# 1996 Moody S31

> 1996 Moody S31 fin keel cruising yacht lying at Troon, three cabins, Volvo Penta 19hp, keel bolts and… No longer available: see similar boats at Euroyachts.

Web page: https://euroyachts.com/boats/moody-s31-8413/

## Key facts

- Status: No longer on the market
- Condition: Used
- Make: Moody
- Model: S31
- Year: 1996
- Type: Cruising Yacht
- Length overall: 32ft (9.68m)
- Beam: 3.3m
- Cabins: 3
- Berths: 6
- Heads: 1
- Engines: Volvo Penta 19hp
- Fuel: Diesel
- Keel: Fin Keel
- Designer: Bill Dixon
- Lying: Troon Yacht Haven
- Listed by: Euroyachts Troon
- Contact: 01292 318002, info@euroyachts.com
- Reference: 8413

## Description

The Moody S31 is a comfortable, fast cruising yacht and offers excellent accommodation within 31ft. Forward twin / double berth cabin, light and bright saloon with two settee berths and a spacious double berth aft cabin. This fin keeled Moody S31 has a canopy to fully enclose the cockpit against the elements. The cockpit has tiller steering and the transom seat moves for ease of access to the stern platform. Custom stainless steel arch at the stern supports two solar panels and outboard davit. Volvo Penta MD2020 19hp engine. Sail Drive diaphragm renewed August 2025. Sale includes a Mariner 4hp outboard an inflatable dinghy.

145 Moody S31s were built between 1994 and 1998.

## Accommodation

- Forward cabin with V berths that can be converted to a double berth with the infill cushion. Under berth storage, hanging lockers and opening roof hatch. Door leading through to the saloon with port and starboard bench settees and central drop leaf dining table with bottle storage. Opening roof hatch, curtains throughout and lee cloths at settee berths..
- Aft facing chart table to starboard and aft of this, door to the heads compartment. L shaped galley to port and aft, door to the aft cabin. This cabin has a double berth, seat, hanging locker, storage, under berth storage, portlight, opening hatch to cockpit, engine access cover.
- Central companionway with engine access below.
- Galley
- Two ring gas stove with grill and oven
- Fridge
- Stainless steel sink
- Hot and cold water system
- Storage
- Opening portlight
- Heads
- Jabsco sea toilet
- Sink
- Shower
- Two opening portlights
- Wet gear hanging rail

## Mechanical and rigging

- Volvo Penta MD2020 19hp diesel engine
- Last service May 2024, oil, filters impeller renewed
- Boat has been very lightly sailed since, though engine has been regularly run
- Sail drive with folding prop
- Sail drive diaphragm renewed August 2025
- Fuel tank cleaned 2021
- Sea cocks replaced 2022
- Eberspacher warm air cabin heating
- Shore power socket
- Heart link 20 battery monitor
- Morvern battery charger
- 105Ah engine battery
- 105Ah domestics battery
- Two 100W solar panels on stern arch
- Two MPPT solar controllers, one with Bluetooth, one with gauge
- Sails and rigging
- Main sail
- Furling genoa
- Tri-radial spinnaker by Hood Sails
- Working jib by Hood Sails
- Spinnaker pole
- Furlex roller reefing system
- Standing rigging replaced 2013
- Standing rigging and running rigging professionally inspected 2019
- Main sail stack pack bag, refurbished
- Lazy jacks
- Two Lewmar 30 self-tailing winches
- Two Lewmar 16 self-tailing winches
- Two Lewmar 8 winches on coachroof
- All lines led back to cockpit

## Inventory

- Instruments
- Engine instruments
- Raymarine Axiom chart plotter and radar at chart table 2021
- Standard Horizon Matrix AIS GX2100 DSC VHF radio at chart table
- Standard Horizon handheld HX851 floating VHF radio
- Raymarine Axiom 9+ chart plotter and radar in cockpit 2021
- Raymarine multi in cockpit 2018
- Raymarine wireless wind in cockpit 2018
- Raymarine tillerpilot in cockpit 2018
- Raymarine Evolution autohelm control system
- Raymarine AIS 700 Class B transceiver / splitter
- Two x 100W solar panels on stern arch
- Two MPPT solar controllers, one with Bluetooth, one with gauge
- Suunto helm compass
- Cockpit
- Custom wooden tiller with cover 2018
- Tiller extension
- Sprayhood with stainless steel grab rail
- Full cockpit canopy with zipped roll up or removable side and aft sections by Saturn Sails
- Teak seating
- Locker to port
- Gas locker with two Campingaz cylinders
- Aft cabin opening hatch under starboard seat
- Transom section drops to ease access to stern
- Cockpit dodgers
- Cockpit cushions
- Deck equipment
- Stainless steel pushpit and pulpit
- Stainless steel stanchions with twin guard wires
- Transom gate
- Bow roller
- Rocna 15kg anchor with 30m chain (chain 2018)
- Lofrans electric anchor windlass with remote control 2021
- Mid ship cleats
- Outboard bracket
- Two stainless steel fender baskets
- Various warps and fenders
- LED navigation lights
- Stern boarding ladder
- Custom stainless steel stern arch with two solar panels and outboard davit 2021
- Safety
- Ocean Safety Regatta 4 crew liferaft in canister mounted on pushpit
- Liferaft out of service June 2024
- Manual bilge pump
- Horseshoe lifebuoy
- Rescue sling
- Inflatable Danbuoy
- Spare tiller
- Firdell Blipper radar reflector
- Fire blanket
- Carbon monoxide alarm
- Nereus gas alarm
- Further information
- Sail drive diaphragm renewed August 2025
- Hull antifouled August 2025
- Hull and sail drive anodes renewed August 2025
- Mariner 4hp outboard and 3 man inflatable dinghy included in sale
- In the last few years the following have been undertaken
- Hull sandblasted of all old antifoul and epoxied 2022
- Keel bolts replaced 2022
- Seacocks replaced 2022
- Portlights 2022 and hatches 2023 replaced
- Chain locker lid has a small raised section where the electric anchor windlass is located
- Euroyachts Disclaimer
- The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

## Photos

- Moody S31: white hull alongside a marina pontoon with blue sprayhood and sail cover fitted: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-2-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: saloon looking aft past the mast support to chart table and galley, patterned settees: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-3-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: cockpit enclosed by the full dark canopy, looking forward to the companionway and sprayhood: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-4-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: saloon looking forward from the galley, twin settees and central table in warm wood: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-5-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: saloon settee berth with patterned upholstery and bookshelf above: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-6-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: saloon settee beneath a long window with blue curtains and wooden lockers: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-7-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: varnished drop leaf saloon table between port and starboard settees: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-8-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: saloon seen from aft over the galley worktop and sink, settees either side: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-9-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: chart table with switch panel to starboard, heads door and galley sink beyond: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-10-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: forward cabin V berths with patterned cushions and infill step at the foot: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-11-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: forward cabin berth made up as a double with the infill cushion in place: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-12-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: l shaped galley with gas stove and oven, stainless sink and wooden lockers: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-13-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: aft facing chart table with electrical panel, VHF radio and plotter above: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-14-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: close view of chart table switch panel, VHF radio and chart plotter display: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-15-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: heads compartment with moulded sink, sea toilet and wet gear hanging rail: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-16-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: doorway into the aft cabin showing floor area and hanging space: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-17-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: aft cabin double berth with patterned cushions under the cockpit: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-18-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: aft cabin hanging locker and wooden cupboards beside an opening portlight: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-19-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: aft cabin overhead opening hatch leading to the cockpit: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-20-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: engine access covers lifted below the companionway showing the green engine: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-21-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: engine bay from above with green diesel engine, hoses and filters: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-22-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: front of the diesel engine showing belts, pulleys and alternator: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-23-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: companionway steps in varnished wood with engine access box below: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-24-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: canopy enclosed cockpit with cushions, looking forward to the sprayhood windows: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-25-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: two instrument displays mounted in the sprayhood grab rail housing: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-26-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: cockpit looking aft inside the canopy, cushioned seats and teak floor grating: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-27-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: cockpit teak seating and transom section with wooden tiller, marina behind: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-28-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: cockpit seat locker open beside the aft cabin hatch and wooden tiller: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-29-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: cockpit looking aft through open canopy sections to the marina: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-30-wm-1600.webp
- Moody S31: stern seen from the cockpit with dropped transom section and tiller: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/moody-s31-8413/moody-s31-photo-31-wm-1600.webp

Updated 2026-10-26. Prices and availability can change; please confirm with the broker.
