47′ Cheoy Lee Seamaster LRC Trawler – SOLD-
Specifications:
- Price:
- $ 159,000.00
- Location:
- Ft. PIerce, Fl.
- Year:
- 1973
- Length:
- 47
- Boat Type:
- Power
- Fuel:
- Diesel
- Engines:
- 1
- Make:
- Cheoy Lee
- Model:
- Seamaster
- Boat Name:
- Mamacocha
Yeah, she’s sold, but so handsome a vessel I thought I would activate her again just so people can see pictures of her. RARE.

47′ Cheoy Lee Seamaster full displacement vessel, with a dry stack exhaust, and no it’s not loud, nor is it dirty.
This yacht is like a fine weapon: Well designed FULL displacement, single engine, with dry stack exhaust- well constructed for a dedicated purpose -in a clean fully operational mode. She has trans-Atlantic capability. EXCELLENT bones AND cosmetics- NO metal tanks. Fiberglass from the factory for all. NO teak decks!
This vessel shows excellent. This is NOT a project boat. She’s turn-key ready to cruise. She’s been fully restored by her current German owner who’s the retired CFO of a major European Car Manufacturer, so he had the wherewithal to have undertaken the restoration. He has pride in the vessel and it shows.
She’s would really be worth $600k to the right buyer due to her uniqueness, comps, recent upgrades, condition and new equipment- but it likely would take too long to find ‘that guy’, so I’ve priced her at $159k for a quick sale to the knowledgeable buyer seeking a true full displacement cruising yacht that’s 100% turn-key, ready to go. Owned by her current German owner since 2001. Her previous and 2nd owner was a pilot in the United States Air Force, stationed in Sanford Florida. The vessel was berthed on the St. Johns River for decades.
RARE (they only built seven) Bill Garden design. WHY seven you ask? Well, for those old enough to remember 1973 you will remember that this was the year the OIL CRISIS started, fuel became hard to find- and the US entered a major recession. The dollar was weak weak weak, and imports became expensive expensive expensive. Prices for anything built from oil sky rocketed! Worse than 2008 for the power boat business. That’s your answer.
These were built in Hong Kong- not Taiwan. I know of only two that remain in turn-key ocean cruising condition, and the other one is now in Mexico, after just cruising down from Vancouver BC- not for sale. And then there’s this handsome yacht lying in a beautiful Ft. Pierce marina with a swimming pool that’s basically freshwater due to Taylor Creek outfall, at a dock within crawling distance of a very nice reasonably priced restaurant/bar. Monthly Dockage Rate you ask? $9.00 a ft. Sit up north yet another year dreaming, or purchase this pedigreed yacht that you can follow the dotted line on her GPS to the Bahamas and back? SUMMER is when Floridians go to the Bahamas as the Gulf Stream can be like glass in the day time, yet over there it’s nice and breezy.
ALL FIBERGLASS CONSTRUCTION. That includes ALL tankage. Fiberglass (from factory) Fuel, Water, and holding tanks. No teak decks. All fiberglass. Single 3208 Cat naturally 210hp aspirated diesel -that will last forever. DRY Stack exhaust.
Bow Thruster. Cold air conditioning. Full electronics. Three (3) staterooms, two (2) large heads. One visit in person- and you WILL buy this boat. It’s not like there’s a big selection of full displacement single diesel fiberglass yachts that can cross oceans on their own bottoms is there? Much less in this price range.

Bottom being painted with Copper Coat

The Bahamas- just ‘right over there’ where the water is as clear as the air. This could be you. This boat has the range to cross oceans.
Vessel Name | Mamacocha (mother of all Sea Gods) | ||
Ship Builder | Cheoy Lee Shipyards, Hongkong | ||
Designer | W. Garden | ||
Year built | 1973 | ||
Model name | Seamaster Long Range Cruiser | ||
LOD | 47′ | ||
LWL | 43′ | ||
Beam | 14’6″ | ||
Draft | 4’9″ | ||
Displacement | 55,000 lbs | ||
Bridge clearance | 20′ (actually less) | ||
Ballast | 4,400 lbs | ||
HIN | CHL26751273 | ||
Hull Material | FRP | ||
Hull Type | Full Displacement | ||
Propulsion | Single Screw | ||
Cruising speed | 7.5 kts | ||
Range | 2,600 nm | ||
Fuel Type / Capacity | Diesel, 1,000 Gallons | ||
Fresh Water CapacityHolding Tank | 560 Gallons freshwater
160 gallons (yes, that’s correct) holding. |
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Propulsion System: | ||
Main Engine: | Single Caterpillar 3160, 8 cylinders in V-configuration | |
Serial number 68P-1268. | ||
210 hp at 2,800 rpm | ||
Engine hours: 6,680. | ||
Engine runs perfect and is very economical. At cruising speed of | ||
7.5 knots fuel consumption is less than 3 gal/hr, equivalent to | ||
2.5 nm/gal. |

Original brochure drawings. This boat has twin beds aft, otherwise the same forward. ALL the dark old original wood has been replaced with a more modern, yet classic white surfaces.
Fuel System: | ||
Fuel Type: | Diesel | |
Fuel Tanks: | Total capacity 1,000 gallons in two FRP (means FIBERGLASS) tanks of 500 gals. each at | |
port and starboard side in the engine room. | ||
Fuel Lines and Fittings: | Fill pipe material Type B1 USCG approved, properly grounded. | |
All fuellines leak free, double clamped where possible. | ||
Filtration system: | Plumbed with 1 large capacity Gulf Coast 1 micron filter and | |
1 Racor 900 filter, both water separator type, vacuum gauge inline. | ||
Engine and Generator mounted secondary filters. | ||
Water System: | ||
Fresh Water Tank Capacity: | 560 gals. in bilge, centerline mounted FRP tank, ventilated. | |
Fresh Water Pump: | Shur Flow, water pressure operated 12 V pump. | |
Hot Water System: | Raritan, 110 V electric water heater with connection to main engine | |
cooling circuit. | ||
Capacity 20 gallons. | ||
Located port side aft in engine room, with pressure relief valve and | ||
ignition protected. | ||
Sanitation System: | The prescribed regulations governing the design, construction, | |
operation and maintenance of marine sanitation devices are observed. | ||
Head Types and two (2) Holding Tanks: | One Raritan fresh water flush head aft with a Y-valve assembly on | |
holding tank of 160 gals. capacity located under cockpit port side and | ||
one Tecmar fresh water flush head forward with a Y-valve assembly on | ||
holding tank of 21 gals. capacity located in starboard side locker. | ||
Each holding tank is ventilated. | ||
Basins: | Single basin in each head room. Drain above waterline thru a seacock, | |
which must be open to drain. | ||
Showers: | In both heads draining into each’s shower sump. | |
Rule pump with float switch drains above waterline thru a seacock. |
Steering / Thruster System: | Teleflex Capilano Hydraulic Steering System. | |
Number of Stations: | Two, Flybridge and Lower Helm Station. | |
Rudder Stock: | Stainless steel 2 3/8″ with packing gland. | |
Rudder upper bearing support is hull mounted with metal bracing. | ||
Emergency tiller capability. | ||
Autopilot: | Northstar NS 3300 system with controls on Flybridge and Lower Helm. | |
Fluxgate compass and Gyro. Octopus hydraulic pump. Rudder feedback | ||
indicator. | ||
Bowthruster: | Lewmar 185TT 6.0 KW (8 hp) 12 V bowthruster. Control at Flybridge. |

The view forward- LOOK the “right anchors!” The right anchors EACH with their own windlass. Again note the chest-high railings which her owner raised around the entire vessel.

a Rochna and a Danforth each with a dedicated Windlass.

The forward wide center window opens for ventilation.
Ground Tackle: | ||
Anchors: | Rocna 40 (88 lbs) and Fortress FX-37, secured in the bow rollers. | |
Rode Makeup: | 3/8″ G40 hi-test 100 ft. chain. | |
3/4″ and 1″ three-strand nylon rode (200 ft. and 300 ft.). | ||
Access to the chain locker is from the forward stateroom. | ||
Rodes secured to heavy duty stainless steel cleats. | ||
Anchor Windlass: | Lofran Tigres windlass, dedicated to Rocna anchor. New in 2013 | |
Anchorlift vertical windlass, dedicated to Fortress anchor. New in 2013. | ||
Bowsprit: | Integral molded custom FRP pulpit with stainless steel hardware. |
a Rocna and a Fortress anchor- each with a dedicated Windlass.

Her spacious flybridge.

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Electronics/Navigation | Northstar NS 3300 Autopilot with 2 station controls | |
Equipment: | Northstar M84 Multifunction Display at Lower Helm Station | |
– Chartplotter, Depth sounder, GPS, Radar, Compass | ||
Navman 8120 Multifunction Display 12″ at Flybridge Station | ||
– Chartplotter, Depth sounder, GPS, Radar, Compass | ||
Northstar 2 kw Dome Radar | ||
Uniden VHF, fix at Flybridge Station | ||
Cruz Pro Digital electronic gauges at Flybridge with repeater for | ||
Lower Helm Station. | ||
Danforth Compass mounted on binnacle at Flybridge Station. | ||
Satellite radio / FM,AM / Stereo / CD player with Marine Speakers at | ||
Flybridge Station. | ||
Panasonic 32″ LCD HDTV, Blue Ray disc player system, FM/AM stereo | ||
radio with high capacity loud speaker system in Main Salon aft. |

Bow thruster control

Qualifier: Can you fit between the cabin trunk and the railings? It’s not abnormally narrow by any means, but I’ve had some abnormally large people not make it.

Yes indeed, she does have a transom door for easy access from floating docks and tenders.

Nice huh? I would like to point out that despite all those large windows in this large space, the vessel was cool inside and it was a bright 89 degree high humidity day at 2pm when I took these. That’s impressive on it’s on. The air conditioners have new compressors, but the owner kept the tre cool original air blowers with the circular vent that can be turned to blow in different directions, something the new one’s can’t do. ALL new inside here. Galley, cooktop, Microwave convection oven, refrigerator, freezer, upholstery, wall paneling- all new. WHY? Because the old was old wasn’t it?

Contemporary TV and a quality sound system.

Clean, clean, clean, and plenty of light, yet cool inside. No odors.
Cabin Interior: | The cabin interior and galley are well suited for the vessels intended | |
use. Vessels interior shows very little wear, is well maintained in | ||
above average condition and very clean. No mold or mildew. | ||
Layout: | Entering thru the transom gate you enter the cockpit and aft deck. | |
On the starboard side and up FRP steps (no ladder!) you enter the | ||
Flybridge, with aft and fwd. facing bench seating and a folding table. | ||
Forward is the moulded console to hold instruments and gauges. | ||
From the aft boat deck down 3 FRP steps and thru a wooden and | ||
glass door you enter the salon. The galley is along the starboard side, | ||
while an L-shaped settee for 6 persons with storage underneath and | ||
a folding table is to port. | ||
The lower helm is forward to starboard. | ||
The aft quarters access is from a centerline set of steps down. | ||
Twin beds with new mattresses, a dressing table, storage lockers | ||
and 4 large drawers are in the roomy aft stateroom. | ||
The aft head with shower, built in basin and space provided for | ||
washer/dryer combo is to port. | ||
Forward of the salon and down 3 steps is a stateroom to port with | ||
two bunks w. new mattresses and storage (locker and 5 drawers). | ||
Farther forward is another stateroom with two large bunks with new | ||
mattresses and a lot of storage space. | ||
The forward head with separate stall shower is to starboard. | ||
Anchor locker access is from a locker in the forward stateroom. | ||
Engine room access is thru 4 salon floor hatches as well a 2 doors, | ||
one from the fwd. passageway and one from the aft stateroom. | ||
Joinery and Finish: | Cheoy Lee is well known for their excellent interior teak joinery. | |
Nevertheless all the teak veneered surfaces were changed to light | ||
cream colored FRP surfaces, giving an elegant look together with the | ||
solid teak accents. | ||
The sole is teak and holly in good condition, solid wood in the salon | ||
and plywood sheets in the staterooms. | ||
Windows, Ports, Doors: | The sides of cabin house have 4 fixed and 2 sliding windows. The | |
center window opens forward, all with green tinted glass. | ||
The entrance door opens to the main salon and has also tinted glass. | ||
15 heavy duty bronze ports with bronze lids, all chromed. No signs | ||
of water intrusion. | ||
Lighting: | Overhead lights in all interior spaces and swivel berth lights, all | |
with LED bulbs in 12 V configuration. | ||
Ventilation: | Excellent natural ventilation with windows, ports and hatches. | |
Air Conditioning System: | Two Ocean Breeze compressor units located in the engine room, new | |
in 2013, rating 16,000 BTU’s each. 110 V electric stainless pump | ||
system is equipped with a seacock and strainer. | ||
Cruisair original air handler units with new controls in main salon and | ||
the 3 staterooms have the possibility to direct the airflow as needed. | ||
Galley: | Corian countertop. Double stainless steel basin. Whirlpool two | |
burner top electric stove. Built in Sharp Microwave with convection | ||
oven/grill. | ||
Refrigeration: | Household size built in Summit all-refrigerator. | |
Household size built in Summit freezer with 4 drawers front loading. | ||

Quite nice piece of German hardware there isn’t it?

Storage

Deep drawer storage.

Under the sink. Deep, clean.

The 110 volt refrigerator. Yes, those gauges are for a cold plate system. No, it’s no longer on the boat, but they look cool.
Electrical System: | The vessels DC and AC electrical systems are meeting the ABYC | |
standards. | ||
Battery Capacity: | Engine and Generator starting and in general ships current is furnished | |
from a starting battery with 1,500 CCA’s and a house battery bank | ||
with 675 amp hours capacity. Batteries are at the starboard side in | ||
the engine room, boxed and tied securely. | ||
Battery Switches: | Rotary isolation battery switches are located close to the batteries in | |
the engine room as well as at the electric control panel adjacent to the | ||
lower helm station. | ||
Engine Alternator/Regulator: | Main engine mounted Balmar Alternator at 100 amps. | |
Balmar Max Charge MC-612 Multi-Stage Regulator. | ||
Battery Charger: | Mastervolt 12/70-3 electronic charger, located in engine room. | |
New in 2014. | ||
Shore Power Receptacles: | Three locations – at bow, flybridge and transom, each for two 30 amp | |
120 V connections. Marinco w. stainless steel caps. | ||
Galvanic Isolator for both AC shore power connections. | ||
Shore Power Cables: | 120/240 V shore power cable 50 amps w. Y-splitter to two 30 amps | |
connections. Two 30 amp 25 ft. each cables. | ||
AC and DC control panel: | Well labeled at the lower helm. | |
AC with shore power selector and protection against adverse polarity. | ||
Load monitors for both AC curcuits: Voltage, Amps, Watts, Hertz. | ||
Link 20 DC battery monitor: Volts, amps, amp hrs. | ||
AC and DC Outlets: | Various outlets for 120 V AC and 12 V DC in all rooms thru-out boat. | |
Ground fault circuit interruptor for AC outlets in fwd. and aft head, | ||
galley and cockpit. | ||
Generator: | Fischer Panda AC 8 Mini DP with sound shield, new in 2013 | |
Serial number 6M3153. | ||
7.4 KW @ 3,500 rpm, 120/240 V, 60 Htz | ||
Kubota 2-cyl. Diesel engine, Model Z482, total 650 hrs. | ||
Remote control/gauge panel at lower helm station. | ||

The separate freezer. This is the only thing on the boat I don’t like. One really does have to be a twig to get down and access it.

Note the overhead (think escape) hatch. All ports are bronze, as are their “blackout” lids.

Sole of the master stateroom.

The master stateroom aft. When I was a young guy, I didn’t understand the value of twin beds, Now I totally get it.

Handsome reading light. Chromed bronze port light covers, which I expect are bullet proof. I had a client who was 6’10” come lay in this bed and he fit fine. The headroom was fine too.

Locker

Spare parts in locker in the master stateroom.

This head is huge. Electric toilet. Holding tank has 140 gallon capacity, so if you find yourself cruising area’s that have 100% NO discharge of anything overboard, you will last longer than most any other yacht, which usually have only 40-80 gallons of black water tankage. There’s a area here above the sink that’s totally plumbed and wired for a washer/dryer if you would like to add one.

Electric head in the master head.

V-berth stateroom . Each Stateroom has it’s own AC unit.

2nd stateroom.

2nd stateroom looking aft. All three staterooms have a dedicated Marine AC unit.

I’m pretty sure these are literally bullet proof.

Forward head with a separate shower stall.
Single Caterpillar 3160, 8 cylinders in V-configuration |
Serial number 68P-1268. |
210 hp at 2,800 rpm, but actually down rated to 150 hp to enhance |
her life. |
Engine hours: 6,680. |
Engine runs perfect and is very economical. At cruising speed of |
7.5 knots fuel consumption is less than 3 gal/hr, equivalent to |
2.5 nm/gal. |
Molded FRP stringer, in conjunction rubber dampened, adjustable |
motor mounts are bolted to the structure and used to adjust the shaft |
alignment as well as secure the engine to the vessel. System is in |
good condition and clean. |

Although the floor boards easily fold open, you can also easily access both the front and rear of the engine room via doors on each side.

Port side aft of the engine room. Note the huge inspection ports on the FIBERGLASS fuel tank.

Engine room from the forward entrance.
Drip Pan: | Stainless steel, clean. | |
Fuel: | Diesel. | |
Exhaust system: | Drystack. (quiet and no smoke) | |
Engine Gauges: | Cruz Pro digital tachometer w. engine hours indicator, oil and water | |
temperature, oil pressure. This flybridge gauges have a Cruz Pro | ||
repeater to the Lower helm station. | ||
Cooling System: | Engine is fresh water (antifreeze) cooled with a raw sea water cooled | |
heat exchanger and exhaust manifold. | ||
Transmission: | Twin Disc Model MG-506, serial number 390240, ratio 1.93:1 | |
Propeller Shaft: | Stainless steel, 2 1/4″. | |
Shaft seals: TidesMarine Sure Seal “dripless” system with seawater | ||
injection. | ||
Seacock: | Bronze with integrated strainer, located on port side of engine. | |
Ventilation: | Natural ventilation (air entrance under starboard side molded steps). | |
Engine room blower (vent outlet at flybridge). |

Starboard side of engine room. Drawer storage, Batteries are all in those boxes.

Aft starboard side of the engine room. Storage drawers and the access door from the aft stateroom.
Thru-Hull Fittings: | Air Cond. raw water pick up, stbd. fwd. of engine, bronze w. strainer | |
Engine raw water pick up, located portside of engine, bronze w. strainer | ||
Generator raw water pick up, portside of engine, bronze w. strainer | ||
Salt water wash down, located stbd. fwd. of engine, bronze. | ||
Sink drains, above waterline with ball valves, bronze. | ||
Bilge pump drains, above waterline with ball valves, bronze. |

Port forward side of the engine room with tool box storage, and partial view of the new Generator.

the owner replaced the original 12.5kw iron beast of a generator that came with the boat with this 7.4 kw Mase Generator which is a fraction of the size, and he’s been very happy with it. It’s very quiet, and the space saved allowed him to install the toolbox and other things.
Safety / Federally | Personal Flotation Devices | |
Required Equipment: | Throwable PFD | |
Fire Extinguishers | ||
Visual Distress Signals | ||
Sound producing Devices: Bell/Horn/Whistle | ||
Power Blowers | ||
Navigation Lights | ||
Anchor Light | ||
No Oil Discharge Placard | ||
Trash Disposal Placard | ||
6 person Revere Solas approved offshore life raft | ||
ACR 406 epirb RLB-35 Cat. 1, ACR number 19563 | ||
Bilge pumps electronic activity control and display | ||
Carbon Monoxide Alarm | ||
FCC License Station and DSC Registration Number | ||
N. Bilge: | Bilge is clean, no oil and only minimal condense water. | |
Bilge pumps, electric 12 V: | There are five Rule bilge pumps with automatic switches and electronic | |
activity control display installed. | ||
The pumps are located in: | ||
– Forward stateroom bilge | ||
– Aft engine room bilge (high capacity pump) | ||
– Aft engine room bilge (under shaft seal) | ||
– Aft stateroom bilge | ||
– Cockpit bilge | ||
Sump collection bowls are located in: | ||
– Forward engine room bilge | ||
– in Aft head sole | ||
All bilge and sump pumps drain above the waterline over board thru | ||
bronze ball valves. | ||
Bilge pumps, manually operated: | Two high capacity manual “emergency” Whale bilge pumps are located | |
on the foredeck (pick up in forward stateroom bilge) and adjacent to the | ||
salon entry door (pick up in aft stateroom bilge). | ||
Misc. Equipment | 2 large FRP storage compartments on foredeck | |
1 large FRP storage box at cockpit bulkhead | ||
1 small FRP storage box for propane canister (for outside gas barbecue) | ||
Walker Bay 8′ Dinghy with inflatable collar type tubes | ||
Electric crane for moving Dinghy into and out of water | ||
Electric Air pressure system located under Flybridge console | ||
Cockpit lights, Docking lights, Search light | ||

Exceptionally high headroom under the top. I’m 6′ tall and can hardly reach the bottom bow. You will not be broiled by our Florida sun.

No, the zinc isn’t painted, that’s blue masking tape as the bottom is being painted. COPPER INFUSED BOTTOM PAINT.

The prop is very well protected.
Comments: This is one rare beast that’s been fully refit by her 3rd and current owner, a German yachtsman (who also owned a Hatteras 62′ and has spent 30 years cruising Mexican waters in addition to the Virgin Islands on his Hatteras) who purchased her in 2001. Her previous owner of decades was a pilot in the Air Force stationed in Sanford Florida where the vessel was berthed for decades.. She is cruise ready. Bottom is clean. No blisters. She shows beautifully, and any person who’s seeking a TRUE full displacement yacht will buy her upon first viewing. There are NO “issues”. Brand new to the market 11/05/15. She shows great, smells good. Non smokers. EASY TO SEE in Ft. Pierce for the qualified buyer. I know no other vessel in this price range that’s capable of long distance cruising right now.
Disclaimer: All particulars are believed to be true, but not guaranteed. Please instruct your surveyor to ascertain any particular details. Florida registered.