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Having maneuvered ourselves down to VZ we probably dropped off the radar screen for all of the folks looking to us for info or whatever. please update our location and email address so folks can get in touch with us if they want info on our boat - 38' Pedrick design. We continue to love cruising and love VZ even more. this past year we  traveled inland quite a bit and plan to continue that trend. it balances out the time and energy required to keep a "good old boat" afloat! keep well and thanks for all your work on that web site. good luck with your preparation.  keep in mind, as Aquinas said (I think) - "if you wait until you are ready you will  never do anything" :)

33 Owners

Boat- "Singularity"  - 1982 Pedrick 41'
OWNER - Cindy Compton & Jeff Conley
AREA OF SAILING - Annapolis, MD
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2017 - Morning Winds was shipped to Wisconsin in 2014 from Annapolis, MD. She was commissioned by Frank Kittredge as Compulsion. Mr. Kittredge sold her to Don Deline in 1999, when he changed her name to MW. She lived on the Chesapeake 1986-2014. Don sold her to his daughter, Michele, and me for $1 in 2015.
- Frank changed her interior layout during her initial build: he moved the aft quarter berth to the port side where the nav station generally sits; the center head was moved to the original quarter berth location; the nav station was moved across from the galley. A second companionway stair was added between the galley and the nav station. This creates a separate aft stateroom and reduces the size of the main salon. It makes the boat feel a bit small for her size but provides terrific privacy for two couples.
- Since 2014 we have been busy with typical "first projects": new genoa and roller-furler; new running rigging; boot and cove stripes; some rewiring; new water and bilge pumps; new varnish on topsides decorative teak; new v-berth and settee cushions; four new prisms; new cover; etc.
- She is currently undergoing a large deck replacement project at Miller Boatworks in Herbster, WI. The original teak has been removed, major sections of her deck and cabin trunk are being removed and recored, and a Teak Systems "screwless" deck will be fabricated and installed. With some prodding by me, Andy is also repainting the cabintop; we're still negotiating his painting the cockpit. This deck seems to be the Cadillac of teak decks and I'm not sure if it is the right decision versus going with a painted deck. Given that I don't have time to do the work myself, the cost of new teak vs. considerable prep and deck paint was about $7k, so we decided to go with the teak. Only time will tell if this is the right decision.The project progress can be seen on the YouTube channel Boatworks Today (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3HTQ1di06w&t=4s).
- During her time in Andy's heated garage, I am rebuilding the winches, recaulking and varnishing the cockpit teak, replacing and rebedding the portlights. Hopefully, she will get a new suite of electronics and will have her damaged interior teak refinished.
- Michele and I are working towards moving aboard in 2018 to pursue our careers overseas.
- We have found Morning Winds to be a strong and reasonably swift boat for her size and weight. She stands up to 35+ knot winds without batting an eye; she's easy to balance and her hull is reasonably slippery in light air. Most importantly, she checks off all the attributes for blue-water sailing in reasonable safety. I find her lines to be somewhat masculine, strong and pleasing. Dave Pedrick drew a beautiful bow (so Sparkman and Stephens) and a gentle shear. Her cockpit is spacious and reasonably dry for an aft cockpit. We've joked that she will "sink from the top down" as her deck leaks flooded the cabin with water. Hopefully, we will solve that. While all small boats are a compromise, this boat seems to strike just about the right balance for this sailing couple.

Boat- "Outrageous  - 1983 Pedrick 41'
OWNER - Albert and Sandi Sykes
AREA OF SAILING - Sodus Bay, NY Lake Ontario

Purchased 2010. Recent upgrades are new Main and 135% tri radial Genoa. (With amazing performance increase). Garmin chart plotter, AIS, GMR 18D radar, full canvas, and Axiom 3 blade prop (another amazing performance increase)

5 Owner

Boat- "Glory" formally" Sea Lion" -  Pedrick 43'
OWNER - David Tuck
AREA OF SAILING - Huntington, NY is home port, sailing area, Long Island Sound and N. England
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David Toombs was previous owner, he spent 18 months at the yard in Hong Kong.  David was the original Cheoy Lee importer/Distributor from 1960 to 1991 when Cheoy Lee terminated sailboat production.

Aug 08 - I am currently updating boat slowly to include conveniences of this century with a minimal compromise to last century's craftsmanship. areas of interest include: refrigeration/cold plates, prop refits, and (ugh) deck replacement

2015  After the original owner passed away two years ago the boat sat in dry-dock until we purchased it last November and we are about to launch it in a few weeks. We need guidance as to where to find any schematic drawings for this boat. Especially any mechanical or electrical drawings. If anybody has close familiarity with this kind of boat we have a ton of questions and the answers will certainly help us. Any assistance or guidance would be greatly appreciated. We have nothing to assist us in identifying the pipes, lines, hoses, electrcial wiring and connections, thru hull valves, etc. etc. There is a lot that needs to be done and without schematics it is like reinventing the wheel . I hope someone has more info than we have !

6 Owners

The Last Cheoy Lee made

Boat- "Midnight Walk" -  1999 Pedrick 47'
OWNER - Anthony Miller and Cecilia Melin
AREA OF SAILING - Velasis Marina, Muira Peninsula, Tokyo
E-Mail Anthony  I am the owner of Pedrick 47 Midnight Walk, the last sailboat actually built by Cheoy Lee (1999). Midnight Walk is a custom 47 foot center cockpit ketch with a teak coach house, teak decks and all stainless winches. It was the last sailboat built in Penny's Bay and may be the last sailboat ever built by Cheoy Lee unless they change their mind and build another in their new home in the PRC. However I believe that they have destroyed all the sailboat molds. My new homeport is Velasis Marina, Miura Peninsula, Tokyo Japan. The boat sailed from HK to Tokyo in 18 days in June of last year - without using the engine except to leave RHKYC marina in HK.

NOTE: I am afraid that there is small controversy here. There is another boat, a fine Pedrick 55 named Ocean Girl that is claiming this rather curious distinction of being Cheoy Lee’s last sailboat. I think you will find, if you talk to John Cannon at Cheoy Lee, that  Ocean Girl’s hull was built in 1983 and the owner changed his mind. The new owner only “completed” the boat in 2001. Midnight Walk, however is hull number 1429 and the last boat actually built from the keel up starting in 1998 and finishing in January of 1999. This is not a very great controversy and I am happy to say that Ocean Girl was the last sail boat “completed” by Cheoy Lee while Midnight Walk was the last sail boat “built” by Cheoy Lee. Either way it is a pity and HK Disney land will always be a sad place for me.)  Anthony...

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The Last Cheoy Lee made?? See Midnight Walk's info above

Boat- "Ocean Girl"  Pedrick 55'
OWNER -Rainer Brodmeier
AREA OF SAILING - Hong Kong
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The following email submitted by Wayne Robinson
The Last Cheoy Lee Yacht built & launched in Penny's Bay Lantau
She was built 15 years ago but the owner changed his mind [wasn't you was it ?]  and has sat at the yard ever since.  With the land site earmarked for redevelopment by HK government for Disney land, the Cheoy Lee Shipyard had to move elsewhere [ back into China] and the remaining stock of completed or partially completed boats were sold off.  Ocean Girl was the last one of these and in 2001 was the last of a long line of Cheoy Lee built yachts to be launched at their yard at Penny's Bay Lantau Island.
Anyhow she is a Pedrick 55' .  She looks a bit like a Swan with teak decks, aft cockpit & mid deck cockpit & companion way. She was bought by Rainer Brodmeier, a German sailor based in HK 18 months ago as a bare hull & cabin top only & since that time he has been working hard night & day to fit her out.  Many believed he would not complete the mammoth task in time.  Well he did, he got the keel cast in China and fitted out all the rigging himself .  We are 13 crew and Hot to Trot. 
The name of the yacht is Ocean Girl and you can follow our daily progress [or other] on the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Clubs, China Sea Race web site - see link below.
So far the boat has only sailed a total of 30 miles or so only ' four times ' from her Hebe Haven Mooring to the Nine Pins and back - the CSR is 600 nautical miles from Hong Kong to Nasugbu Bay just outside Manila Bay.   Wish us luck !    www.rhkyc.org.hk/chinasearace.htm

Wayne Robinson
Navigator
Ocean Girl