Hello
Im new to this forum. We are looking to purchase a 43 ft Cheoy Lee Motorsailer. Does anyone have any experience of these boats? Beautiful boat but it does have Spruce wooden masts ( appear to be on good nick). I know it is a motor sailer but we plan to live aboard and it is very roomy for its size and beautiful fit-out.
Any comments or experience with this boat would be appreciated.
http://yachthub.com/list/yachts-for-sale/used/sail-monohulls/cheoy-lee-ketch/116203
This one Lenni? Post the links, we all like to window shop.
Cheoy Lee, built in Hong Kong to massive scantlings, probably heaps of real teak in side. American design by Bob Perry. Bob is a regular on Sailing Anarchy so you can read his posts over there. Very highly regarded designer and seems like a nice bloke from his posts.
Modern materials make keeping timber masts easier these days. Are they varnished or oiled?
Hi
Yes that is the boat!
The masts are oiled I think... Varnish is not too good in in subtropical and tropical climates. Thanks for the info.
Cheoy Lee's are built like a brick outhouse, if it passes muster, either by your eyes or a survey, go for it, I don't think you will regret it except maybe the performance under sail.
Robert Perry has designed some really nice boats, mores the pity the pity his family decided to move from Sydney to the USA.
Thanks for the feedback. Yes we are getting a survey. I agree the boat appears to be well built and we like the feel of it. Just want to make sure 2 of us can handle it, as it seems big and may have a lot of sail area. However it is a motor sailer after all , so is shouldnt be a problem.
Thank again for the input.
Select to expand quoteLenni said..
Thanks for the feedback. Yes we are getting a survey. I agree the boat appears to be well built and we like the feel of it. Just want to make sure 2 of us can handle it, as it seems big and may have a lot of sail area. However it is a motor sailer after all , so is shouldnt be a problem.
Thank again for the input.
You would be surprised at the number of people who treat their yachts as motorsailers.
Lazy jacks, self tailing winches, anchor winch. The ability to reach along with just some headsail and the mizzen and the engine ticking over sounds like the perfect cruising boat.
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You would be surprised at the number of people who treat their yachts as motorsailers.
Lazy jacks, self tailing winches, anchor winch. The ability to reach along with just some headsail and the mizzen and the engine ticking over sounds like the perfect cruising boat.
Nothing against the motor sail fraternity but i think that the best part about going for a sail is the moment of peace and quite when you shut the engine off
I generally don't realise how intrusive the engine noise is until I turn it off
Regards Don
Another board member and I had a serious look at a boat similar to this berthed near Redcliff a while back. (It could be the same boat but my memory isn't that good) He had a rig check done and unfortunately the masts were not up to scratch. There was rot in the base of both masts. Subsequently it would not be insurable without the necessary repairs. Otherwise, there is quite a bit of info on the Cheoy Lee via google and their owners seem pretty happy.
Thanks again for the input. I wonder if it was the same boat. Was the boat named Westwind? Would be interesting to know? I may now need to get the masts checked very carefully. The boat is in a marina at Manly QLD. The masts probably worry us the most as they are timber and apparently have been overhauled a few yrs back but not sure what that meant and also not sure what condition they where in before that. Any more info would be appreciated. Thanks again for the feedback.
About 20 years ago I sailed Bass Strath on Westwind 47 .... Yantara...It looks, each is custom build.
Yantara is is single alloy mast, no second steering station.
For that price it looks like half price, than replacing the masts for alloy would be ok.
Love wooden design, but massive displacement also means boat needs a lot of wind to move.
We motored over 20 hours because of wind of 10 knots. I helped owner modify boat for
offshore survey. Custom design for family sailing is no problem, but for survey could be headache
and expensive modifications. Not very roomy for its size. For family to live on, perfect boat, but
take it around AUS perhaps further, you need lot of fuel.
