHF. The sale also includes a 2.40m Freesun tender with Bison NRS 40L electric outboard.
A spacious, well-upgraded cruiser, this Moody 31 Excel offers an ideal platform for affordable Mediterranean sailing and big adventures on a sensible budget.
Construction
White GRP hull
White GRP deck
White GRP superstructure
Cast iron fin keel
Half skeg rudder
Tiller steering
Aft cockpit layout
Machinery
Volvo Penta D1-30 diesel engine
30 hp engine power
1 engine installation
94.7 engine hours recorded October 2025
Saildrive drive type
2-blade fixed propeller
2 litres per hour fuel consumption
Fresh water pump replaced
Sea water pump replaced
Alternator and drive belt replaced
Exhaust elbow replaced
Heat exchanger fully stripped and serviced
Tankage
90 litres fuel capacity
1 fuel tank
180 litres water capacity
2 water tanks
60 litres holding tank capacity
1 holding tank
Electrics
12V onboard voltage
220V onboard voltage
70A alternator charging system
16A shore power connection
VSR charging system with emergency parallel switch
Rig & Sails
Sloop rig
Aluminium Spar
Stainless steel standing riggin
White slab reefed mainsail
White roller furling genoa
Lewmar halyard winches
Lewmar genoa sheet winches
Accommodation
6 berths accommodation
2 cabins layout
2 double berths in cabins
2 saloon berths
1 heads compartment
6 ft 2 in average headroom
Teak interior joinery
Jabsco heads with shower
Domestic
Dometic 2 burner cooker with grill and oven
Waeco Dometic 55 fridge
Stereo system with Bluetooth
Stainless steel sink
2 camping gas bottles installed
Cutlery and crockery included
Deck
Lofrans electric windlass with 2 remotes
10 kg CQR bow anchor with 50 m 8 mm chain
5 kg Danforth stern anchor
Swimming platform
Swimming ladder
Boarding ladder
Deck shower
Pasarelle
Winter mainsail cover
LED tricolour and masthead navigation lights
6 mooring warps
6 fenders
Boat hooks
Navigation
B&G Vulcan 7 inch chart plotter
Simrad TP32 tillerpilot autopilot with SimNet NMEA
Garmin GM110 dual head wind indicator
Speed and log instrument
Plastimo bulkhead compass
ICOM IC-M323G VHF radio
Tenders
2.40 meters Freesun tender
Bison NRS 40L electric outboard
Safety
4 life jackets
1 life buoy
1 electric bilge pump
1 manual bilge pump
Jack stays fitted
Radar reflector installed
1 fire blanket
3 fire extinguishers
The condition or level of safety equipment on board is not to be negotiated on following survey. It is likely to be listed by most surveyors but is not structural or an integral working part of the vessel and is not to be used to further negotiate the price down after survey. We strongly suggest that for your own personal safety that when purchasing a yacht you provide new safety equipment rather than relying on second hand gear.
Should you become the new owner of this yacht then the responsibility to re-register or update official bodies for items such as EPIRB, VHF, MMSI or AIS becomes yours.
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith, in this case we are acting as Brokers only. Whilst every care has been taken in their preparation, the correctness of these particulars is not guaranteed. The particulars are intended only as a guide and they do not constitute a term of any contract. A prospective buyer is strongly advised to check the particulars and where appropriate at his own expense to employ a qualified Marine Surveyor to carry out a survey and/or to have an engine trial conducted which if conducted by us shall not imply any liability for such engine on our part.
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