About

Sea Orchid

Is a Moody 34, the last in the line built in 1986. She is a masthead sloop with centre cockpit and weighs in at 5 tonnes. She has a relatively small mainsail with slab reefing and a 145% genoa on furler. Also an asymmetric spinnaker. 40hp Volvo diesel engine. Fin keel with shallow draft of 1.5m. Domestic lead acid battery bank of 300 amps charged by 340 watts of solar panels on an arch and a wind generator.