Basic Information
- Builder:
- MIDNIGHT LACE
- Category:
- Motor Yacht
- Sub Category:
- Liveaboard
- Model Year:
- 1985
- Year Built:
- 1985
- Country:
- United States
Dimensions
- LOA:
- 44' (13.41mm)
- Beam:
- 11
- Max Draft:
- 2' 10" (0.86mm)
Speed, Capacities and Weight
- Cruise Speed:
- 15 Knots Kts. (17 MPH)
- Max Speed:
- 30 Knots Kts. (35 MPH)
- Water Capacity:
- 130 Gallons
- Fuel Capacity:
- 250 Gallons
Accommodations
- Sleeps:
- 4
- Total Heads:
- 1
Hull and Deck Information
- Hull Material:
- Fiberglass
- Hull Configuration:
- Modified Deep Vee
- Hull Color:
- Blue
- Hull Designer:
- Tom Fexas
Engine Information
- Engines:
- 2
- Manufacturer:
- Cummings
Overview
As originally equipped, most of these boats have insufficient air conditioning to keep the salon comfortable on a hot summer day. The owners have replaced the entire salon air conditioning system and it now holds the salon at 72 degrees on a 98-degree summer day. Hand painted Italian coffee table. In the shower is a sky light etching that is another artistic touch to this fine vessel. She also has at the stern blue underwater lights that add a stunning glow at night.The Lace is light and fast with twin turbocharged Cummins QSB 380 diesels. She cruises comfortably at 17-19 knots. This beauty turns heads wherever she goes and is known by many from her many magazine covers over the decades. She is definitely one notable part of yachting history. Fexas built 21 of these 44 footers at the Cheoy Lee yard in the late 70s and early 80s and she has been kept under roof for almost her whole life.
Other notable professionally installed upgrades and changes :
- New canvas enclosure of the helm
- Complete canvas enclosure of the entire helm and stern
- Autopilot system
- New Air Conditioning units in salon and bedroom
- Reinforced Connecting Points for dingy davit
- VHF radio including DSC distress calling function
- Entire flag blue hull sanded and re-painted
- Hull refurbished by removing old gel coat, barrier coating hull and re-gelcoating hull
- All cabin windows have been removed, wood surrounding replaced, and windows re-bedded
- 8' dingy, 15hp 2 stroke Mercury outboard, davit and catshead
- New AC/DC inverter with greater power to drive the computer nav system
- New carpet in salon