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Review: Cheoy Lee 76' Alpha Flybridge

Discussion in 'Cheoy Lee Yacht' started by YachtForums, Feb 4, 2013.

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  1. A pair of Caterpillar C32 diesels rated at 1,900hp are connected to ZF 3050V gearboxes turning a pair of Aquamet 22 propeller shafts with 4-blade props. There is a Platzer 5-blade option as well. Tides Marine keeps leaks in check and Visionex bearings keep the shafts and rudders from seizing. The gearbox drives the hydraulic system which means the Naiad bow thruster button can be held down indefinitely.
  2. House power is supplied by a pair of Onan gensets rated at 32 kW and 27 kW respectively. Each unit is enclosed within sound reduction boxes, located against the forward firewall, port and starboard.
  3. A Jastram marine steering system was chosen for the Alpha 76. Given Michael Peter's penchant for speed, it may have been a logical choice, but it's better suited for a larger yacht. This is a powerful system made to handle a lot of prop pressure, but the rudders on this particular Alpha aren't large enough to benefit, resulting in a lack of feedback to the wheel and therefore it's easy to over-compensate.
  4. This is Jastram's tiller arm and hydraulic unit for the starboard side. It's a big, beefy system, therefore rudder indicators are supplied for both helms and they came in handy during our sea trial. CL recently informed me that the system has been tweaked to add more feedback into the wheel.
  5. Every engine room needs a bucket! Glendinning certainly made the yachting life easier with the Cablemaster. 100' of shorepower rated at 100 amps is supplied. Not shown in this group of photos are the AC and DC electrical panels, battery banks, filters, chillers, watermakers, etc, but everything is present and accounted for.
  6. Down the main access hatch is the entrance to the crew quarters. Credit must be given to any naval architect or builder that can incorporate a sustainable-size crew hide-out in a 76' boat.
  7. But placing access to same inside the engine room earns demerit points. On a positive note, the crew quarters serves as an insulation buffer between the engine room and the master stateroom; one of the reasons we recorded very low decibel levels in the master while underway.
  8. Once inside, the crew quarters are the ultimate getaway for a 10-year old kid. However, the captain and most parents won't be very comfortable with a pre-teen in the engine room. Lots of sensitive and somewhat warm things abound!
  9. The crew shower is large enough for a grown-up, but not if he or she has grown too wide. Notice the escape hatch against the shower wall.
  10. Leaving claustrophobia behind, the Alpha 76 has a generous roof overhang on the aft deck. Fit, finish and access through overhead panels was excellent.
  11. No space left unused, the aftdeck seat doubles as storage. Immediately behind the seat, under the white cover is the whirlpool. Small steps flank the pool for safe & easy access.
  12. The aftdeck auxillary control station. Nice touch, but not really needed with the Alpha 76' Fly because visibility from the flybridge helm when backing down a slip is excellent. The staircase grants a direct view to the stern from the helm. Not sure if that was planned, but it's something often overlooked by most builders.
  13. An aftdeck storage compartment to port makes a good place to stow directors chairs when underway.
  14. Aftdeck steps leading to the swim platform with a shorepower hatch. I'm not sure if steps are the right place for the shorepower cord. Maybe I'm nit-picking?
  15. What's wrong with this picture?
  16. The Alpha swim platform is very generous in size because it becomes the launch platform for the tender.
  17. This is the Williams Tender Launch system. How did a trailer get this complicated?
  18. There are good storage compartments all over the Alpha 76 Fly. Here's a good place for upholstery covers, although I don't know if the space breathes. Can't remember the last time I put a perfectly dry cover away.
  19. Study these hardtop stanchions carefully. They are a work of modern day art. Each pipe is bent at a different angle. That part isn't too hard, but each pipe is also curving inside while curving forward. It boggles the mind that this was exactly reproduced for the opposite side of the hardtop. See next pic...
  20. The stanchions are curved in while curving forward. My Hewlett-Packard is unable to calculate the labor cost on this!
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