Summary of Accommodation:
Six berths across two double cabins, and a twin bunk guest cabin.
Double cabin forward with en-suite heads access.
Forward heads with access doors to forward cabin and saloon
Forward bunk/pullman guest cabin.
Saloon with ample seating.
L-shaped galley.
Roomy Nav Station.
Master cabin aft with indulgent dressing area and ensuite heads.
Description of accommodation from forward:
Forward Cabin:
Twin ‘Vee’ berth layout with an infilling cushion to create a double berth as required. A large, opening deck hatch (lens replaced recently) provides good light levels but is fitted with blinds (black-out and anti-insect) to assist in long lie-ins too! Lockers abound, with storage beneath the berths (using Moody’s drop in stowage bags) and individual closed lockers outboard and above the berths. A hanging locker/wardrobe to port, aft. ‘En-suite’ access offers private access to a forward heads compartment, to port side.
Forward Heads:
This, located to port with doors from both the saloon and from the forward cabin serves as a day-use heads/shower and an ‘en-suite’ heads to the forward cabin at night. This compartment features two specific areas; the aft area is intended for use as the shower cubicle (with the toilet hidden under a moulded, hinged seat) and a screen to minimise the spread of water to the hand basin’s area. Good light and ventilation is offered by a long, opening window to the coach roof side, with two individual hatches over. A moulded counter top with inset wash hand basin incorporates a locker beneath, while there are shelved closed lockers (with mirrored doors) outboard of the counter and the showering area, beneath the side deck.
Forward ‘Pullman’ or Bunk cabin:
Located forward and to starboard of the centre-line, opposite the forward heads compartment, a twin bunked cabin offers 2 simple single berths. With storage beneath the lower bunk and two half-height lockers forward. Light and ventilation by means of two deck hatches over.
Saloon:
This is generously fitted with an indulgently elongated ‘C’-shaped settee, wrapped around a fixed, but leafed table that is located to port, while to starboard there are two built-in easy chairs with contoured arms and backrest cushions. By lifting the aft-most leaf of the table an internal bottle storage, within the integral plinth is found. A Samsung flat-screen television (240V AC with masthead antenna) is fitted outboard of the seating this side for convenient viewing from the easy chairs on the other side of the space. Ample storage lockers and open storage has been provided each side above and outboard of the seating. All finished in the light teak, with contrasting styling line, synonymous with Moody’s of the time. Long, fixed windows let light to this compartment and combine with a centre-line opening hatch for further light and ventilation.
Small set of clock/barometer/thermometer/hygrometer mounted on forward bulkhead
Galley:
This takes the form of a slightly ‘opened’ L-shape, running down the passageway to starboard of the cockpit, ending at the forward of two doors to the aft cabin’s en-suite heads compartment and combining with a huge work surface beneath the forward end of the cockpit’s well and behind the companionway steps. The forward arm of the ‘L’ provides a peninsular in which twin stainless steel sinks are fitted. A large, deep fridge (with ice-making capability) is top-accessed through the outboard work surface, with a separate ‘cool’ locker too. There are multiple closed lockers immediately outboard of the main work surface and in closed lockers beneath the starboard side deck. A gimballed gas cooker, with three hob burners, grill and oven can be covered by a stowaway panel to match the work surface when not in use. A top-opening rubbish bin is provided within the inboard, large work surface beneath the cockpit’s well, cutlery drawer & large locker. 240v Microwave, kettle and coffee maker are sited within this inboard area.
Navigation Area:
Located to port of the companionway, this is a comfortably snug central working area, with eye-level peninsular, intended to be fitted with radar or chart plotter screens, facing the navigator. The current owners use a tablet for GPS-based navigation and there are two instrument repeaters (linked to the cockpit-based instrumentation) fitted alongside. A large, central and hinged, distribution board is, fitted alongside the Navigator’s left shoulder and is divided into 12V DC and 240 AC systems. Tank levels are also displayed alongside. There are two USB/12V DC outlets provided here too.
Alpine CD/MP3 player with overhead speakers in main saloon and cockpit speakers
Aft cabin and en-suite aft heads:
This cabin space is of the optional ‘extended’ layout, utilising the hull volume to port of the cockpit for a dressing table style ‘vanity’ unit and indulgent storage space (wardrobes) within a linked ante-room; almost satisfying the term Master ‘suite’. The full width of the hull abaft the cockpit accommodates a centre-line double berth with access to the berth itself from either side. Individual seats, each to one side of the berth facilitate sitting to change clothes, with drawers and lockers spaces to either side, abaft ‘His’ and ‘Hers’ wardrobes mirroring each other to the forward ends of this particular space. A doorway to starboard side of the cockpit’s well leads to the aft heads compartment which has a lockable door between the aft end of the galley and the compartment itself for the maintenance of exclusivity as and when desired.
The sleeping area itself is blessed with plenty of light and ventilation, with a large fixed window to the aft end of the coachroof being a feature above the berth and an opening portlight fitted above the head-end of the berth, through the transom, plus individual, opening portlights to either side of the coachroof’s trunking to encourage cross-ventilation.
The master, en-suite heads compartment is generously proportioned with a moulded hand basin set within a softly contoured vanity unit, all separated from the showering area that accommodates a marine-flushing toilet beneath a GRP moulded, hinged seat to disguise/shield the toilet itself from shower water. The aft heads is connected to a holding tank with a deck pump-out point on the transom.
A long, opening portlight can provide good light levels and plenty of ventilation.
