Moody 33
MARINE PROJECTS · Angus Primrose · 1978
Updated
The Moody 33 is a 10.02 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Angus Primrose and built by MARINE PROJECTS, first launched in 1978. It races in Class C.
Length
10.02 m
32′ 10″
Beam
3.47 m
Draft
1.35 m
Displacement
4.8 t
Sail area
52 m²
On the podium
Where a Moody 33 finishes when she goes racing.
1
Wins
1
Seconds
1
Thirds
6
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Read from 6 starts by 2 boats between 2020 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Moody 33 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
"Φιλιας Σ.ε.ν.α.δ.π. - Ν.ο.δ2026- Σοπρακομιτος2021
- 31η Διεθνης Ιστιοπλοϊκη Εβδομαδα Ιονιου2021
- Μιλτος Γιαννουλης2020
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
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Not enough data yet: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 6 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Moody 33 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Sunrise 35 (4 meetings), Dehler 36 (Stadt) (4 meetings), Figaro 2 (3 meetings), Elan 340 (3 meetings), First 31.7 (3 meetings), First 27.7 (3 meetings), Atlantic 31 (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 35 (3 meetings), Elan 31 (Design) (3 meetings), Oceanis 440 (3 meetings), Discovery 300 (2 meetings), Granada 31 (2 meetings), Oceanis 381 (2 meetings), First 41 (2 meetings), Dufour 365 (2 meetings), Ohlson 29 (2 meetings), Dromor 26 (2 meetings), Dehler 34 (Stadt) (1 meeting), First 325 (1 meeting), JPK 960 (1 meeting), Bavaria Cruiser 36 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 32.1 (1 meeting), First 32 (1 meeting), Delanta 78 (1 meeting)
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
4.17
46°
Beam reach
7.44
90°
Broad reach
7.92
135°
Downwind VMG
6.93
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
The stronger it blows, the better this design looks. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a reach in a strong breeze, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short upwind in the light stuff, giving away time it never gets back.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Moody 33
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.36 | 3.34 | 3.92 | 4.17 |
| 52° | 3.79 | 5.29 | 6.08 | 6.45 |
| 60° | 4.16 | 5.65 | 6.38 | 6.78 |
| 75° | 4.40 | 5.94 | 6.64 | 7.14 |
| 90° | 4.46 | 6.24 | 6.97 | 7.44 |
| 110° | 4.62 | 6.37 | 7.13 | 8.09 |
| 120° | 4.46 | 6.27 | 7.07 | 8.12 |
| 135° | 4.00 | 5.91 | 6.87 | 7.92 |
| 150° | 3.45 | 5.36 | 6.55 | 7.52 |
| Run VMG | 2.99 | 4.65 | 5.82 | 6.93 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 480 kg.
Rigging
Moody 33 rig and sail dimensions
A Moody 33 carries 10.05 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.96 m boom, a forestay 11.54 m above the deck and a 3.80 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 62 to 72 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.