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Cheoy Lee Shipyards Is Installing Luxury Interiors Hand-Crafted by Italian Artisans in the First 130 Explorer Yacht The first Cheoy Lee 130 Explorer yacht is in its final phase of construction at Cheoy Lee Shipyards. The steel hull and aluminum superstructure are complete and the engines and machinery are in place. Now, the luxury custom …
Building the Cheoy Lee 130 Explorer’s Interiors Simultaneously in Two Locations Saves Time and Adds Convenience for the Yacht’s Owner While many new megayachts can take up to three years to build, Cheoy Lee Shipyards offer far shorter construction periods for their new Explorer Series yachts. “One of the questions we are asked often …
Exploring the Yacht Classification Societies and Their Benefits When you embark on a new-build project for a large custom yacht, one of the first things to determine is whether to have the vessel designed and constructed to meet the technical standards of a yacht classification society – known, for short, as “building to class”. …
Cheoy Lee Yachts values our clients’ time. That’s why we located our North American headquarters conveniently in America’s Yachting Capital – Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Cheoy Lee Yachts Sales and Service center is located at one of world’s premier yachting facilities – Safe Harbor Lauderdale Marine Center (LMC).
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.
At Cheoy Lee Shipyards, Hull #1 of the Explorer Series has hit a major milestone in its construction process. Its oceangoing steel hull is now complete and has been turned upright
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 …
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 …
Built for Adventure: Everything You Need to Know About Today’s Explorer Yachts Read More
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 …
Lessons from One of the Best Explorer Yachts Ever Built: Cheoy Lee’s Dorothea III Read More
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 …
Cheoy Lee Unveils New Explorer and Tradition Yacht Series Read More
