EXCLUSIVE: Cheoy Lee 68 Sport Motoryacht — By Capt. Bill Pike — February 2004

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Base price: $1,995,000 with 2/800-hp Caterpillar 3406E diesel inboards
Optional power: 2/875-hp Caterpillar C18, 2/1,400-hp 3412E, or 2/1,550-hp Caterpillar C30 diesel inboards
Standard equipment: Maxwell rope/chain windlass; 32-kW Northern Lights generator; 13.5-hp American Bowthruster; 4/freshwater-flush Headhunter MSDs; GE range, oven, ventilation hood, and refrigerator/freezer; Avonite countertops; Kenmore stacked washer/dryer; 100-amp shore-power service w/Glendinning Cablemaster; 97,000-Btu Aqua-Air A/C; 2/engine-driven crash pumps; 60-amp Sentry battery charger; triplex Racor fuel-water separators for mains and genset; fuel-management system w/Fill-Rite meter; Groco sea strainers; engine-driven emergency bilge pump; PYI dripless seals for prop shafts and rudder stocks; 1,500-lb. Nautical Structures electro-hydraulic davit

SPECIFICATIONS
Length overall: 67'11"
Beam: 18'11"
Draft: 5'5"
Weight (dry): 100,000 lbs.
Fuel capacity: 1,200 gal.
Water capacity: 430 gal.
Test engines: 2/1,400-hp Caterpillar 3412E diesel inboards
Transmissions/ratio: ZF 1950V/2.45:1
Props: 38"x48" 4-blade Nibral
Steering: Hynautic hydraulic
Controls: Hynautic hydraulic
Optional equipment on test boat: 2/Furuno NavNets w/repeaters; 2/Standard Quest VHFs; Furuno RD-30 radar w/repeater; integral pilothouse/bridge stairwell w/ stowage under; teak overlay on aft deck; Twin Disc electronic engine controls w/remote controls; Naiad stabilizers; Jennair BBQ grill on flying bridge; soft goods (drapes, valance boards, Roman shades, headboards); his and her head in master; Bennett trim tabs
Price as tested: $2,370,000

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