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Getting Ready for the Adventure of a Lifetime in an Expedition Yacht

Steel-hulled expedition yachts are designed and built for long-range adventures, but voyages to remote destinations still take careful planning and preparation.
Explorer yachts are purpose-designed to take their owners on adventures to destinations “off the beaten path”. While they can do everything a traditional motor yacht can do, like transporting you in luxury and comfort to easily accessible cruising grounds in the Caribbean and Mediterranean, they are capable of so much more. With their expansive fuel capacities, efficient propulsion, copious stowage space and seaworthy hull designs, expedition yachts like the Cheoy Lee Explorer Series can help you to fulfill your dreams of voyaging to exotic destinations around the world.

Expeditions Yachts: the Best Way to Voyage to the World’s Most Remote and Rewarding Destinations

The world feels a little smaller in the 21st century than it did in the Age of Discovery in the 15th through 18th centuries, when European explorers sailed beyond the borders of their charts to discover new lands they weren’t even sure existed. But despite all the fast, convenient travel options we enjoy today, there …

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Built for Adventure: Everything You Need to Know About Today’s Explorer Yachts

What Is an Expedition or Explorer Yacht?    Most yachts are designed to cruise inland and coastal waterways but in reality, very few are built to voyage the world’s oceans. It is only these bluewater vessels, known as explorer or expedition yachts, that can take you on adventures to the most remote, spectacular, and pristine …

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John Crupi Captain Cheoy Lee Dorothea III

Lessons from One of the Best Explorer Yachts Ever Built: Cheoy Lee’s Dorothea III

Winner of Boat International’s 2020 Voyager’s Award, the 146’7” Cheoy Lee Explorer Yacht Dorothea III is far from being a “typical” superyacht. Since her owners, Steven Green, former U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, and his wife, Dorothea Green, purchased her in 2011, she has put 200,000 nautical miles under her keel, visiting 70 countries, crossing the …

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Cheoy Lee Unveils New Explorer and Tradition Yacht Series

Designed by an American naval architecture firm for American owners,  these expedition and cruising motor yachts from 107’ to 132’ combine up-to-date styling and technology with over 150 years of bluewater boat-building experience.   Cheoy Lee Yachts, the luxury yacht division of leading international ship builder Cheoy Lee Shipyards, is proud to announce its new …

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Jon Overing long range expedition yachts designer

Designing a World-Class Explorer Yacht

A Q&A with Naval Architect Jon Overing, Overing Yacht Designs   Cheoy Lee Explorer Series Designer Jon Overing, founder of Overing Yacht Designs, began his formal training in naval architecture at the age of 14. Due to his fierce passion for every aspect of maritime vessel design, Jon convinced Dutch Naval Architect Frank van Bentem, …

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Dorothea III Winner of the 2020 Voyager’s Award

Designed by Ron Holland, the Cheoy Lee Dorothea III, a 147 ft TransOcean Explorer motoryacht, recently won the prestigious World Superyacht Awards in the Voyager’s Award category. Captained by John Crupi, Dorothea’s owners Steven and Dorothea Green completed a 34,965-mile voyage through the North and South Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. The voyage was notable …

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Cheoy Lee 151

After taking retirement at the age of 43 and purchasing a preowned Cheoy Lee 151ft TransOcean Explorer, the owner of MY Qing and his family embarked on an epic adventure exploring the world’s most beautiful destinations. Georgia Tindale covers all the details in this Superyacht Times article.     

Explorer Yacht Dorothea III Winer Voyager Awards 2020

Cheoy Lee 147 TransOcean Explorer

Boat International’s Executive Editor, Cecile Gauert sat with M/Y Dorothea III owners to discuss their adventures through the 165,000 nautical miles covered onboard the Cheoy Lee 147 TransOcean Explorer designed by Ron Holland.    

Cheoy Lee 104 Global M/Y JUANKY

Read Andrew Parkinson’s review on Yacht International, about the 104ft Motoryacht Juanky, the first unit on Cheoy Lee’s Global Series designed by John Overing from Overing Yacht Designs.    

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