'Greybeard', a Moody 44 Sailboat for Sale

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'Greybeard', a 1973 Moody 44 Center-Cockpit Sloop
Currently on the hard in Marina Fonatur, Guaymas, near San Carlos, Mexico.

LOA: 43’ 6”, LWL: 34’, Beam: 12’7”, Draft: 6’6”

Displacement: 11 tons, Ballast: 5 tons, 45%

Designer: Laurent Giles and Partners

Builder: A.H. Moody and Sons, Ltd (Hull molded by Halmatic)

Engine: Perkins 4108, original, diesel, inboard, engine hours: rebuild: 1,300 in 1996 (total engine hours 4,400 since new)

Fuel: 100 gallons, Water: 120 gallons, Holding: 15 gallons

Two staterooms and two heads, sleeps nine total.

The Main Salon

Headroom 6’3” – 7’
Two quarter berths located in main salon
Two heads, lavac, located forward and aft
Teak faced plywood flooring
Barometer Taylor Instruments
Thomas ships clock

2-leaf salon table

Forward end of salon on a Moody 44 sailboat

Looking forward to head compartment and forepeak

Looking aft towards companionway

Settee berth on starboard side

The Galley

Refrigeration: Vitrifrigo fridge with Danforth compressor
Freezer 1-cubic foot (2016)
Broadwater propane four-burner stove
Microwave
Single stainless-steel sink
Water system pressure salt pump with manual fresh water at galley
Fresh water pump: Jabsco sensor-max 17
Caframo 4-speed fan with timer

The galley on the starboard side of the companionway

The navigation station

The Primary Stateroom

Located aft
Queen bed
Hatch and porthole, head prism light
Solar vent (non-operational)
Head with Lavac toilet, no shower

Primary stateroom on a Moody 44 sailboat

Queen-size berth in the primary stateroom

The Head

The Guest Stateroom

Located forward
V-berth
1 opening hatch
Head with Lavac toilet and shower

V-berth forward, currently used for storage

Shower and head compartment on a Moody 44 sailboat

Shower & Head compartment

MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT

Balmar alternator 125amp
Xantrex Freedom Marine 15 invertor/charger with remote,
1,500watts/75amp
Transmission: Hurth, rebuilt at Hatton Marine, Seattle 2019, <100 hours
Freshwater cooling system
Raw water strainer x1 Greco
Raycor fuel filters
Bilge pump: Jabsco 4000, heavy duty in engine room
Bilge pump: 2 Rule 1,500
Extra manual bilge pumps for heads, sinks, cockpit and salon
Fire extinguishing system: manual
Fuel shut off for stove
Water heater: Isotherm, 5 gallons
Holding tank 15 gallons, plastic or PVC, manual
Main propellor: Campbell, bronze, 3-blade
Extra propellor
Shaft 1 ¼”, stainless, dripless
Hydrovane windvane

DECK EQUIPMENT

Main anchor: CQR 65 with 250’ 3/8 chain
Secondary anchor: CQR 45 with 60’ 3/8 and 150’ rode
Extra anchor: Danforth 45 stowed on deck
Seatiger manual windlass
Lifelines SS rod, stanchions replaced in 2010
Emergency rudder: windvane and tiller pilot
4 hatches, aluminum and plexiglass
2 portholes, aluminum and bronze
Fiberglass toe rails
Stainless steel swim step at stern
Fiberglass deck in good condition
Stainless steel bow pulpit
Tri-color deck lights, steaming lights
Bimini
Full sun awning and storage sun awning
Hypalon dinghy 10’, not registered, 10lb Danforth anchor with 10’ chain
(Optional outboard, Suzuki 2.5 4-stroke)
Modified ¾ full keel
Fiberglass skeg hung rudder
Galvanized steering wheel, tube steering
Rotating winch chair
Searchlight Guest
Flopper stopper x2
Sea-B-Que Dickson Marine

SAILS & RIGGING

Cruise equipped; sloop/cutter rigged
Primary sailmaker Doyle
Mainsail: Doyle, Dacron, 2012, excellent condition
Jib: Hood, 1973, Dacron, good condition
Spinnaker with sack: original, Dacron, fair condition
Genoa 1: #160, Dacron, good condition
Staysail 2, storm sail, yankee and blooper: Dacron, 1973, good condition
795 square feet sail area
Mainsheet traveler, lines are aft
Rigid boom vang
Hood roller furling 2011
Spinnaker and whisker pole
Wire standing rigging, good condition, replaced in 2012
Aluminum mast: 53’ from deck, 2 tracks, stormsail track
Stepped on: keel

Winches (15):

2 winches, #55, 3-speed
2 winches, #43, 2-speed
3 winches, #30, 2-speed
1 winch, #40, single speed
3 winches, #25, 2-speed
1 winch, #16, self-tailing
3 winches, #8, single speed

ELECTRONICS & HELM

Autopilot: Autohelm 6000
VHF Uniden
Chart plotter, GPS, radar, depth sounder: Garmin 7000
Rudder angle autopilot
Satellite navigation: Magellan lat/long 1995
Compass Sestrel 136201V
EPERB Acer
TV

The cockpit

ELECTRICAL

House battery x1, 220-amp hours, replaced 2022
Start battery
Battery parallel switch
Battery monitor
Battery charger auto
Electrical system: DC 12V, AC 120V
Dockside cable 30-amp, 50’
Xantrex invertor
Solar panels: 2 Bosch, 160 watts each, 1 Cynergy 120 watts (2012?)
LED interior lighting

ENGINE DETAILS

Perkins 4108: original engine, overhauled in 1996, 1,300 hours since
overhaul, 4,400 hours total
Cruise speed: 6 knots @2200rpm, 1gph
Max speed: 7.5 knots @3000rpm, 1.5gph
Range: 700 miles
Fuel tank: 100 gallons, fiberglass, original
Water tank: 120 gallons, fiberglass, original
Holding tank: 15 gallons, fiberglass, original

SAFETY & ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT

6 lifejackets and 1 life sling
Jacklines

NON-OPERATIONAL EQUIPMENT

Man-overboard light
AIS needs new coax cable, but otherwise functions
B & G instruments

NEGOTIABLE

Honda generator
Hookah
Suzuki 2.5 4-stroke outboard

EXCLUSIONS

Tools
Personal items
Art work
Hard kayak and paddle

OTHER

2010 7 thru hulls, seacock Blake replaced
2011 replaced domestic and engine plumbing
2011 heads re-piped
2019 Transmission rebuilt <100 hours
2013 injector pump complete rebuild ~500 hours
2015 boom replaced, Charleston Spar
2015 Bottom barrier coated
2016 2 sheet cars, Garhauer
2016 sheet blocks, top and bottom, Garhauer

'Greybeard', a Moody 44 Sailboat for Sale

The Main Salon

The Galley

The Primary Stateroom

The Guest Stateroom

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