Moody 346 "Kylora"
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 6:47 pm
Mrs Ash and I are pleased to say that we are in the final stages of buying another boat., Kylora, a 1987 Moody 346 on brokerage at Euroyachts Largs.
The process has been a bit of a slow burn. We had almost 4 weeks on board our Vega, Mistral, for our summer holiday, sailing in company with another couple who have a Westerly Duo 29. We had quite a few wet days and felt a bit envious when our boat was full of wet clothes.
We stayed on board at Kip during the boat show in October. We were there for the social life, but did have a look at some of the boats for sale. We were very taken with the accommodation layout of the 2 examples of Moody 346 which were for sale there.
The following weekend, we had a look over 3 examples which were for sale at Largs. All 5 examples had something which made us hesitate, price, specification, or presentation, and in any case I was to be working abroad for virtually the whole on November so we decided to leave things and if fate decreed that any were still available in December then we would think again.
We paid our deposit on Kylora just before Christmas, but it was well into January before we had her surveyed because of holidays, and high winds.
Kylora has some “ nice to have “ toys which I would be unlikely to buy new. She transmits AIS, but has a “ stealth “ button for the times when we might make a muck of things.
It’s going to be another learning curve, wheel steering, prop wash off the rudder, good steerage in reverse. At least the centre cockpit means that the bit in front of you doesn’t look too long.
It was only when I started googling 346 that I realised that Aja was a sister ship. Stand by for lots of questions, only kidding, I’ve joined the MOA and that seems to be a good source of information.
Our first boat was a Leisure 17 with 4500 examples built, the next an Albin Vega with 3450 built so it will feel strange to have an example of only 254. Despite the low number, I know of another 2 at Kip, in addition to the 5 examples for sale, and Aja. I believe that Kip were agents, so I suppose that there will a few around the Clyde, I counted 15 in the hand written Princess records.
We had already decided to move to a different berth for next season as we are now using the boat differently since Mrs Ash retired. We have been prepared to pay the premium cost for a step aboard berth only 40 minutes from the house, but will now be spending longer chunks of time aboard so are happy to drive further to get lower berthing costs. An extra 2.5 metres to pay for makes a cheaper berth even more of a priority. We are not ready for a swinging mooring yet, so hope to get a berth in Tarbert Harbour, East Loch Tarbert, Loch Fyne.
Does anyone know any history of Kylora? I believe that she spent her first few years at Kip as a skippered charter. She went to Ireland in 2011. The owners who are selling bought her in 2013, and I can find a couple of results in two handed races, but I haven’t found any where she competed in the same races as either Marisca, Contender, or Cherry Ripe.
We now need to sell Mistral, hopefully before her paid berth in Kip runs out on 31 March, else we will be looking for cheap berthing for her too.
Keep an eye out for us, and give us a ping on our mmsi number.
Cheers
Ash
The process has been a bit of a slow burn. We had almost 4 weeks on board our Vega, Mistral, for our summer holiday, sailing in company with another couple who have a Westerly Duo 29. We had quite a few wet days and felt a bit envious when our boat was full of wet clothes.
We stayed on board at Kip during the boat show in October. We were there for the social life, but did have a look at some of the boats for sale. We were very taken with the accommodation layout of the 2 examples of Moody 346 which were for sale there.
The following weekend, we had a look over 3 examples which were for sale at Largs. All 5 examples had something which made us hesitate, price, specification, or presentation, and in any case I was to be working abroad for virtually the whole on November so we decided to leave things and if fate decreed that any were still available in December then we would think again.
We paid our deposit on Kylora just before Christmas, but it was well into January before we had her surveyed because of holidays, and high winds.
Kylora has some “ nice to have “ toys which I would be unlikely to buy new. She transmits AIS, but has a “ stealth “ button for the times when we might make a muck of things.
It’s going to be another learning curve, wheel steering, prop wash off the rudder, good steerage in reverse. At least the centre cockpit means that the bit in front of you doesn’t look too long.
It was only when I started googling 346 that I realised that Aja was a sister ship. Stand by for lots of questions, only kidding, I’ve joined the MOA and that seems to be a good source of information.
Our first boat was a Leisure 17 with 4500 examples built, the next an Albin Vega with 3450 built so it will feel strange to have an example of only 254. Despite the low number, I know of another 2 at Kip, in addition to the 5 examples for sale, and Aja. I believe that Kip were agents, so I suppose that there will a few around the Clyde, I counted 15 in the hand written Princess records.
We had already decided to move to a different berth for next season as we are now using the boat differently since Mrs Ash retired. We have been prepared to pay the premium cost for a step aboard berth only 40 minutes from the house, but will now be spending longer chunks of time aboard so are happy to drive further to get lower berthing costs. An extra 2.5 metres to pay for makes a cheaper berth even more of a priority. We are not ready for a swinging mooring yet, so hope to get a berth in Tarbert Harbour, East Loch Tarbert, Loch Fyne.
Does anyone know any history of Kylora? I believe that she spent her first few years at Kip as a skippered charter. She went to Ireland in 2011. The owners who are selling bought her in 2013, and I can find a couple of results in two handed races, but I haven’t found any where she competed in the same races as either Marisca, Contender, or Cherry Ripe.
We now need to sell Mistral, hopefully before her paid berth in Kip runs out on 31 March, else we will be looking for cheap berthing for her too.
Keep an eye out for us, and give us a ping on our mmsi number.
Cheers
Ash
