Cheoy Lee Express Cruiser (Midnight Lace) 1984 Boats for Sale & Yachts
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Cheoy Lee Express Boats Review and Specs
Year: 1984Manufacturer: Edwards Yacht Sales, Quality Listings, Professional Brokers
Price: US$325,000
Yacht designer Tom Fexas created the Midnight Lace back in the 70s’ as a paean to those vintage commuter yachts from earlier in the last century, used by wealthy Wall Street magnates and their ilk to commute from their Long Island Sound homes to their offices. The name, Midnight Lace, is derived from an Alfred Hitchcock movie dating back to the 60’s. As a genre, the commuter yachts had a style and class of their own. Long, usually narrow and low, they were both speedy and luxurious. “Midnight Lace was inspired by the slippery old hulls that were developed during the age of the rumrunner,” Fexus stated. “In the heyday of Consolidated, Elco, Dawn and others, yards turned out boats that were both elegant and fast – and that was before the days of high-horsepower, lightweight engines.” That Midnight Lace looks a bit like a torpedo boat is no accident. The experiences with the light strong hit-and-run PT boats of World War II taught designers much about getting speed out of available horsepower. The hull design concept involves narrow sections, a fine entry, and long, flat buttocks and fairbody. Most important, the chines are rounded. In fact, all the corners below the wateline, including the bottom edge of the transom, are faired round to reduce drag that would otherwise occur at speeds where her chines and transom are still immersed. Lace doesn’t plane, she slices. So for starters, Lace is light. Fexas built the hull with Airex core material as the matrix and added extra layers of glass reinforcement in all the stress locations. He knew that the beamy production boat, with all its extra structural material and the heavy machinery needed to push it around, could fall easily into a “closed loop” system of power requirements – the more weight, the more power needed, thereby adding more machinery weight…and so on. Because of her long, clean running attitude, Lace is styled to reduce windage, and that styling adds to the overall effect. All forward-facing surfaces on the superstructure are raked aft. Windshield – there’s one on the forward cockpit, to slant back to spill wind up and over the crew. All molding and trim is in keeping with this aerodynamic flow. Fexas treats the principles of aerodynamics as if he just discovered them. The boat is like Art Deco afloat. Belle Noir is only one of thirteen Midnight Lace 52s built and is a stunning yacht with exceptional features. Her sleek profile and styling, black hull and bright deckhouse make her stand out like a trophy. There was a total refit done in 2009.
Fuel Hull Material Beam Max Draft Engine Model Fuel Capacity Length at Waterline Length Overall Water Capacity Engine Hours Number of Engines Max Bridge Clearance |
Diesel Fiberglass 13 ft 3 ft 10 in GM Diesels 500 gal 52 ft 52 ft 200 gal 2025 2 16 ft |
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