Cheoy Lee 63 Ketch
Description
The Cheoy Lee 63 Ketch refers to the Cheoy Lee 63 Motorsailer (also called the Cheoy Lee 63 Long Range Motorsailer/LRMS or Motorsailor 63), a rare, heavy-displacement bluewater motorsailer built by Cheoy Lee Shipyard in Hong Kong in the early to mid-1980s (primarily 1983–1985, with only about 9 hulls produced). Designed by Seaton-Neville (Steven Seaton and Neville Crichton), it's a pilothouse ketch rigged for versatile, shorthanded offshore passagemaking with strong motoring capability—optimized for long-range cruising, liveaboard comfort, and reliability in varied conditions. This model stands out in the Cheoy Lee lineup (fitting your series of inquiries on their classic sail/motorsailers) as one of the largest and most capable from that era, blending traditional ketch rig advantages with powerful twin diesels and enormous tankage for extended self-sufficiency. It's not a pure sailboat but a true motorsailer: sails well under canvas but excels when motorsailing or powering through calms/light winds.
Construction Details
| Designer | Seaton-Neville (Steven Seaton and Neville Crichton) |
|---|---|
| Builder | Cheoy Lee |
| Length | 63.330 ft |
| LOA | 63.330 ft |
| LWL | 54.167 ft |
| Beam | 18.500 ft |
| Displacement | 98500 lb |
| Ballast | 30000 lb |
| Max Draft | 6.500 ft |
| Min Draft | 3.500 ft |
| Year Built | 1983 |
The standard boat dimensions
| i | 63.66 ft |
|---|---|
| j | 21.50 ft |
| p | 57.84 ft |
| e | 20.25 ft |
| p2 | 33.85 ft |
| e2 | 11.04 ft |
| i2 | - |
| j2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 | I2 | J2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63.66 ft | 21.50 ft | 57.84 ft | 20.25 ft | 33.85 ft | 11.04 ft | - | - |
Sails
Cheoy Lee 63 Ketch - MAINSAIL
| Luff | * 57.84 ft - (17630 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 20.25 ft - (6172 mm) |
| Leech | * 60.33 ft - (18389 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 88 ° |
| Diagonal | * 60.61 ft - (18474 mm) |
| Head (inches) | * 6 in - (152 mm) |
| Area | * 597.79 ft² |
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Cheoy Lee 63 Ketch - JIBSAIL
| Luff | * 53.75 ft - (16383 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 28.74 ft - (8760 mm) |
| Leech | * 46.25 ft - (14097 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 114.98 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 24.72 ft - (7535 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 12.01 ° |
| Area | * 664.34 ft² |
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Cheoy Lee 63 Ketch - JIBSAIL
| Luff | 63 ft - (19202 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 26.25 ft - (8001 mm) |
| Leech | 56.75 ft - (17297 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 109.95 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 23.64 ft - (7205 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 7.1 ° |
| Area | * 744.7 ft² |
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Cheoy Lee 63 Ketch - GENOA
| Luff | * 63.83 ft - (19455 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 34.95 ft - (10653 mm) |
| Leech | * 59.8 ft - (18227 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 150 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 32.25 ft - (9830 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 4.01 ° |
| Area | * 1029.24 ft² |
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Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite. The information on this site is not guaranteed to be accurate. Sailrite offers this content as a service to our community, but takes no responsibility for the reliability of the data provided.
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