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Motor yacht Marco Polo was built in 2007 by Hong Kong shipyard Cheoy Lee and presents a vessel that is both luxury super yacht and Transocean Explorer. With a steel hull and GRP superstructure, she features exterior design by Ron Holland while her interior is the work of KCA International. This modern superyacht measures 44.8 metres and can accommodate up to 10 guests.

Motor yacht Marco Polo is owned by Director and Founder of Maritime Concept and Construction Hong Kong (MCC) Roland Sturm who requested a European-quality yacht built in China. With her deep-green hull and explorer characteristics, the vessel manages to combine aspects of motor yacht and hardened merchant ship in an attractive collaboration.

The luxury vessel is the first launch in a planned series of motor yachts from Cheoy Lee built with care to minimise her carbon footprint and ensure low-maintenance and fuel consumption. She was the winner of the Best New Series over 40 metres category at the 18th Annual ShowBoats International Awards in 2008. Marco Polo II is planned for release in 2010.

Due to its explorer nature, motor yacht Marco Polo is designed with plenty of extra storage space including large bilge storage areas and foredeck hold. Under hatches on the foredeck can be found room for the seven metre Castoldi tender or an automobile when the occasion calls for it.

The main deck houses a dining room and open-plan salon, while forward is a lounge/library that can also double as an extra cabin if needed. An impressive galley is also located on this level, just aft of the lounge.

Unusually, the master suite is located on the upper deck and the entire deck abaft the wheelhouse is also sectioned for the owner’s private use. The suite features an en suite, and lounge/study area that can remain as separate rooms or become one giant space with the opening of sliding doors. On the lower deck can be found a VIP stateroom, twin cabin, double cabin and a gymnasium.

The interior decor is a fusion of East and West, a tribute to the yacht’s own influences from owner and designer. Carrying somewhat of a 1930s art deco feel enriched by the addition of Asian motifs and patterns, the design mirrors the theme of ying and yang.

Makassar ebony features heavily in both the main salon and master suite, while the lower deck employs limed oak and walnut contrasts. The owner’s penchant for the colour green is easily visible onboard the yacht, which aside from colouring the hull, also features on the wheelhouse leather upholstery and marble floor of the galley.

Luxury yacht Marco Polo is powered by a 1,7000kW Caterpillar engine and Schottel vectoring bow thruster with Cat C7 engine that allow her to operate as both a speedy superyacht and a reliable commercial ship. Her maximum speed is 14.5 knots and she can achieve a nautical mile range of 6,000 at 10.5 knots.

Featuring a dedicated crew, Marco Polo is an excellent charter yacht for luxury vacations. The yacht cruises comfortably at 10 knots while her crew of nine under the direction of Captain Marc Rebuffe ensure the needs of every guest are met.

The luxury motor yacht is equipped with an armada of water toys to provide endless entertainment during any yacht charter. Onboard water toys include jet tenders, waterskis and tows.

Marco Polo cruises the Mediterranean during both the summer and winter charter seasons.

The motor yacht carries Lloyd’s certification and is compliant with MCA requirements for unrestricted commercial operation.

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AVALON | 151' 2012 Cheoy Lee

Listed at $10,900,000

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Available for Sale AVALON 151' 2012 Cheoy Lee  

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Specifications

FULL SPECIFICATION

CONSTRUCTION

· Built by Cheoy Lee (Hin Lee Zhuhai Shipyard Co Ltd), Yard No. 1

· Grade "A" welded steel hull and main deck

· Molded fiberglass superstructure

· Integral fuel, lube oil, potable water, gray water and black water tanks

· Floating interior floors

· Pacific Coast Marine watertight doors and hatches

· Imron MS 600 hull and MS 600 superstructure, MS001 clear coat on hull

Length Overall (L.O.A.):

• 150.93 feet
• (46.00 meters)

Beam (molded):

• (9.00 meters)

Draft (loaded):

• (3.00 meters)

Displacement:

• 1,036,000 lbs

Fuel Capacity:

• 16,950 US Gallons
• (64,162 liters)

Water Capacity:

• 3,930 US Gallons
• (14,876 liters)

Grey Water Capacity:

• 690 US Gallons
• (2,611 liters)
• 50 US Gallons /hr
• 10.0-11.0 knots
• 33+ US Gallons /hr

Economical:

• 33 US Gallons /hr

Main Engines

Engine Type:

• (1) Caterpillar 3512B diesel @ 1,911 Hp (Top End Overhaul 2022)
• (1) CAT Forward Schottel SCP 0554XG

Gearboxes for Main Engines: ZF transmission 7540 NR (Major overhaul 2023)

Drive: Single Screw CPP, Prop shaft

Generators & Electricity

Output: 90kW

Generators:

• (3) 90 kW Northern Lights
• 20 Kw Panda backup diesel
• Generator Rebuilt: Gen#1: Major overhaul completed incl. rear seal, full rebuild, new turbo, internal cleaning and painting
• Gen#2: Major overhaul completed incl. rear seal, full rebuild, new turbo, internal cleaning and painting
• Gen#3: Major overhaul completed incl. rear seal, full rebuild, new turbo, internal cleaning and painting

Shore Power:

• ASEA, 125 kVa with (2) converters
• (2) 480v AC 3-phase, 100 Amp
• Glendinning cablemaster 24v, 140’ cord

Air Conditioning

Type: Marine Air with variable frequency drive control

Other Machinery

Watermakers: HEM 15,000 LPD reverse osmosis

Trim Tabs/Stabilizers: Naiad 820 Zero Speed

Bow Thruster: Schottel, SPJ57 Pumpjet, driven by 315 Hp CAT C7

Steering System: Kobelt steering powered by (2) hydraulic pumps

Sewage System:

• Hamann Mini L sewage treatment system
• Headhunter Aero Flush toilet/bidets, fresh water flush

Fresh Water System:

• (2) Grundfos 105kW with pressure switch
• Hot water circulating system with (2) pumps

COMMUNICATION, NAVIGATION & ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS

Communication Systems

Telephone System: Ericsson Triband System

• Marine VHF RT4800 Sailor
• RT5022VHF DSC class A Sailor
• 6210 Sailor
• Portable VHF GP340 Motorola
• VHF GMDSS, SP3500 series, Sailor

Intercom: Loudhailer Phonetech

Navigation Systems

• Furuno FAR2228BB/DC 25 KW X Band Radar, 96 NM -New 2023
• Furuno FAR2238NXTBB 250 W 96 NM S Band Radar - New 2023

Gyrocompass: Alpha MiniCourse Alphatron

Magnetic Compass: MK4 KH observator

Auto Pilot: Pilotstar D, Anschutz N960

Echo Sounder: JFE-380/200 JRC

GPS: NWZ4570, JRC

Wind/Speed Log: JLN205, JRC

Navtex: Nobeltec Admiral 8.X

Entertainment System:

a. Televisions:

• Samsung LA32C550 JIM TV 32"(Captain's Cabin)

• Samsung UA40C6900VM LED TV 40"(Owner's Lounge)

• (3) Samsung UA32C6900VM LED TV 32" (Guest Staterooms)

• Samsung UA26C4000PM LED TV 26"(Gym)

• Sony KD65X85K LED 4K TV 65” (Crew Mess)

b. Salon, Dining and Aft Deck:

• Harman/Kardon DVD player

• (2) Harman/Kardon stereo amplifiers

• Harman/Kardon integrated amplifier

• (8) JBL ceiling mount speakers

• (4) JBL waterproof ceiling speakers

• Crestron, Bluetooth, Airplay & Sonos Connectivity

c. Library:

• Harman/Kardon AC-3/DTS AV receiver

• Harman/Kardon expansion hub for Hultzone control

• (2) Harman/Kardon stereo amplifier

• JBL 5.1 speaker with 10" sub-woofer

• (6) JBL ceiling mount speakers

• JBL waterproof ceiling speakers

• Pop-up TV

d. Flybridge:

• Keywood tuner aux-in for MP3 player

• (8) JBL waterproof ceiling speakers

• (2) JBL amplifiers

e. Owners deck:

f. Guest staterooms, crew lounge & gym:

• (5) JBL 5.1 speakers with 10" sub-woofer

• (5) Harman/Kardon DVD/CD

• (7) JBL speakers

• JBL 12" subwoofer

• Marantz wireless iPod dock

• Bluetooth connectivity

GALLEY, LAUNDRY, & CREW EQUIPMENT

Galley Equipment

• Rational i-Combi Pro Oven (New 2024)

• Miele G7856 dishwasher

• Hoshizaki HR-120S 4-door upright chiller

• Hoshizaki HRF-120SF3 4-door upright chiller/freezer

• Hoshizaki HR63S 2-door upright chiller

• ISE 8251 trash compactor

• Hatco GRAIH36 infra-red food warmer

• Wexiodisk WD-4 dishwasher

• (2) GE GFC1001 1Hp garbage disposal unit

• Dumbwaiter to service pilothouse and sun deck from the galley

• MKN 1221135A electric griddle plate

• MKN infrared grill

• MKN 1223103 electric induction range

• Halton KVI/M extractor hood with fixed AFFF wet chemical fire suppression system

• Corian countertops and brushed stainless cabinetry

• (2) Franke GNX-110-20 stainless steel sink

• Marzocco coffee machine

• Vacuum packer

• Kitchen Aid mixers

• (2) Hansgrohe 35807 800 faucets

• Main Salon: Williams H5UC refrigerator

• Main Salon: Vitec VL-V40SG wine cooler

Laundry Equipment

• (2) Miele PT7136 tumble dryers

• Miele W3574 washing machine

• Miele PW6068 washing machine

• Miele PWT6089 washing machine

Crew Equipment

• Panasonic NN-ST557N microwave

• Miele K855ID built-in fridge

TENDERS & TOYS

Tender: 37' Intrepid towable tender, w/ 3x300 Yamahas

• (2) Jetskis (New 2023)
• (2) Seabobs (1 x New 2023)
• (1) standard Flite e-foil (New 2023)
• (1) Inflatable slide
• (1) Aqua Banana extended inflatable - extra deck, cabana and lounger
• (4) SUP boards
• Full beach set up
• (1) Wakeboard
• (1) Wake skate
• (1) Water skis

DECK EQUIPMENT

Anchor Windlass System: (2) vertical Maxwell SY22 hydraulic

Aft Warping Capstans: (2) Maxwell VC6000 hydraulic driven

• (2) galvanized steel HHP 400 kg each
• Fortress FX125 model stern

Anchor Chain: 22mm high test galvanized stud link, 1x5 shackles and 1x7 shackles

Boat Crane and Davits: Nautical Structures knuckle-type 2500 kg capacity, 8.5m reach

Passerelle:

• Opacmare hydraulic
• Opacmare hydraulic side boarding ladder integrated in bulwark
• Electric sun shades for owners aft deck & main deck
• Treben adjustable helm seat
• (3) deck fridges and electric BBQ on sundeck
• Recessed wells with Opacmare hydraulic opening hatch covers, jet skis stored in port well

SECURITY, FIRE FIGHTING & SAFETY EQUIPMENT

Security Equipment

CCTV System: Yes

Fire Fighting Equipment

Fire Control System:

• Seafire FM200 fixed fire-fighting system with emergency shut-off signal to engine ECM
• Automatic low pressure fire sprinkler system throughout

Fire Extinguishers:

• (26) dry powder

Alarms: Kahlenberg 4-trumpet air horn

Other: ACR-RCL 100D & ACR RCL 600D searchlights

Safety Equipment

Life Rafts:

• Viking 10-man
• (4) 12-man Zodiac

Life Rings:

• (4) lifebuoys with lights
• (4) Comet line-throwing devices with 250 line

Life Jackets:

• (6) SOLAS, child lifejackets with lights
• (44) SOLAS, adult lifejackets with lights

EPIRBS: G5 automatic, McMurdo

• (2) Comet light and smoke signals
• (4) Comet replacement rockets
• (12) Comet parachute signal rocket, red

Medical Equipment: Yes

ACCOMMODATIONS

AVALON accommodates 10 guests in 5 staterooms with luxurious spaces:

• Bridge Deck: Owner's three-room suite.

• Main Deck: Captain’s cabin

• Lower Deck:

• VIP cabin, double guest stateroom, twin stateroom, and a double stateroom with built in murphy bed
• Crew accommodations

AVALON's extended length allows for a spacious open-plan saloon and a large owner's deck with a three-room suite and an open-air lounge. The bridge deck features a radio room, and the main deck includes a library/cinema room and a captain's cabin.

Crew have easy access to all areas, including the engine room and lazarette.

Designed by Sylvia Bolton and Martin Lo, the main deck features formal dining, an informal dining/breakfast area, and a full-service bar, with aft windows that lower to connect these spaces. The versatile salon can be customized to the owner's preferences.

Al-fresco dining is available on the main deck aft, the owner's deck, and the large flybridge with built-in sofas and Hi/Lo tables under a hardtop. All decks are open for owner use.

The contemporary interior features gloss-finished Macassar ebony paneling, walnut floors, and floating floors for sound control. Gucci window treatments enhance the views, and multi-level lighting creates customizable ambiance.

The second hull in the Marco Polo series, designed by Ron Holland, AVALON is slightly larger than her sister ship. Built to Lloyd's standards, AVALON features a steel hull and a composite superstructure. She is powered by a single Caterpillar 3512B engine. With her easily driven deep hull shape, stabilizers, and a secondary propulsion system for emergency get-home power, AVALON ensures exceptional maneuverability, especially when docking, aided by her stern thruster.

Well-equipped and meticulously maintained, AVALON is a proven long-distance explorer. Having recently completed a shipyard period, annual maintenance, and an intermediate survey, AVALON is not due for another haul until April 2026, with the next annual survey scheduled for April/May 2025. She is ready for her new owner for the upcoming season.

KEY FEATURES:

· Completion of Lloyds Class Survey, Flag Survey, and US Coast Guard Port State inspection (May 2024)

· Full top overhaul of main engine & gearbox ZF A5 with platinum warranty

· Proven worldwide explorer, with an extensive cruising range of 6,600 nautical miles at a cruising speed of 10 knots

· Design by the award-winning Ron Holland

· High-gauge steel hull and composite superstructure

· Ultimate private owner's deck, with stateroom, en suite, and sitting room located on the bridge deck

· Well-equipped and meticulously maintained with no expense spared, including USD 1.24+ million in upgrade

· U.S duty paid

REFIT & MAINTENCE SUMMARY

2023 refit: ($1.24+ million in upgrades)

· Conversion of gym to a double stateroom with built-in murphy bed

· New bar with ice machine and fridge drawers added to Sun deck

· New exterior soft goods including chairs, cushions, covers, floor mats, awnings, and umbrellas

· New interior soft goods including Gucci wallpaper, window treatments, upholstery, carpet, headliner, lower deck flooring restoration, bathroom fixtures, etc.

· Starlink installation k4 router, seater TVRO

· (2) New radars

· Gearbox ZF – Major overhaul

· Rebuild of the Naiad central hydraulic system

· (3) New generator heat exchanger and clutches

· AV speaker system upgrade

· New paint

· Bottom job

· All engines serviced

· Interior refreshed

- Exclusions include all of Owner's personal effects -

"All speeds, capacities, consumption, etc. are approximate or estimated; measurements can also be approximate. Specifications are provided for information only and particulars herein obtained from sources believed to be correct, but are not guaranteed. Buyer should instruct his agent and/or surveyor to check all details for accuracy. Offered subject to prior sale, price and/or inventory change, or withdrawal from the market without notification."

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A Summary of Motor Yacht MARCO POLO

The motor yacht MARCO POLO is a 45 m 147 (foot) capacious steel vessel which was built at Cheoy Lee Shipyards and devised by Kasia Milewska and Ron Holland Design. Launched in the year of 2006 her interior decoration promulgates the capabilities of the design work of Kca International Interior Architects.

MARCO POLO was the first of the Marco Polo Series was delivered by Maritime Concept and Construction Hong Kong Ltd (MCC) at the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club. The final result has fulfilled MCC's goal of creating a European quality yacht in China. She is a high quality explorer vessel that is truly efficient in long range transoceanic voyages. She has an olive green coloured steel hull. MARCO POLO was featured by The Yacht Report as one of the year’s significant launches and winner of the 2008 ShowBoats International award for "Best New Series over 40 Meters".

Building & Yacht Design relating to Luxury Yacht MARCO POLO

Kasia Milewska was the naval architect firm involved in the technical superyacht design work for MARCO POLO. Her interior design was realised by Kca International Interior Architects. Kasia Milewska and Ron Holland Design is also associated with the yacht wider design collaboration for this boat. In 2006 she was formally launched with celebration in Doumen and post sea trials and final completion was then passed on to the owner who commissioned her. Cheoy Lee Shipyards completed their new build motor yacht in China. The hull was constructed with steel. The motor yacht main superstructure is fabricated predominantly using composite. With a beam of 9.2 m or 30.2 feet MARCO POLO has fairly large interior. A shallow draught of 2.9m (9.6ft) limits the list of overall ports she can visit, depending on their individual depth.

M/Y MARCO POLO Engineering & Range & Speed:

Installed with a single CATERPILLAR diesel engines, MARCO POLO will attain a top speed of 15 knots. Coupled to the MARCO POLO engines are a single screw propeller variable pitch. She also has an efficient range of 3300 miles when motoring at her cruise speed of 13 knots. Her total HP is 1911 HP and her total Kilowatts are 1240. Regarding thrusters she was fitted with Schottel / Stern: Hps. With respect to the ship’s stabalisers she was built with Naiad.

The Accommodation Provided by Superyacht MARCO POLO:

The large luxury yacht motor yacht MARCO POLO can accommodate as many as 10 people and 8 qualified crew.

A List of the Specifications of the MARCO POLO:

Further Information On The Yacht

In Sept 2009 MARCO POLO cruised Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in Spain. This motor yacht also navigated the location including Provincia de Las Palmas during the month of Sept 2009.

MARCO POLO Disclaimer:

The luxury yacht MARCO POLO displayed on this page is merely informational and she is not necessarily available for yacht charter or for sale, nor is she represented or marketed in anyway by CharterWorld. This web page and the superyacht information contained herein is not contractual. All yacht specifications and informations are displayed in good faith but CharterWorld does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the current accuracy, completeness, validity, or usefulness of any superyacht information and/or images displayed. All boat information is subject to change without prior notice and may not be current.

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Cheoy Lee Shipyards

by Charlie Salter

Arthur C Robb was a New Zealand naval architect working in London from the 1940’s. His yachts are still sailed around the world but particularly in the United States. Here in Australia Robb designs were built from the 1950’s.

SIANDRA is a Robb 35’ Lion Class built by Ron Swanson in Sydney in 1956. She won the Sydney Hobart in 1958 and 1960. Classic sailors in Melbourne know AKALA , a 37’ Robb Princess Class launched in 1963. The 38’ Robb auxiliary cutter MOKOIA , built in the UK in 1948 for transatlantic racing is now moored in the Hastings River at Port Macquarie NSW. See REIMERS & ROBB SWS Sept 2nd.

More stories about Arthur Robb yachts including his Daring one-design and the New Zealand K Class are coming in November editions of SWS.

Cheoy Lee Robb 35 MARCO POLO on Sydney Harbour

MARCO POLO (the subject of another article in this weeks SWS) is a Robb 35 recently re-floated and rescued in Sydney. She’s now in the capable hands of MacKenzie Marine , Palm Beach Sydney. See THAT SINKING FEELING SWS 28th October

MP is a Cheoy Lee Robb, built in Hong Kong in 1962. Yachts with names like CHINA DOLL, KUONG GEE, MAH JONG, MARCO POLO, MING FOO and PING PO are still sailing in Australia, Bermuda, Monterey, Lake Erie and Long Island Sound. What makes them unique is their builder. From the 1950's to the 1980's, Cheoy Lee Shipyards in Hong Kong were commissioned to build over 4,500 yachts to the designs of the world’s best naval architects like John Alden, Laurent Giles, Bill Luders, Philip Rhodes and Sparkman & Stephens. Arthur Robb’s designs were prolific amongst these boats.

Cheoy Lee yachts have legions of fans and associations around the world. They are always advertised as a Cheoy Lee Robb or a Cheoy Lee Rhodes etc. and devotees are prepared to pay a premium. So what’s going on? The simple answer is the early Cheoy Lee yachts were built completely from Burmese teak on Ipol (merbau) frames. Using old growth rainforest teak today, let alone Burmese, will test your politics and green credentials. This celebrated timber is now a very rare resource and the market is controlled by companies owned by the military junta that came out to play in Myanmar in February 2021.

THE CHEOY LEE STORY

Cheoy Lee Shipyard, Penny’s Bay Hong Kong C1960

Cheoy Lee is a Chinese dynastic business story with generations of the Lo family running a shipyard since the late 19C. Through 150 years, they have survived world wars, military invasions, forced relocation and requisition of machinery and materials and developments in technology. Currently eight brothers of the 4th generation run all departments of the operation specialising in ferries, working harbour boats, tugs and luxury super yachts. This suggests that another Chinese dynastic tradition of polygamy might still have been practiced in Hong Kong after the war. The modern face of Cheoy Lee is Hans Lo, a 5th generation shipbuilder delivering glamorous yachts to Asian dot.com Dragons and tugs to Twiggy Forrest’s FMG in Port Hedland to tow the giant bulk iron ore carriers.

Hans Lo of Cheoy Lee. Photo CL Yachts

Cheoy Lee Rototug FMG SAWFISH on its way to Port Headland WA

The family business started in 1870 building wooden boats and running a repair yard at Po Tung Point, Shanghai. The yard was moved to Penny’s Bay Hong Kong in 1936 after the Japanese invasion of China. Following WW2, Cheoy Lee started to specialise in large scale production of powered wooden trawlers, cargo vessels and teak sailing and motor yachts. By the 1960’s CL was already developing fibreglass hulls and were pioneers of GRP foam sandwich technology. The company had a huge supply of cheap labour in Hong Kong and owned their own teak forests in Burma. They could easily source other tropical timbers used for the keels, stem posts and framing like kayu Ulin (ironwood) and kayu Ipol better known as Merbau from the Ipil Ipil tree. Both were commonly logged in Malaysia and Indonesia.

BURMESE TEAK

Cheoy Lee Burmese teak yachts first became known in America through a 52’ Sparkman & Stephens Bermudan yawl MAH JONG . In 1957 after completion, she sailed the 15,000NM westerly passage from Hong Kong through the Suez Canal to New York “on her own bottom”. In 2014 she was recovered from the British Virgin Islands and restored in 2017 by Gannon & Benjamin in Vineyard Haven MA. See the Seaver Jones stories about the yachts’s background and restoration in “One of a Kind” inside the the G&B link.

MAH JONG post restoration on Vineyard Sound. Photo Tim Wright

In 1960, an enterprising Californian, David Toombs heard of a 35’ Robb Lion in San Francisco. He discovered it was all teak and built by the little known Cheoy Lee Shipyard in Hong Kong. After an inspection he ordered one for himself. Toombs visited Hong Kong during the build and was so impressed by the shipyard’s capacity and quality, he successfully negotiated for an agency to sell Cheoy Lee yachts in the States. Lion Yachts sold 25 Robb Lion Class teak boats in their first year of business. Toombs worked with Cheoy Lee to make sure the timber and later fibreglass construction methods and auditing would meet Lloyds’ standards to guarantee insurance. CL built at least 70 full teak Robb Lions and another 27 with fibreglass hulls.

By the 1970’s Cheoy Lee were still taking orders but also had their own range of CL Yachts commissioned from leading designers. The popular Clipper and Offshore series were designed by Bill Luders, Ray Richards, Philip Rhodes and John Alden.

Cheoy Lee 1970’s brochure for the 35’ Robb Lion

 BILL LUDERS CLIPPERS

Bill Luders Jnr was a well know naval architect in the USA. He designed training yawls for the Naval Academy at Annapolis and the 12m AMERICAN EAGLE . Cheoy Lee commissioned Luders to design a series of boats known as the Clippers that came in a range of rigs and lengths from 33’ to 48’.

Bill Luders Clipper 36’ for Cheoy Lee

Bill Luders Clipper 36 drawings

RHODES OFFSHORE 40

A typical Cheoy Lee story is the American Larkin family living in Asia in the 1960’s. James Larkin was working in Singapore and wanted to race and cruise with other ex-pats. In 1967 he ordered a Cheoy Lee Offshore 40 teak sloop. The boat was a Philip Rhodes design based on his Reliant 41 and could be ordered as a long keel, masthead sloop or yawl. CL built 156 Rhodes Offshores in 12 years from 1964. The Larkin’s MURITAI is still sailing from Sausalito in California.

Cheoy Lee brochure for the Philip Rhodes Offshore 40 C1960’s

Philip Rhodes drawings of the Reliant 41

Rhodes Offshore 40 MURITAI at Cheoy Lee Shipyards 1967. Photo Larkin Family

SEA MAGAZINE 1972

Sea Magazine is still published and uses the tag line “Voice of Pacific Coast Boating since 1908”.

We know better now and can be apologists for exploitation of tropical rainforest timbers, cheap Asian labour and racial stereotyping from the old days. However many of these issues remain today only better disguised by corporate media; “ We take seriously our responsibility to ….” etc. In 1972 the reality was on full display in a clunky advertising pitch by Cheoy Lee’s American agents.

When knowledgeable sailors come aboard one of our Cheoy Lee yachts for the first time, they are invariably amazed at the lavish use of Burma teak, the unsparing attention to detail and the overall craftsmanship throughout. But they are even more amazed when they ask the price, and find it to be unbelievably lower than expected. Of course, there is really no inscrutable mystery behind our prices. Just some highly scrutable Orientals.

The Cheoy Lee 1500-man shipyard is located on the bustling Hong Kong waterfront, where it is possible to cut many costs in the construction of fine sailing yachts, without cutting corners with quality. The truth is, no one could sell these yachts at these prices if they were built domestically. The man-hours on a Cheoy Lee yacht are ten times greater than those spent on comparably-priced American Boats. And while the cost of Burma teak is highly reasonable to us, it would be highly unreasonable by the time it was shipped to the States for use on domestic boats.

Cheoy Lee passes these savings on to discriminating sailors in a truly extensive line of fine sailing yachts, all of moulded fiberglass and built exactingly to Lloyds 100A1 specifications. The standard models of all Cheoy Lee yachts are loaded with unexpected features that spell the true difference between a "boat" and a "yacht". Natural Burma teak needs little maintenance and is for all practical purposes immune to decay and worms. Teak neither swells not shrinks to any appreciable degree and owners should enjoy the teak overlays and joiner work which requires very little care.

Other features are hollow Sitka spruce spars, Formica galleys, stainless steel or chromed bronze deck hardware, Wilcox Crittenden toilets and deluxe instrument panels. There are many custom features that can be added by Cheoy Lee. If they weren’t built in Hong Kong, we honestly could not afford to sell them at prices you could afford.

That Sinking Feeling

Hald and johansen – danish boat builders in sydney in the 1960s..

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Updated: June 6, 2023 | Original: July 30, 2012

Marco Polo (1254-1324) was a Venetian merchant believed to have journeyed across Asia at the height of the Mongol Empire. He first set out at age 17 with his father and uncle, traveling overland along what later became known as the Silk Road. Upon reaching China, Marco Polo entered the court of powerful Mongol ruler Kublai Khan, who dispatched him on trips to help administer the realm. Marco Polo remained abroad for 24 years. Though not the first European to explore China—his father and uncle, among others, had already been there—he became famous for his travels thanks to a popular book he co-authored while languishing in a Genoese prison.

Marco Polo: The Early Years

Marco Polo was born around 1254 into a prosperous merchant family in the Italian city-state of Venice. His father, Niccolò, and his uncle Maffeo had left the year before on a long-term trading expedition. As a result, he was raised by extended relatives following his mother’s death at a young age. Niccolò and Maffeo first spent about six years in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey), which had been under Latin control since the Fourth Crusade of 1204. The two brothers then went to the port city of Soldaia (now Sudak, Ukraine), where they owned a house.

Did you know? Christopher Columbus purportedly sailed to the New World with a copy of Marco Polo’s “Travels” in tow. Thinking he would reach Asia and having no idea about the Mongol Empire’s collapse, Columbus marked up the book with notes in preparation for a meeting with Kublai Khan’s descendent.

The Byzantine re-conquest of Constantinople in 1261, along with upheavals in the Mongol Empire, may have blocked their way home. Niccolò and Maffeo therefore turned east in order to trade in such things as silk, gems, furs and spices. After spending three years in Bukhara in present-day Uzbekistan, they were encouraged by a Mongolian embassy to visit Kublai Khan , grandson of Genghis Khan , who controlled a huge swath of Asia. Kublai quizzed them on European affairs and decided to send them on a goodwill mission to the pope. In 1269, the two brothers finally made it back to Venice, where Niccolò and Marco Polo met each other for the first time.

Marco Polo’s Travels Along the Silk Road

Two years later, Niccolò and Maffeo sailed to Acre in present-day Israel , this time with Marco at their side. At the request of Kublai Khan, they secured some holy oil from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and then backtracked to Acre to pick up gifts, papal documents and two friars from newly elected Pope Gregory X. The friars quickly abandoned the expedition, but the Polos continued on, possibly by camel, to the Persian port city of Hormuz. Failing to find any boats to their liking, they instead took a series of overland traders’ routes that, in the 19th century, would become known as the Silk Road .

Over the next three years they slowly trekked through deserts, high mountain passes and other rough terrain, meeting people of various religions and cultures along the way. Finally, around 1275, they arrived at Kublai Khan’s opulent summer palace at Shangdu, or Xanadu, located about 200 miles northwest of his winter quarters in modern Beijing.

Kublai, who generally relied on foreigners to administer his empire, took Marco Polo into his court, possibly as a tax collector. At one point, the Venetian was sent on official business to the port city of Hangzhou (then called Quinsai), which, like Venice, was built around a series of canals. Marco Polo also purportedly journeyed across inland China and into present-day Myanmar.

After many years of seeking a release from service, the Polos finally secured permission from Kublai to escort a young princess to her intended husband Arghun, the Mongol ruler of Persia. In 1292 the Polos joined a flotilla of 14 boats that set out from Zaitun (now Quanzhou, China), stopped briefly in Sumatra and then landed in Persia 18 months later, only to find out that Arghun was dead.

The princess was made to marry Arghun’s son. The Polos, meanwhile, stayed on with Arghun’s brother for nine months before heading to Venice via Trebizond (now Trabzon, Turkey), Constantinople and Negrepont (now Euboea, Greece). They arrived home in 1295, the year after Kublai’s death sent the Mongol Empire into an irrevocable decline.

Marco Polo in Venice

Shortly thereafter, Marco Polo was captured in battle by Venice’s archrival Genoa. While in prison he met the Arthurian adventure writer Rustichello of Pisa, with whom he would collaborate on a 1298 manuscript called “Description of the World.” It has since become better known as “The Travels of Marco Polo” or simply “The Travels.” With the help of notes taken during his adventures, Marco Polo reverently described Kublai Khan and his palaces, along with paper money, coal, postal service, eyeglasses and other innovations that had not yet appeared in Europe. He also told partially erroneous self-aggrandizing tales about warfare, commerce, geography, court intrigues and the sexual practices of the people who lived under Mongol rule.

A Genoese-Venetian peace treaty in 1299 allowed Marco Polo to return home. He probably never left Venetian territory again. The following year, he married Donata Badoer, with whom he would have three daughters. Not much is known about his golden years except that he continued trading and litigated against a cousin. Marco Polo died in January 1324, having helped to inspire a later generation of explorers. Everything we know about him comes from his own text and a few Venetian documents; Asian sources never mentioned him. 

This lack of hard evidence has caused a small number of skeptics to question whether Marco Polo actually made it to China. They back up their case by pointing to certain inaccuracies in “The Travels,” as well as his failure to report such practices as chopstick use and foot binding. Nonetheless, most scholars are convinced by the detailed nature of Marco Polo’s account, which, they say, overwhelmingly checks out against available archaeological, historical and geographical records.

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Marco Polo is known for traveling along the Silk Road to China, where he explored and documented much of Asia not yet explored by Europeans.

Name : Marco Polo [mahr-koh] [poh-loh]

Birth/Death : 1254 - 1324

Nationality : Italian

Birthplace : Venice

Mosaic of the explorer Marco Polo

Introduction Marco Polo was a merchant in Venice before he became the famous explorer we know today. At 17, he left Venice with his father and uncle. They traveled the Silk Road to China where he met the great ruler Kublai Khan. Marco traveled much of China and the east, and his stories were written into a popular book. His book would go on to inspire other explorers. It is even said that Marco Polo’s exciting stories were a favorite of another famous explorer – Christopher Columbus. 1

Biography Early Life Marco Polo was born in 1254 in Venice, Italy. Not much is known of his early childhood. He was born into a family of wealthy merchants. His father and uncle, Niccolo and Maffeo Polo, were merchants who traveled often to Asia to trade valuable materials such as jewels and silk. As a child of a merchant family, he would have received a nice education that included reading, writing, and basic math. 2 Marco’s story begins with his father and uncle’s journeys. Niccolo and Maffeo left Venice in 1254 and traveled east. Marco would not see his father again until he was 15. China and other parts of eastern Asia were ruled by Kublai Khan, grandson to the Mongol warrior Genghis Khan. Kublai Khan was responsible for re-opening a 5000 mile trade route between Europe and Asia called the Silk Road. 3 The Polo brothers traded on this road for many years.

When they were ready to return home, war broke out between Kublai Khan and his brother Hulagu. This made the roads unsafe, and they were forced to stay in Bukhara (located in present day Uzbekistan) for three years. In 1264, still in Bukhara, they met an ambassador heading to Kublai Khan’s court in Khanbaliq and joined him on his trip. They hoped the Khan would provide them with safe passage home. They reached the court in 1266. Kublai Khan was very interested in hearing about the Polo’s culture and religion. He asked them to serve him as his ambassadors to the West. 4 The Khan gave the Polo’s a letter to give to the Pope asking him to send one hundred priests and holy water to convert his people to Christianity. 5 The Polo brothers left on their mission; however, the death of the Pope in 1268 held up their plans. It would not be until 1271 that they were able to return to Khanbaliq. This time, young Marco Polo would join them.

Voyages Principal Voyage Marco Polo’s voyage began in 1271 when he traveled to Kublai Khan’s court in China with his father and uncle. Marco was 17 years old. They were only able to get two of the one hundred priests Kublai Khan wanted. They sailed the Mediterranean to the Middle East, then traveled over land, all the way through Persia (modern day Iran), the Gobi Desert, Mongolia, along the Silk Road, and into China. The voyage took about three and a half years until they finally reached Kublai Khan’s palace. 6 The Khan noticed Marco’s interest in Mongol customs and culture. Marco already knew four languages prior to his journey, and he quickly picked up the Asian language. He also learned their writing, and even their style of war. 7 Kublai Khan was very impressed with Marco Polo. So he made Marco one of his ambassadors. This gave Marco special permission to travel freely throughout the Mongol Empire.

Kublai Khan often sent messengers, or envoys as they were called, on missions to different places. When they returned, they would report of their mission, but never about the people and customs of the places they went. 8 So the Khan began asking Marco to travel on missions. On these trips, Marco took great note of the lands and peoples he encountered, and the spices and jewels he saw. He told the Khan about all these things on his return. And Marco himself became very familiar with many aspects of Asian culture. He served the Khan for seventeen years before deciding to head back home to Venice. After all his years of traveling on the Khan’s behalf, Marco Polo had knowledge of, or had actually visited, a greater number of different countries of the world than anyone else known. 9

Subsequent Voyages At first, Kublai Khan was unwilling to allow the three Polo men to leave because he had become dependent on their services. He eventually allowed the men to return home. They chose to sail rather than make the trek over land. It was a long distance that took them China around India, and then traveled over land through Arabia, and by sea again across the Mediterranean to Venice. This journey across the Indian Ocean took two years.They reached Venice around 1295; Marco Polo had been gone for twenty-four years. The Polos were not welcomed back warmly like they had hoped. They had been away from home so long that they struggled to speak Italian again and were unrecognizable to their own families. He told his story to the people, but many of them did not believe the great voyage of Marco Polo.

Later Years and Death A few years after the Polos returned to Venice, war broke out between Venice and Genoa. Marco Polo was captured during the naval battle of Curzola. While in prison, he told his story to a fellow prisoner named Rustichello da Pisa. Da Pisa wrote down Marco’s detailed accounts of his travels to the east. The book was called Il Milione – Italian for “The Million.” He was released from prison in 1299, and returned to Venice. Marco continued his life as a merchant, although he never left Venice again. He married a woman named Donat Badoer in 1300. They had three daughters – Fantina, Bellela, and Moreta. Marco died in his home in January 1324, at almost 70 years old. He was buried in the Church of San Lorenzo. 10

Legacy The Polos were not the first Europeans to reach China and the east. But Marco Polo’s travels were inspiring. He wrote about the landscape, the Middle Eastern people, and details about the Mongol empire. These descriptions gave many Europeans their first look at the civilizations to the east. His tales continue to be debated even today. His original book is lost. It was translated many times into different languages, and these translations often conflict each other. But the most important thing we know is that Marco Polo helped make great connections between the East and the West.

• Susan Bivin Aller, Christopher Columbus (London: Lerner Books, 2009), 12.
• Nick McCarty, Marco Polo: The Boy Who Traveled the Medieval World (Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2006), 12.
• Laurence Bergreen, Marco Polo (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007), 27.
• Bergreen, Marco Polo , 33.
• L.F. Benedetto, The Travels of Marco Polo (New York: Routledge, 2014), vii.
• Benedetto, The Travels of Marco Polo , 11.
• Marco Polo, The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East, Volume 1 , ed. Henry Yule (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), 27.
• Polo, The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, 27.
• Polo, The Book of Ser Marco Polo , the Venetian, 29.
• “Marco Polo,” New World Encyclopedia, last modified September 20, 2016, http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Marco_Polo.
• The Mariners' Educational Programs
• Bibliography

Venetian merchant and adventurer Marco Polo traveled from Europe to Asia from 1271 to 1295. He wrote 'Il Milione,' known in English as 'The Travels of Marco Polo.'

(1254-1324)

Who Was Marco Polo?

Marco Polo was a Venetian explorer known for the book The Travels of Marco Polo , which describes his voyage to and experiences in Asia. Polo traveled extensively with his family, journeying from Europe to Asia from 1271 to 1295 and remaining in China for 17 of those years. Around 1292, he left China, acting as escort along the way to a Mongol princess who was being sent to Persia.

Polo was born in 1254, in Venice, Italy. Although he was born to a wealthy Venetian merchant family, much of Polo’s childhood was spent parentless, and he was raised by an extended family. Polo's mother died when he was young, and his father and uncle, successful jewel merchants Niccolo and Maffeo Polo, were in Asia for much of Polo's youth.

Niccolo and Maffeo’s journeys brought them into present-day China, where they joined a diplomatic mission to the court of Kublai Khan , the Mongol leader whose grandfather, Genghis Khan , had conquered Northeast Asia. In 1269, the two men returned to Venice and immediately started making plans for their return to Khan's court. During their stay with the leader, Khan had expressed his interest in Christianity and asked the Polo brothers to visit again with 100 priests and a collection of holy water.

Khan's Empire, the largest the world had ever seen, was largely a mystery to those living within the borders of the Holy Roman Empire. A sophisticated culture outside the reaches of the Vatican seemed unfathomable, and yet that's exactly what the Polo brothers described to confounded Venetians when they arrived home.

Voyage to China

In 1271, Polo set out with his father and uncle, Niccolo and Maffeo Polo, for Asia, where they would remain until 1295. Unable to recruit the 100 priests that Kublai Khan had requested, they left with only two, who, after getting a taste of the hard journey ahead of them, soon turned back for home. The Polos' journey took place on land, and they were forced to cut through challenging and sometimes harsh territory. But through it all, Polo reveled in the adventure. His later memory for the places and cultures he witnessed was remarkable and exceptionally accurate.

As they made their way through the Middle East, Polo absorbed its sights and smells. His account of the Orient, especially, provided the western world with its first clear picture of the East's geography and ethnic customs. Hardships, of course, came his way. In what is now Afghanistan, Polo was forced to retreat to the mountains in order to recoup from an illness he'd contracted. Crossing the Gobi desert, meanwhile, proved long and, at times, arduous. "This desert is reported to be so long that it would take a year to go from end to end," Polo later wrote. "And at the narrowest point it takes a month to cross it. It consists entirely of mountains and sands and valleys. There is nothing at all to eat."

Finally, after four years of travel, the Polos reached China and Kublai Khan, who was staying at his summer palace known as Xanadu, a grand marble architectural wonder that dazzled young Polo.

The Polos had originally planned to be gone for only a few years. However, they were away from Venice for more than 23 years. Debate has swirled among historians as to whether Polo ever really made it to China. There is no evidence outside his famous book that he traveled so far east. Yet his knowledge of the culture and its customs are hard to dismiss. His later account told of Khan's extensive communication system, which served as the foundation for his rule. Polo's book, in fact, devotes five pages to the elaborate structure, describing how the empire's information highway efficiently and economically covered millions of square miles.

Khan's acceptance of the Polos offered the foreigners unparalleled access to his empire. Niccolo and Maffeo were granted important positions in the leader's Court. Polo, too, impressed Khan, who thought highly of the young man's abilities as a merchant. Polo's immersion into the Chinese culture resulted in him mastering four languages.

Polo the Explorer

Kublai Khan eventually employed Polo as a special envoy he sent to far-flung areas of Asia never before explored by Europeans, including Burma, India and Tibet. With Polo, as always, was a stamped metal packet from Khan himself that served as his official credentials from the powerful leader.

As the years wore on, Polo was promoted for his work. He served as governor of a Chinese city. Later, Khan appointed him as an official of the Privy Council. At one point, he was the tax inspector in the city of Yanzhou.

From his travels, Polo amassed not only great knowledge about the Mongol empire but incredible wonder. He marveled at the empire's use of paper money, an idea that had failed to reach Europe, and was in awe of its economy and scale of production. Polo's later stories showed him to be an early anthropologist and ethnographer. His reporting offers little about himself or his own thoughts, but instead gives the reader a dispassionate reporting about a culture he had clearly grown fond of.

Journey Back to Europe

Finally, after 17 years in Khan's court, the Polos decided it was time to return to Venice. Their decision was not one that pleased Khan, who'd grown to depend on the men. In the end, he acquiesced to their request with one condition: They escort a Mongol princess to Persia, where she was to marry a Persian prince.

Traveling by sea, the Polos left with a caravan of several hundred passengers and sailors. The journey proved harrowing, and many perished as a result of storms and disease. By the time the group reached Persia's Port of Hormuz, just 18 people, including the princess and the Polos, were still alive. Later, in Turkey, Genoese officials appropriated three-quarters of the family's wealth. After two years of travel, the Polos reached Venice. They'd been gone for more than two decades, and their return to their native land undoubtedly had its difficulties. Their faces looked unfamiliar to their family and they struggled to speak their native tongue.

'The Travels of Marco Polo'

Polo’s stories about his travels in Asia were published as a book called The Description of the World , later known as The Travels of Marco Polo . Just a few years after returning to Venice from China, Polo commanded a ship in a war against the rival city of Genoa. He was eventually captured and sentenced to a Genoese prison, where he met a fellow prisoner and writer named Rustichello. As the two men became friends, Polo told Rustichello about his time in Asia, what he'd seen, where he'd traveled and what he'd accomplished.

The book made Polo a celebrity. It was printed in French, Italian and Latin, becoming the most popular read in Europe. But few readers allowed themselves to believe Polo's tale. They took it to be fiction, the construct of a man with a wild imagination. The work eventually earned another title: Il Milione ("The Million Lies"). Polo, however, stood behind his book, and it influenced later adventurers and merchants.

Family and Kids

After his release from prison in 1299, Polo returned to Venice, where he married, raised three daughters and, for some 25 years, carried on the family business.

Polo died at his home in Venice on January 8, 1324. As he lay dying, friends and fans of his book paid him visits, urging him to admit that his book was fiction. Polo wouldn't relent. "I have not told half of what I saw," he said.

In the centuries since his death, Polo has received the recognition that failed to come his way during his lifetime. So much of what he claimed to have seen has been verified by researchers, academics and other explorers . Even if his accounts came from other travelers he met along the way, Polo's story has inspired countless other adventurers to set off and see the world. Two centuries after Polo's passing, Christopher Columbus set off across the Atlantic in hopes of finding a new route to the Orient. With him was a copy of Polo's book.

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• When a man is riding through this [Gobi] desert by night and for some reason ... he gets separated from his companions ... he hears spirit voices talking to him ...Often these voices lure him away from the path and he never finds it again."[from "Marco Polo" by Richard Humble.]
• I have not told half of what I saw.
• Without stones there is no arch.
• This [Gobi] desert is reported to be so long that it would take a year to go from end to end; and at the narrowest point it takes a month to cross it ...There is nothing at all to eat."[from "Marco Polo" by Richard Humble.]
• All the emperors of the world and all the kings of Christians and Sacracens combined would not possess such power or be able to accomplish so much as this same Kubilai, the Great Khan."[from "Marco Polo" by Richard Humble.]
• You might well say that [the Great Khan] has mastered the art of alchemy. With these pieces of paper they can buy anything and pay for anything."[on the use of paper money; from "Marco Polo" by Richard Humble.]
• The Christians say that their God was Jesus Christ, the Saracens Mahomet, the Jews Moses and the idolaters Sakyamuni Burkhan ... I do reverence and honor to all four, so that I may be sure of doing it to him who is greatest in heaven."[from "Marco Polo" by Richard Humble.]
• When the pirates capture a ship, they help themselves to both ship and cargo; but they do not hurt the crew. They say to them: 'Go and fetch another cargo. Then, with luck, you may bring us some more.'"[from "Marco Polo" by Richard Humble.]
• I believe it was God's will that we should come back, so that men might know the things that are in the world."[from "Marco Polo" by Richard Humble.]
• So it would have been better for the Caliph if he had given away his treasure to defend his land and his people rather than died with all his people and bereft of everything."[from "Marco Polo" by Richard Humble.]
• All things that [I] saw and did and with whatever [I] met of good or bad [I] put in writing and so told all in order to [my] lord."[from "Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu" by Laurence Bergreen.]

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MARCO POLO yacht NOT for charter*

24.99m  /  82' | lubeck yachts | 1983 / 1997.

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Special Features:

• Impressive 4,000nm range
• Sleeps 7 overnight

The 24.99m/82' motor yacht 'Marco Polo' was built by Lubeck Yachts in Germany. She was last refitted in 1997.

Guest Accommodation

She is also capable of carrying up to 2 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience.

Range & Performance

Built with a aluminium hull and aluminium superstructure, with aluminium decks, she benefits from a semi-displacement hull to provide exceptional seakeeping and impressive speeds. Marco Polo comfortably cruises at 10 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 12 knots with a range of up to 4,000 nautical miles from her 16,000 litre fuel tanks at 10 knots. Her water tanks store around 5,000 Litres of fresh water.

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Motor yacht Marco Polo is currently not believed to be available for private Charter. To view similar yachts for charter , or contact your Yacht Charter Broker for information about renting a luxury charter yacht.

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Specification

M/Y Marco Polo

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