Cheoy Lee Shipyard Ltd. Wittholz 53
Cutter · Fin with rudder on skeg · First built 1977
A heavy-displacement cutter designed by Charles Wittholz, built by Cheoy Lee for serious offshore cruising
Designed by Charles Wittholz.
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
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Full specifications
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Boats like this, on the water
Nobody has filmed this one — but these are close.
Comparable boats the fleet has actually sailed on camera: same type, within a quarter of her length. Open the boat, or watch the video.
Mistakes, money saving and lessons we learned buying an old sailing boat Episode 463
Dufour 54 with a surprise
The family
Related models
The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.
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