Let there be light
When I put in for a test sail of Moody’s latest offering, I mistakenly referred to her as the ‘41DS’. ‘Of course you can test the boat,’ wrote back the contact from Moody owner Hanse Yachts, ‘but please note that the boat’s name is the ‘DS41’. It is a small but crucial distinction. Yes, the boat is 41ft long, but her chief characteristic is her vast deck saloon – a true deck saloon, where it is flush with the cockpit. Naturally, the ‘DS’ should come first.
The justice of that minor correction became evident even before I even boarded the boat. As I peered down from the boardwalk above the marina in the placid Flensburger Fjord on Germany’s Baltic coast, I spotted her straightaway. There really is no mistaking her towering topsides and tall deck saloon. Aesthetically, it is a feature that will divide sailors.
