Hi folks,
I'm new to the forum and found this thread. Interesting as I have a Cheoy Lee 63. I have loads of photos and original drawings if anyone wants them. Mine is hull number 3949
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| Originally Posted by MedRascal I had a bad accident on my former 63' with its reversing props... their reaction time when you need to switch from fwd to reverse is terribly slow bringing the action need late to avoid the accident. |
Mine dosen't have reversing props, they must have been options.
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| Originally Posted by MedRascal I had them eliminated during the building of my current 78' installin fixed ones. It gives more drag when sailing, (to avoid this, i keep engines running even while sailing) but at least, the responce while manouveing is in "real time"... |
Do you keep it in gear or just let the engines idle?
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| Originally Posted by MedRascal For what I know, over 25 Cheoy Lee 63 MS were built in spite of only three 78s. Strange that in spite of many owners moved from the CL 52 to the 63, almost none besides me, moved from the 63 to the 78... |
I enquired with Cheoy Lee shipyards and they told me they had built 15. I've tried to contact various owners so I can hopefully get some assistance and comparisons with mine.
I don't suppose anyone would know the history of mine?