In answer to Jeff. "Champion" is not a 47' Cheoy Lee Seamaster. She is 53'. Her listing can be viewed at: http://tinyurl.com/28lvqn She is a circumnavigator, with a good set of paravanes, and mentioned in Beebe's "Voyaging Under Power." If memory serves me correctly, the original of this design was named "Feng Shui" and was built of Teak. Fess Parker kept an example of this design in Santa Barbara. These boats were unique in that their engine was located towards the bow, with the engine exhausting through the forward mast. Chris Byer Cathedral City

"Chris Byer" <e2wedz902@sneakemail.com> writes: >She is a circumnavigator, with a good set of paravanes, and mentioned in >Beebie's "Voyaging Under Power." If memory serves me correctly, the >original of this design was named "Feng Shui" and was built of Teak. Fess >Prarker kept an example of this design in Santa Barbara. These boats were >unaique in that their engine was located towards the bow, with the engine >exhiausting through the forward mast. Chris, Just a guess, but I think that the boat for sale is actually Feng Shui. To the best of my knowledge there was only one boat built to that design. Cheoy Lee did build a 47' 'glass trawler to a design by William Garden. This was quite a distinctive design as it had a flush deck over the aft cabin. When I was searching for my boat (2003) there was a fully restored and repowered one for sale on the east coast. Scott Welch FirstClass Product Manager www.firstclass.com Those who make no mistakes rarely make anything.