Boats, Gadgets and surprise awards at Annapolis | Ep127

[@OceanCruisers]

I was filled with absoloute JOY when you won that award, thoroughly deserved and a lot of people have your work to thank for having their boats and their lives saved 👍

[@judyaslett6209]

Thank you guys!

[@svfairisle]

and since we are your boat parents I feel it's appropriate to nag you... email contact for International?!!!

[@OceanCruisers]

@@svfairisle 🤣🤣🤣 i actually sent it to you before i saw this comment. im a good boy

[@svfairisle]

@@OceanCruisers Get a hair cut!

[@mmacas7411]

Congratulatins, my favourites! 🎉

[@sveoti]

You two are amazing. Thank you for everything you’ve done to help other cruisers.

[@JoeySmithphoto]

I know people down therre. Very sad. Your vid was very heartfelt from someone who survived 2 hurricanes on sailboats. CONGRATS on award. Bravo mates.

[@avidviewer1]

Heartfelt congratulations for the award. I thought your footage from the hurricane zone was absolutely incredible. I'll never forget it. Thanks so much for all your episodes and the fascination and enjoyment they bring into our lives! 🤗

[@christip20]

I always like you guy’s opinions on the new gadgets at the show and they were great this time, especially the Boat Kit , the electric wench & the Deck Wash. That was a wonderful idea you had for both Fresh & Sea water! I bet he’s going to have it next year, in print! I was even more glad to see you win with your hurricane coverage, it was definitely the best & personally I think it makes people take the “Young Cruiser’s” much more seriously. I know it’s made me think more of them because they picked not only the Best, but the most “social or publicly” important subject . Congratulations!!

[@jeremymitchell995]

Yeah...I quite like the idea of an electric wench

[@jeremymitchell995]

Brilliant...my very fav KZbinrs and a well deserved award.

[@kenwhite6282]

A very well deserved win, Congrats! 👏👏🥂 I always enjoy watching your adventures👌😉

[@1962gms]

Many congratulations for your award. Your experience in dealing with difficult challenges throughout the world in this life and work life, really came over in your compassion and thoughfulness. It also brought the cameraderie of boating across incredibly well 👏👏👏

[@yvonnekneeshaw2784]

Great highlites of new products/boats. Not surprised u won and what an honour humbly received 🇨🇦 ❤

[@bigdaddytreevo4120]

Congratulations on the award but it's not really fair. You have by far the most beautiful boat of any of the main KZbinrs.

[@judyaslett6209]

😊

[@mountainwest3444]

Congrads on winning the Best YT !! Well Deserved. And also a surprise to see Lauren giving out the presentation of the award. She did a great job. Enjoy your time in the Bahamas.

[@judyaslett6209]

We love Lauren. It was good to catch up with her at the show.

[@stephenroskilly3737]

Always much sought after videos. Yes, from the beginning too. But the fact that you were on hand to shoot your special doci on the hurricane devastation was truly a life saver for so many. The old news team back in action, and a thoroughly pro offering. No wonder the judges chose you guys to win. Well deserved. Congratulations. Stay safe. ❤❤

[@gefginn3699]

Congratulations Judy and Steve! 🎉. I enjoyed very much our quick chat and selfie when I met you at the show. I hope to meet again. Love and blessings to you two. 🌞⛵🌴

[@uponthepegs]

Hugely deserved guys. Professional, personal, individual. Your award is a tribute to these and many more qualities. Enjoy! From a boat-less but keen sailor and follower! Phil Phil

[@rolandtb3]

Congrats on the award. Five best new ideas or concepts category.

[@PaulGabow]

You make the best videos about gadgets! I even often watch them again before buying. Thank you very much from Russia)

[@SteveButterworth-n9m]

Congrats on the award, well deserved for sure🎉😊

[@geodesy2009]

Congratulations! You guys are pros! And always pleasant to visit with adults with wide ranging interests and a professional competence in film production. You’re a cut above.

[@LaughterOnWater]

Congratulations to you both! We just started watching this summer, and fell in love with your easy-going style and impeccable videography. You’re a class act. As always, stay safe out there!

[@philipwright7186]

Congratulations on the award, well deserved. Those Moody's are quite impressive, the upper deck living gives them huge storage below decks aft, making them better suited to distance cruising than first impressions suggest, although in a big blow I would be worried about all that glass!

[@omvaren]

Sure you deserved this trophy! I came right out of my chair when they called out the winner!

[@returner323617]

Congratulations on the award; it's refreshing to see awards going to content that has substance and worth, not simply fluff supposedly high production value. Regarding the Moody DS 48, now this is my dream boat. I know it's probably not Steve's perfect cup of tea, but it suits our sailing style perfectly.

[@ianpaterson3092]

Congratulations to you both for winning the award. Thoroughly deserved for all your hours of effort you put in to your filming.🎉

[@admir_]

Congratulations! You are so worth of the prize! Thanks for great content over the years!

[@janecolman-mx5ru]

Love the Moody DS42, a bit smaller than the one you were looking at so better for us. Looked at it a couple of years ago in hamble point Marina. If we had half a million I would definitely want that boat 😁. Congratulations on your award, well deserved 🎉🎉

[@rmd1629]

Congratulations, well done, your work is top notch. Looking forward to more from you in future. Your channel and Cloudy Bay are on the top of my list of sailing channels.

[@marleneb.455]

Congratulations. That was a fantastic episode.

[@mikeherbert7664]

Congratulations on your win the best sailing channel on you tube , well deserved

[@claes917]

Congrats and thank you for all the amazing films! 🎉🏆

[@stefandevilliers4851]

Congratulations! You deserved this!!!

[@EarlBritt]

That was a great story. Congrats on the win.

[@jackechan1311]

What a treat! And a pleasant surprise was seeing Sophie too.

[@John_Smith__]

Congratulations, Very Well Deserved Award no doubt!

[@thomasthornton5737]

😀😀😀👍👍👍❤❤❤ Congratulations, very well deserved, indeed!

[@goofy4birds]

ill be island hopping in Bahamas starting the 2nd, There is a lot of storms USVI, Jamaica and south. Be safe!!! So glad you won!!!

[@gazzastewart]

Great work and congrats to you both, very well deserved

[@DementedDog]

Another great and interesting post. Thanks ❤

[@Marcel-J]

Congrets on the award !! 🎉 The episode was very well filmed and showed us how big forces of nature can be😬

[@elPaletti]

Yes a little bit of Malta Won the award .... You both are great ,not just about sailing ,the way you present your videos ,I could tell that you worked for BBC in the past , you have it all. Congratulations 🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@russmarkham2197]

Congrats on the award. Well deserved. We knew you could do it. It was great to meet you at the boat show. I would not buy one of the "party boats" with a very wide stern and twin rudders. Would prefer something that can go to windward in a range of conditions with a skeg-mounted rudder. It would probably have to be smaller than Fair Isle. The Moody does look good. We missed that at the show. sail drive a drawback

[@noddyholder6082]

Of course you won😁😁 you are both brilliant, congratulations!

[@LFTGuerreiro]

Congratulation! You really deserved the award!

[@stevehartley8162]

Well done both! Love your work!

[@alitloff]

Good for you! The Beryl video was tops. As someone who has always lived/sailed small boats(currently a Tartan 34c), I get a real kick out of what boat shows tell me I really need in life.😂

[@ronbeattie2638]

Congratulations, the award is well deserved

[@sailingkudos]

Congratulations on the award. As far as the wash down fitting goes. I've had one of those on my boat now for a few years and one thing I can say though is make sure you have extras of the blue piece that plugs into it. The notches where it twist locks into place wear. Mine hasn't seen much use because I'm not cruising full-time yet but it's already showing some wear so I picked up a couple of extras to keep on board

[@HELLENIC_SEARUNER]

Congrats. On the top, where you belong !!!!!!!!!!🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆Well done !!!!!!!!!!!💯💯💯

[@DYoung-vt8pq]

Congratulations on your award! It was lovely to see Sophie in your vlog. She's so funny & adorable. Safe travels. ❤

[@stephengamble2804]

Congratulations! Well deserved. Wishing you all the best for continued successful cruising 😊 Always looking forward to the next episode. Best wishes. Steve G

[@popsyann]

Well deserved award, for all your productions. ❤

[@timothymulholland7905]

Congratulations! You've earned it.

[@leezettb]

This is wonderful to see. Very much deserved. Congratulations 🥳

[@Alex000113]

Congrats on the deserved win for your documentary. Great decision to incorporate personal stories and others footage (even better decision to get Fair Isle the heck outta there !). Liked the selection of material from the 'feel good' boat show; new products, new boats, community updates and caribbean music. Feels like your 'seasons' are punctuated by the show. Looking forward to hearing which route you plan on taking to get to the Bahamas.

[@joelambing2430]

Congratulations on the award! Very well deserved. Cheers

[@derekschick4880]

Congrats! Much deserved!

[@PaulBKal]

Huuuge congrats on your award. So happy for you. As to your questions: Re E-Wincher, big YES from us. We have one on a 47’ masthead mono and it’s a complete gamechanger. It gets the main up for us and the big headsail in after a tack and just makes trimming so much easier. It’s really reliable, only needs charging after a full day’s sailing and only seems to take 20 minutes or so to charge. And the app allows you to change the torque settings and check battery levels and much more. There are cheaper options but their sole advantage is price. Everyone who has used ours have gone out and bought one for their own boat. Loved the mattress and the pressure wash. But need some convincing about the Moody. In particular, what happens to the water that enters the cockpit? It seems to go straight downstairs, which would seem to break rule #1, being the water is supposed to be on the outside of the boat! Likewise the huge glass windows of the deck saloon, and did I see windows in the hull as well? Also wasn’t convinced about the practicality of sleeping in the bow on passage, so assume this isn’t a boat for night/oceanpassages??

[@svfairisle]

Thanks so much for the review of the eWincher that’s exactly the real world experience I was looking for. There are cheaper options but in my experience if someone has gone to the trouble of putting together a quality product that really works then that makes it worth the extra every time. Buy well, buy once. I agree with your assessment of the Moody as well, sorry it wasn’t a full tour it was just a Quick Look because it was something different that I know a lot of people will be interested in. To be fair though, although there are lots of compromises on a boat like that to make it very liveable but maybe not as seaworthy it is a Bill Dixon design and he hasn’t just abandoned all logic when it comes the actually going to sea! For instance as you rightly pointed out the huge cockpit with a patio door into the saloon does seem to go against our instincts re getting pooped by a wave, but there is an inbuilt washboard that slides across and the slatted section just before the door is a full length drain. Listen I wouldn’t personally want to be taking this into high latitudes but I dare say your average cruiser could probably coastal sail this for decades and never get so much as a splash in the cockpit!

[@noelobrien9501]

A big thumbs up from me for the e-wincher, I use one on a Southerly 135 regularly single handed and it makes life easy. If you can get two batteries and you are never without it….

[@svfairisle]

Everyone seems to like it so should be a good buy

[@sy-ronja3613]

Congratulations to you both. Well deserved! Interesting you showed the Moody 48 DS. We live on a Moody 45 DS since 3 years now and it’s really comfy with galley, saloon and cockpit on one level. Unfortunately the 45 has two rudders, hence no prop wash when docking in the harbor. But it also has a shaft prop and no saildrive which I dislike on the 48. Greeting’s from the south of Italy.

[@svfairisle]

Yes agreed, not a fan of the saildrive especially with such a powerful engine. Was the 45 a Bill Dixon design?

[@sy-ronja3613]

@@svfairisle Yes, it was designed by Bill Dixon

[@patriciafuller7860]

Congrats to you both.

[@keithbores4146]

Congratulations on the win. That was a really special video. My family also stepped on the Moody at Annapolis and were pretty impressed with it. Have safe travels and enjoy the Bahamas!

[@dirkmodica]

Compliments for the award, a fitting recognition for all your good work! Concerning the ewincher, I bought one last June, and tested it during our 3 weeks summer cruise from Genoa ti Sardinia and back. I'm very satisfied about it. It is very user friendly, re-charging times are short, the ergonomic is ok. For an aged (I'm getting 60 this year) short handed crew on a 38 footer it is a real incentive to use more frequently the sails even on shorter trips. Hoisting the main, furling the 130% genoa, everything gets easier. And even if expensive, I deem that it is a suitable compromise between a full manual and a fully electric winch setup. Ciao from Genoa, Dirk Modica

[@svfairisle]

Thanks, seems to be lots of good reviews

[@gordmilne2743]

Enjoyed the film! Almost as good as being at the show.

[@MHow1900]

Congratulations! You have a great channel. Moody should just put a mast and pontoons on a motor home 😂😂

[@WillN2Go1]

Great points being made in the galley of the Moody. I want to be where my boat is. More glass means more scenery. If your mattress problem is as you show in the video. Here's what I did. There is a loose cover over my entire mattress so it's almost impossible to grip it. I bought some of those really big diaper pins (like 6" 15cm) I had to sharpen the points. I stuck these into the bottom of the mattress with some 1" (25mm) thick webbing attached. You have to get the pointy pin through the webbing in two places. So two pins makes a length to grab on to. It's best to angle the pins towards the loop of the webbing. Now I can easily reach under, grab and lift the mattress, or tie some paracord to it and hoist/hold it up tying it to the hand rails on the ceiling in my cabin.

[@billhanna5455]

Theres a great post on a Moody doing the Sydney /Hobart race , Did very well & in comfort .

[@svfairisle]

Yes just watched it, quite impressive, It's here if anyone want a look.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5ardpxrjJ2grdE

[@maritimetees2315]

Fitting for a special sailing channel. 🎉❤🎉😊

[@Susan-fg9jb]

Love, love, love my Ugo bag. First heard about them on the Wynns’ channel. They really are waterproof.

[@svfairisle]

Yes we lost a drone and a camera overturning the dinghy in the Cape verdes in a bag that wasn't properly waterproof so glad to have it.

[@alanbaines3314]

Congrats on the award win, and nice review of the Moody !😊

[@carltontweedle5724]

It is great to see you win a young cruisers award, HAHAHA sorry could not help myself. It was a great video and really glad it helped the boaters. Just a shame it was about people losing there homes and all they own.

[@svfairisle]

Don’t know what you mean! We’re definitely aiming to give it another 10 years before we enter the middle aged cruisers awards! In a serious note though we’ve spent most of our lives reporting on disasters, people think it’s a shame bad things get the exposure but it’s just human nature that draws us in. It is always a good thing to highlight these problems though. In this case I think it’s really important that people learn that mangrove are not ‘bombproof’ and you are still playing Russian roulette if you stay in the path of a hurricane in one. Also the money we earned from the video and money that was donated because of it went on to save dozens of boats from the mangrove’s that were getting no outside help whatsoever. If there’s one good thing to come from this video I hope that is that the cruising community will pull together immediately in these situations and get outside help to people on boats not just on land, that didn’t happen in Carriacou until almost 2 weeks after the hurricane went through and because of that we lost many boats

[@reb4898]

CONGRATULATIONS…I love your videos. This is so cooolll

[@buck_bacon]

I'm glad the crowd was as appreciative of Fair Isle as I am. Love your approach, your documentary background, which took the Carriacou video to a new level. Great storytelling and all. Hope the trip back to Aruba was quick and painless. Oh, the video could have gone another half hour and I'd have been quite content to watch.

[@svfairisle]

Thanks very much. It’s a shame in a way because of course we had material to make it as long as you want but that’s the downside of working in real time. When you’re working all day in the Mangroves as we were then you end up editing all night, it’s a miracle the film made any sense at all!

[@hedleyjackson5131]

Congratulations on the award it was a great episode, huge for Joe and Timo to be nominated. Look forward tonthe san blas high on my must visit list.

[@svfairisle]

Yes they did well with that story.

[@stevebrunning3432]

Congratulations on your win, you will find a great You Tube Video undertaken by Phil Dollin @ Inspiration Marine in conjunction with Yachting Monthly crossing the English Channel in challenging weather. Another great video and well deserved victory

[@hansslob6749]

Congratulations!

[@davescott1491]

You are an awesome couple and have a wonderful channel. Safe travels!

[@Ghost_Recon_Actual]

I think you should buy the electric wench handle. As of today's date for me, October, 27, this is the first video of the Annapolis show. I follow approximately 20 sailing channels.

[@rainfinger]

Congratulations from Curacao!

[@judyaslett6209]

Thank you my friends

[@MrEdgedog]

Congrats, very well deserved

[@SailingStrayKitty]

Congratulations guys!!!

[@richmeister1960]

Well done. 😊

[@robertjohnbowering]

Congratulations on your award much deserved. The Moody DS (Deck Saloon) has been around for a long time though the model you liked may be new. It would be interesting how many they have sold across all sizes to get an idea how popular they are? I think they are a great solution.

[@inspirationmarine]

There are about 130 of the DS45, about 60 of the DS41, around 90 of the DS54 and a handful of the DS62

[@gertboerman3666]

Congrats for the award. Well deserved. This guy Alan from Moody said it's 99% about not sailing, 1% sailing and 99% socializing. And I think these days that is true. When I started sailing it was to get away from everything.......

[@FlesHBoX]

That globe decanter is pretty neat!

[@madridpunch]

Looks like Judy is a bit more keen on the Moody than Steve…

[@johnbeck2797]

Love my eWincher!

[@joaoguimaraesmarques3327]

Congrats from Portugal 🇵🇹 🎉🎉🎉

[@donaldvanvliet9039]

That wasn’t the garcia 44, that was the boreal 70! I’d hoped some of the youtubers went to see it…it looks great on pictures.

[@svfairisle]

Yes, was a shame to miss it

[@jasonmcintosh2632]

I have an Ewincher 2. I really like it. It even has a Bluetooth app that let's you put your name into the device and check the battery level. I plan on buying a 2nd one. The biggest issue I've had with it is its stopped working when someone else uses it. Specifically they were using it to winch me up the mast. It's never stopped on my, but I tend to taoke breaks and not just run it on high "forever". My best guess is that it overheated for them. It has an overheat feature and maybe they ran it on high too long while hoisting me up the mast? Anyway, I have winches on the base of both my main and mizzen masts, so self powered winches would just be too much money. One or two Ewinches are a good solution. Hopefully it'll last. Congratulations on winning! You put a lot of work into your craft. Jason

[@svfairisle]

Thanks for the feed back, I was looking for some real life experience. Yes Brian showed us the bluetooth link up very cool how you can program in limits to max torque etc. If the unit worked shortly after cutting out then that was almost certainly a thermal cut out to protect it.

[@jasonmcintosh2632]

@@svfairisle Well, I was up the mast so I don't know exactly when it started working again, but it's always worked fine for me. (They finished winching me up with a standard winch...) It's a bit surprising for me, but other people have had trouble putting it into the winch, taking it off the winch, and working the control buttons. So I'm half way up the mast trying to give instructions to someone who is getting very frustrated while I'm not understanding why they're having problems. But again, it's been great for me. The lesson seems to be don't expect a newbie to pick it up and use it. It's just a bit too tricky to use for someone who hasn't taken a few minutes to figure it out. I ran the battery out once after a day and a half of what I'd consider "light use", but maybe I didn't have it fully charged. Once I start cruising full time, I'll make sure I have an extra battery charged ready to use. Those boats at the show sure looked nice, but a new 40 some foot boat isn't in the cards for me. I tell myself that if life gets too easy, it'll be boring. With this in mind, I hope your life is more boring than mine... : )

[@brentengle7302]

Congratulations on your winning film. Was there on Saturday and Sunday. Went on a few boats, not so fond of the Ikea type interiors of a lot of the production boats. My wife was blown away by the Bluewater 65, I had looked it up before the event so knew what to expect. $1.65 mil can get you a very nice boat. I'm very concerned by how tall boats are getting with their hulls and pilothouses, sails you can reduce or take in. Not fond of twin helms, even less so twin rudders, but that’s racing, not sailing.

[@svfairisle]

Yes agree with all that

[@ceschias3733]

Put the best rum in the world for 5 consecutive years, ZACAPA. Love, OsoYolo, Antigua Guatemala.

[@gustavomedellin1466]

I use a Flex 1/2 inch high torque drill/driver with a Harken winch bit for raising sails. Strong enough to even winch a person in a bosun's chair up the mast. Got it on sale with 2 batteries and charger for $180. Way cheaper than dedicated items.

[@PaulBKal]

yeah but nowhere near as good

[@gustavomedellin1466]

@@PaulBKal Have to disagree. My marina neighbor has a $1800 dedicated one and it is much heavier and cumbersome. I have been using mine 3-4 times per week for a year now and it is going strong. Mine is also much faster.

[@giebateaugieb126]

We have the e wincher for 3 years we love it

[@svfairisle]

good to hear

[@marktaylor484]

Hugely deservedly well done, consummate quiet professional's...

[@guidouytterhaegen]

Very informative channel,worthy to win an award……..just a(wk)ward that it was with an episode based on disaster,wich prove only,once again….that something is seriously wrong with the whole you tube( industry)?!!!

[@geniexmay562]

Congratulations on the award! Well deserved. Forgive my chuckling at the lost voice, obviously your chatting muscle needs more exercise 😁😂👍

[@svfairisle]

I have days & sometimes weeks where the only person to talk to is Judy... we don't talk much! No seriously us cruisers are a pretty pathetic bunch we don't survive well in groups, by the end half of us had lost our voices and the other half had Covid!

[@geniexmay562]

Proof that a good time was had by all! LOL

[@pete7708]

Great video as always and congrats on the award. Judy, with regards to the electric winch handle you used your body as the resistance but is that possible on your boat whilst in the cockpit or at the mast??

[@svfairisle]

Yes the thing we would want it for most is bringing in the foresails quickly. In light winds I (Steve) can stand on the aft deck and pull in by hand but in a breeze we have to take the furling line to the winch on the back combing of the cockpit, it ends up being a lot of winching and if were on a port tack the main sheet gets in the way of going around and around. With an electric winch you could just sit next to the winch as it's up on the combing and a good place to sit with the winch handle against your thigh.

[@HeidiandFranny]

It was so nice to see you! Miss you guys so much. I hope we can cross paths in the Bahamas :) Safe Travels.

[@svfairisle]

Race you there!

[@Ghost_Recon_Actual]

Does that monohull with the tall freeboard make it look like it would be "Top Heavy" during a heavy wind? Also, my personal opinion of that boat was two-fold. It kitchen area, master bedroom, and head were nice but there were too many head-crushing obstacles to be struck. And even more so while sailing on anything but glass.

[@svfairisle]

Well it’s not top heavy, the Capsize Screening Ratio that I put up on screen will tell you that. 1.77 is actually very good. Anything over 2.00 is deemed not good enough for off shore sailing but a lot of modern production yachts don’t make that number or only just scrape under. Our HC is 1.62, so doesn’t beat it by a huge amount. It will however give the boat a lot of windage, so it will ride at anchor and be a handful docking in a blow. It does have bow and stern thrusters though to help with this. Not sure what you mean about the inside space. Personally I think they’ve done a good job, it looks different from many modern production boats which try to have big open spaces inside. This is a very bad thing at sea where you need handholds though so Bill Dixon had got that right with this boat for sailing rather than sitting in the marina

[@tomwarner9196]

Saw the Moody at Newport Boat Show - not great sight lines from the helm!

[@svfairisle]

No some of it's cat like traits are not very desirable!

[@Gottenhimfella]

It's all very well to "assume" that a single rudder would have sufficient authority just because the designers thought so. Most successful designers have never crossed an ocean, let alone in their latest design. They don't have time. Also : As a result, they do not necessarily envisage, nor do they have to deal with, the scenario of a steep "wave from nowhere" climaxing to give an uppercut under one of those aircraft carrier aft corners. My sense is that such a wave under such a buoyant overhang would apply enough upwards leverage against the shallow keel draft to heel the boat so far onto the opposite "aircraft carrier aft corner" as bring the single rudder almost completely out of the water, resulting in one of those broaches where the seascape spins so fast your vision blurs. I may be wrong, but I would certainly want to find out before signing on to such a radical hull form as the Moody 48DS. I suspect that in practice, boats like this almost never leave the marina, let alone go off soundings, so perhaps it's not an issue.... But I hope it does not catch on and that people do not find out the hard way whether my reservations are valid.

[@svfairisle]

You are right to be wary of modern designs, it's an unfortunate fact that the majority of boats built these days don't seem to have been penned by anyone most people who know boats would refer to as a naval architect. That is why it's important to know the designer. Bill Dixons designs came off the back of the Fastnet disaster in '79, he competed in that race and learned from it. The Moodys and Hylas boats he designed after that event have been some of the most seaworthy boats available. I can't claim to know the in's and out's of the Moody 48DS having never even been out on it. But I can tell you if that boat had been designed in the way most of the fat arsed productions boats are to maximise space and volume then I would not have set foot on it at the boat show. The reason modern boats have twin rudders is that they cannot be steered any other way, dont let any salesperson tell you otherwise. The hull shape on those boats that take the beam all the way aft make them a liability. The Moody has managed to al least free itself from that. Anyone who follows our channel will no that this is not my sort of boat, but it's an interesting boat and a boat that is not just a marina queen so for some people would be a very good compromise if the only other boats on the list to satisfy the whole family is a catamaran or one of the plentyfull marina queen production boats on offer.