Cheoy Lee 41"Astraea"

Click here to go to the pages documenting the total refitting of Astraea from 2006-2008. 

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Magazine Ad for the 1981 Cheoy Lee 41

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Below is a reply from Ray Richards that I have copied from the Cheoy Lee Association website. 

An old adage may fit, to wit: Different ships : Different long splices.  I am not particularly familiar with it, but your e.mail jogged my memory that  indeed, Cheoy Lee had Pedrick design a 41, "borrowing" from mine but with the, by then, contemporary style of underbody and flatter sheer. I also recall  that Pedrick was or had been in the Sparkman & Stevens office, a factor that  Cheoy Lee probably and understandably would have figured as good for sales. Journalism has its place. It is said that bad publicity is better than no  publicity at all. There were more than a few misquotes and errors. For  example, I turned out 4, not 10 designs for Cheoy Lee. The first was a 39, a  larger and heavier version of an aluminum one tonner that had received some  good press, but it was totally away from the type and style of CL's market  niche. It was flush decked and had a plumb transom from which a dirty big  outboard rudder was hung. Tad Woodhull, Lyon Yachts, Essex, Connecticut, had  one and did well racing it in Long Island Sound. It was he who stimulated  Cheoy Lee toward replacing Phil Rhodes' very handsome RELIANT, which came to  be sold as their OFFSHORE 40. Thus came my 41, which was originally  designated OFFSHORE 40. Maybe that, in CL's mind, was much like replacing a  Richards with a Pedrick. The 32 came next. It was followed by the 38, very  similar in features to the 41. Incidentally, I first used the round settee in the cuddy of the RANGER 20.  ......
Ray Richards

Cheoy Lee 41 Ketch

Specs

LOA....................................... 40'9"
DWL...................................... 32'6"
Beam.................................... 12'6"
Draft....................................... 6'
Sail Area Ketch .................. 835 sq ft
Displacement.....................  22,000Lbs
Ballast................................... 8,700Lbs
Fuel ......................................  75US Gal*
Water....................................  130US Gal

*  Astraea has the optional factory installed 40 gallon second fuel tank located under the cockpit.  This gives her a fuel capacity of 115 gallons of diesel fuel. 

Model	LOA	I	J	P	E
41 Ketch	41'	50.50'	17.00'	45.50'	12.00'

Click here for link to larger size schematic drawing.

Click here for link to larger size schematic drawing.

 

Click here for link to larger size schematic drawing. 

Astraea's hull number is 3670 (CHL036700481) and her construction began at Cheoy Lee Shipyards in Hong Kong on September 4, 1979.  She was sold through Jack Barr Yacht Sales and delivered on April 7, 1983 to San Francisco to her first owners, Richard and Rosalee Sanders.  She spent the next nine years sailing the waters of San Francisco Bay and Northern California.

These pictures were generously provided to me by Richard Sanders, Astraea's first owner and show her when she was first purchased.

This picture shows Astraea in 1983 when she was new.  Notice the varnished Sitka spruce masts.  The original owner told me that these masts were beautiful, but a realy maintenance nightmare.  They had to be taken down and revarnished almost every year.  Interestingly, this work ws always done at Svendens, who is now doing the refit.  These masts were recently rebuilt and Awlgripped by Svendsens which changes her look but also greatly reduces the maintenance requirements.   

Except for the addition of our flat screen LCD TV the interior is much as it was in 1983.  However note the beautiful condition of the cabin sole.  The wood in these soles are half inch solid teak on a half inch hardwood plywood.  The brown plaid fabric on the setee is definitely 1980's! 

Here we can see Astraea's original electronics package featuring the latest Omega system, definitely state of the art in 1983.  Also, more of that awful brown plaid!  Our new Furuno NavNet2 system with radar, GPS, flux gate compass and AIS would seem like science fiction in 1983!   

The cockpoit looking much as it idid in 1983.  I did remove the outer portion of the ship's wheel.  I just did not like it.  I prefer the traditional look of the simple "ship's wheel". 

 

The original ship's Isuzu QD40, removed and replaced with a new Westerbeke in August 2008.  The sump for gray water was definitely ahead of it's time!  This gray water collection tank was removed by a subsequent owner and the space used for the reefer compressor.