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Origin Story: Birth of an Ocean Alexander

“Welcome,” the attendant responds with a smile and head nod. We half-mime a conversation for a few minutes and he points me in the right direction. I’m off, thankful for the English subtitles on most of the signs, and hop aboard my steed to the south.

Comfortable seats, clean, Wi-Fi… Seattle should take notice, I think to myself as Taiwan passes by the window. I review my notes for the upcoming tour with Alexander Marine Vice President Winnie Huang.

Ocean Alexander yachts, now formally a line under the Alexander Marine parent company, has a longtime connection with the Pacific Northwest that goes back decades. Founded by Taiwanese native Alexander Chueh in 1977, the company is now under the direction of his son, Johnny Chueh. The Pacific Northwest’s own Ed Monk Jr., son of the legendary early/mid-20th century boat designer and top-notch designer in his own right, put the brand on the map as the visionary of the entire Ocean Alexander line at the outset.

Ed Monk Jr.’s Ocean Alexander Mark 1 is a prime example of a classic OA look. First launched in 1978, the build was a trendsetter for motoryachts of the day as the quintessential blend of old-world seaworthiness with modern luxury amenities. Despite being built in Taiwan by a Taiwanese company, the Mark 1 looks undeniably Northwest and was made for that Puget Sound to Alaska (and beyond) long-distance, rugged cruise. If you want one, you can still find one today in immaculate condition. Just be prepared for sticker shock, for many go at three times the original listed price.

OA’s success was thanks to this uniquely Taiwan-Pacific Northwest bond, perhaps due to the motoryacht world’s positive response to similar contemporaneous trans-Pacific partnerships like the one pioneered by the famous Bob Perry and Cheoy Lee collaboration. It’s easy to imagine Perry, the spectacled Pacific Northwestern designer with pencil and paper in hand, meeting with entrepreneurial Taiwanese boatyard-owning personalities over a whiskey. I recently talked to Perry about his time in Taiwan.

“Taiwan is a fantastic place,” recalls Perry. “And the food? Best in the world. When we started out, a lot of people think we couldn’t pull it off.” A sideways grin. “We sure showed them.”

Today, although the OA brand has expanded from purely Ed Monk Jr. designs, many of those ties remain. Like many legacy brands, manufacturers seek to balance beloved designs with the need to innovate, and modern OA designs vary quite a bit from their traditional lines. The recent 70 Evolution (70E) and the newest 90R Enclosed and Open models are prime examples of clear aesthetic departures from classic OA builds.

After a good night’s rest in Kaohsiung, I leave the hotel lobby to meet Huang, who is there to pick me up in her car. After brief introductions and rehashing of my trip, we are across town and on the Alexander Marine factory grounds. Huang, a professional naval architect with years of formal training, is in her element.

“Taiwan has a very long history of boat building and shipping,” she explains to me.

Winnie Huang, vice president of Alexander Marine, has been working with the company for many years. A trained naval architect, Huang comes from a multigenerational maritime design family.

“There’s not a lot of women in maritime, but people like me are changing that.” Huang is proud of her family’s Taiwanese boat building heritage, as well as her two kids.

Alexander Marine owns four factories spread across Kaohsiung, each designated with their unique jobs (ex. tooling). Huang and I are exploring the assembling facility where it all comes together. The towering stalls shelter massive yachts in various phases of assembly. A brand-new OA 112 (112’ length overall) on jack stands is the star of the show, free of the assembly stalls and ready for sea trial.

“Before the boats are ready for sea trials, they spend time in our testing pool,” Huang gestures to the far end of the yard. A massive orange travel lift sits near a basketball court-sized pool of water. This kiddie pool of sorts serves as every OA’s first exposure to water after assembly. A motoryacht floats alone as Huang and I walk past. We enter the factory and pass gigantic stall after gigantic stall, each with a yacht under construction surrounded by scaffolding where dozens of people are hard at work with their trades.

Once inside, the factory doesn’t differ too much from boat factories the world over. We enter the wood shop where the fine trimmings take form. I’ve heard stories from back in the day where workers in Taiwan would spend nights aboard, carving ornate doors and the like over the course of days. I ask Huang about this, and she laughs.

“Where did you hear that? No, the workers here have normal eight-hour days with weekends like everywhere.” We hop aboard numerous builds, including one of the first 90Rs coming together. The beach bar built into the transom may someday host swanky cocktail parties right by the swim step, but right now a team of electricians are running wires. The boat is a dull gray, and unfinished. I snap a few shots and look forward to enjoying a 90R beach bar when it’s fully operational.

I pick Huang’s mind about the yacht building process. Every yacht starts as a twinkle in a client’s eye, and an OA is no exception. Most Ocean Alexander builds are semi-custom, and after a client expresses a desire to buy a yacht to their local dealer, details are hashed out for the order. If the preferred yacht is in stock with the desired options, the owner can motor away from the dock and that’s that. However, most buyers want their perfect boat, and that usually warrants a new hull.

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is an island state in East Asia with a fascinating history and culture. While the majority of the state is of Han Chinese decent, Taiwan was first under the control of its unique aboriginal population, then a series of Colonial powers, including the Chinese Qing Dynasty who ceded it to Japan in 1895, only for it to return to Chinese control after WWII. The subsequent Chinese Civil War led to the rise of the People’s Republic of China (PRC, which oversees mainland China today), with the previous non-communist ROC government fleeing to Taiwan in 1949. The result is a self-governing, democratic society in limbo with mainland China insisting Taiwan is under its sovereignty while many within Taiwan advocate for official independence.

Taiwan is a modern society with many attractions for visitors, in part thanks to a blend of influences. Taipei, the capital, has a world-renown foodie scene and an entire spa culture built upon a natural hot spring. Notably, Taiwan’s Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique officially won the Best Single Malt Whiskey (2015) category by the World Whiskies Awards. With a climate similar to Hawaii and direct flights from Seattle and San Francisco, Taiwan is a tempting trip on most travelers’ lists.

Once the order is official, all four Kaohsiung facilities spring into action. A typical turnaround for a yacht is five or six months, and the OA team has decades of experience under their belts in making delivery.

Clients are welcome to visit the factory during the construction process and tweaks to the order are allowed within reason. In Huang’s experience, most owners just like to be in the loop. The culmination of it all is at the assembly factory where the hull comes together, systems are installed, and the yacht is polished to a fine sheen.

After a two-week dip in the test pool and countless systems and structural tests, the yacht is ready for its sea trial, conducted on the Taiwan coast. Once the sea trial goes well, the OA is loaded onto a container ship and delivered to its new home for a full life of recreational boating. Many OAs can be found cruising the emerald waters of the Pacific Northwest, like they have since the line’s inception.

After a full morning touring the factory and answering my questions, I feel honored that Huang hasn’t tired of me and instead invites me to lunch. We end up at a Japanese place built next to an elementary school, and kids in different colorful uniforms appear to be gathered for a track meet. Huang and I talk about boats, our families, and current events. We laugh; we listen. For a second, I’m not in Taiwan and there is no bald eagle on my passport. We are simply two human beings united by a deep-seated attraction to the sea, and all else is rendered irrelevant.

Not everything about these times of international trade and relations is stable, but I’m willing to bet that the boaters of the Pacific Northwest will have a soft spot for Ocean Alexanders for the years to come. When we work together, the remarkable becomes standard operating procedure. The waiter arrives, and the multi-course lunch of seafood fare that Huang ordered begins. We savor every bite.

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Norris Comer

Norris Comer is an award-winning writer and the former Managing Editor of Northwest Yachting magazine. He was raised in Portland, Oregon and got his BS in Marine Science at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL where he lived aboard a 1973 Catalina 27 before moving to Washington and an Albin Vega. He has worked as a commercial fisherman, wandered aimlessly around the world, studied oil spills, and was a contestant on the Norwegian reality TV show "Alt for Norge."

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• Draft: 6’ 10” (2.1m)
• Length: 116’ 6” (35.9m)
• Beam: 24’ 6” (7.47m)
• Draft: 6’ 3” (1.91m)
• Length: 100’ 2” (30.53m)
• Beam: 23’ (7.01m)
• Draft: 5’ 6” (1.68m) – 6’ 5” (1.96m)
• Length: 90’ (27.43m)
• Beam: 22’ (6.71m)
• Draft: 5’ 8-1/8” (1.73m) – 5’ 10-1/2” (1.79m)
• Length: 88’ (27.05m)
• Beam: 20’ 1” (6.12m)
• Draft: 5’ 4” (1.63m) – 5” 11” (1.80m)
• Length: 85’ (26.14m)
• Length: 83’ 6” (25.45m)
• Beam: 20’ 8” (6.29m)
• Length: 71’ 6” (21.8m)
• Beam: 18’ 2” (5.49m)
• Draft: 4’ 10” (1.47m) – 5’ (1.55m)

OCEAN ALEXANDER HISTORY

Founded in 1977 by Alex Chueh, the ship builder quickly established itself as one of the premier luxury yacht manufacturers. By 2005 they had built their first 100-foot megayacht and in 2015 Showboats International acclaimed OA as one of the top five superyacht builders in the world. Their commitment to excellence in quality and performance is evident in each of their builds. OA continues to evolve as they refine each of their models and remain a leader in luxury yacht manufacturing.

OCEAN ALEXANDER TODAY

Today the shipyard is under the management of Johnny Chueh, the son of founder Alex Chueh. Johnny continues the legacy of superior engineering, an approach rooted in the aerospace industry. Originally manufactured in their Kaohsiung factory located in Taiwan, today production has expanded to Merritt Island, Florida where the first 70 Evolution was manufactured. In their state-of-the-art facilities, OA uses Finite Element Analysis, to create virtual 3D modeling. Using this technology, they can anticipate any engineering complications, ensuring the highest quality build to each customer.

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With its methodical general arrangement, plus an array of amenities and accommodation for ten, the 28E gives the impression of a much larger yacht despite its compact size of 28.8 metres.

With a beam of 6.3 metres, she features an expansive, versatile swim platform—an ideal space for socialising with family and friends. Twin teak staircases lead to the main deck, where an al fresco dining table invites you to enjoy meals amidst beautiful surroundings, protected from the elements by raised bulwarks and a sundeck canopy.

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The full-beam master suite on the main deck features a vanity, stone-clad ensuite and a centreline aft-facing king-size bed. Thanks to an impressive skylight directly above the bed, the owner can feel connected to the surrounding environment.

The lower deck is home to four staterooms, including a forward VIP suite, two mirrored queen staterooms and a twin. Each stateroom offers comfort and luxury, ensuring a restful retreat for all.

The 28E boasts a second fully enclosed saloon on the flybridge—a perfect setting for more casual gatherings. Glass surrounds the space, which is adorned with a cream sofa, low drinks table and a fully functional bar. Adjacent to the sky lounge, a generous sundeck awaits, featuring a second al fresco dining area, fixed lounge seating, a custom-made barbecue and an impressive Jacuzzi.

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The 32E is a true masterpiece that combines exceptional performance, unmatched comfort and endless possibilities for exploration. Designed for those who crave adventure and excitement, the yacht offers unparalleled opportunities for scuba diving, snorkelling, personal watercraft touring and deep-sea fishing. With abundant space to accommodate all your gear, the 32E is the ultimate platform for creating unforgettable activity-filled getaways.

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The thoughtfully designed interiors are perfect for extended stays on board. Able to accommodate eight guests in four staterooms, she features an impressive master stateroom with luxurious amenities and breathtaking views through its generous floor-to-ceiling, frameless windows. The interior finishes are exquisite, featuring high-quality stone, white oak flooring, and durable, upscale carpet and upholstery. No detail has been overlooked, ensuring an ambiance that inspires the ultimate dream space.

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Ocean Alexander 58

• By Peter A. Janssen
• Updated: October 4, 2007

The last time I was on an Ocean Alexander was probably six or seven years ago on Seattle’s Lake Washington, and two things stick in my mind. First, we ran in front of Bill Gate’s house (which took a while), and second, Ocean Alexander was an impressive cruising boat.

Earlier this summer I had the chance to get on an Ocean Alexander again, this time at Roche Harbor in the ever-verdant San Juan Islands north of Seattle, where the houses are smaller but the scenery is better, and I was even more impressed by the company than I had been before.

I wasn’t the only one. In fact, this particular Ocean Alexander, a new 58 pilothouse, was owned by Don Gearing, a contractor and developer with offices in Las Vegas and Moreno Valley, Calif., who has owned a veritable fleet of boats over the years. His last, an 85-foot motoryacht, was fine, he says, but it wasn’t as seakindly as he wanted. Actually, Don, who’s 82 years old, and his wife, Yuna, run their boats by themselves, and they were looking for something that would help flatten out the often-boisterous waters of the Pacific Northwest, where they do most of their cruising (they keep the boat on Vancouver Island, less than an hour away from Roche Harbor).

Like many yacht owners, Don has been relatively successful in his business life. “I guess you could say I’m a developer,” he says, shrugging. He says he started out installing air conditioning in Las Vegas in 1965; eventually he moved on to providing air conditioning to hotels, then to developing homes and other properties in Nevada, California and Oregon. In short, Don can pretty much afford to have whatever yacht he wants. And he wanted this one.

The only problem was that Richard Allender wanted it too. In fact, Richard, the sales and marketing director for Ocean Alexander and also an experienced boat owner, had the boat, hull number one, built for himself. The idea was that he and his wife, Pat, would live on it and go cruising; he had it tricked out with everything he could think of. Last winter Richard was sitting on the boat in the Seattle boat show, displaying it as the prototype. Don was actually at the show to look at another manufacturer’s yacht, saw the Ocean Alexander, and fell in love at first sight. “He wanted to know if it was a turnkey situation,” Richard says. “He didn’t want to worry about anything. I told him the fuel tanks were full; all he needed to bring was his toothbrush.” So Don and Yuna had their new Ocean Alexander 58 and Richard and Pat had to move into an apartment and order another one.

I caught up with these two couples at the Ocean Alexander owners rendezvous in Roche Harbor, where Don and Yuna were living on the boat in the master stateroom, while Richard and Pat were also on board, in the VIP stateroom, as guests. Fortunately, it’s a big, comfortable, well-appointed boat, and everybody seemed happy. Particularly Don. “I love to cruise,” he said, with the enthusiasm of someone half his age. “We can take this boat anywhere we want to go up here.”

That, of course, is the whole idea. “Our target market is for people who demand space and comfort but in a package that can be handled by an owner and wife,” says Johnny Chueh, president of Ocean Alexander. “It allows our customers to have their cake and eat it too.”

The 58 pilothouse was designed by the iconic Ed Monk Jr., who has been producing eye-pleasing, classic, seakindly pilothouse yachts for Ocean Alexander for almost three decades. Indeed, there are now more than 1,000 Ocean Alexanders cruising around the world; the current lineup goes from 42 to 98 feet. The new 58 pilothouse is a traditional three-stateroom, two-head design with lots of teak and luxury appointments that appeal to buyers who are used to the best, whether in their homes or their yachts, and who also, as Johnny says, want the independence of running the boat themselves. (With three staterooms, of course, there’s room for a crew, but the boat is really designed for the owner-operators of the world.)

This user-friendly yacht is meant for long-legged cruising; you could live comfortably on her for a long time, and feel safe and secure taking her just about anywhere. And you’d feel justifiably proud all the way. The craftsmanship and attention to detail make the boat. The joinerwork in the book-matched Burmese teak is exceptional; you don’t see any teak plugs that cover screws, for example, because the entire teak panel (instead of just the plug) is glued over the screw holes, a painstaking process that produces a clean and elegant look. And there are teak cornice boxes on the windows, not to mention burl-wood Roman pillars in the saloon and master stateroom.

The living-room-like saloon feels like home, and gets lots of light from the sliding-glass doors leading to the cockpit and from the two large windows on either side (plus the halogen lighting in the overhead). A 42-inch plasma TV and over-the-top stereo system are on the forward bulkhead, while two club chairs and a wine cabinet are on the port side, facing a large L-shaped Ultraleather settee to starboard. This is a very easy place to sit and watch the world go by, whether you’re underway or tied up at the dock. And you won’t be distracted by engine noise; thanks to its superior soundproofing, the Ocean Alexander is a relatively quiet boat (see chart). The saloon also has a very cool custom electric table that slides both up and out, over to the settee. In its default mode, it can be a coffee table; extended, it can be a dining table.

The center of all the action, of course, is the pilothouse, and here is where this boat really shines. The helm station, starting with the black, electric STIDD helm chair and Glendinning controls, is exemplary: Everything is neat, logical, and nearby. There is great visibility forward and to the sides (and with a TV monitor to see aft) and plenty of space to lay out charts (for those of us who still like the look and feel-and security-of paper), glasses, sunscreen, whatever. On the port side is a curved table seating four or five for socializing, dining, sightseeing or napping (I’d personally opt for all of the above), while behind the helm on the starboard side is a large, luxurious galley with top-of-the-line appliances from Franke, Miele and Gaggenau, granite countertops and double-opening cabinets for easy access and storage. There’s lots of counterspace, a full-sized refrigerator, cooktop, conventional oven and microwave-everything you’d have at home, provided you lived in a very nice home. The pilothouse even has a teak and ebony sole, plus large doors on both sides leading to wide sidedecks with Ocean Alexander’s signature waist-high elliptical stainless rails (these not only look good, but they also offer a tremendous amount of real and perceived safety and security).

Below, the 58 has a fairly straightforward layout, all with flawless woodwork and luxury appointments. Both the master and the guest heads have about the largest and most inviting showers I’ve seen outside a megayacht. You’d be comfortable in there with a friend, if that’s the kind of thing you have in mind. The master stateroom extends across the full 17’6″ beam, and is amidships, the most comfortable place to be while underway. There’s room to spare, with a walkaround queen bed, which raises on gas struts for storing large objects (suitcases, for example), plus built-in drawers. The VIP forward also has a queen, with the same extra storage. Both have large cedar hanging lockers. The third stateroom comes with two berths, available either side by side, or one over the other (as in this yacht), plus a built-in computer desk so that the owner can have an on-board office of sorts.

Aft, the large teak cockpit offers an extra space in which to sit and watch the world go by. It’s built for comfort and ease; there are boarding gates on each side, plus two more from the curved stairs leading up from the large swim platform. Up top, the bridge is large, clean, with great visibility and comfortable seating, plus the ubiquitous barbeque and dinghy/davits.

Accessible via a large door in the cockpit, the engine room is impressive-it is indeed a clean, well-lighted place. I had almost-standing headroom, and I’m about 6’2″. There is polished stainless throughout; the engine mount stringers are hand polished. Everything, including the twin Racor fuel filters, is easy to reach; the wiring, hydraulic and fuel lines are all labeled, the plumbing and fittings are oversized; you can access both sides of the standard 700 hp Cat C-12s. In addition, there’s a huge lazarette aft for extra storage.

In short, this is a very well-designed cruising yacht, as you’d expect from its heritage. The 58 has a twin-tunnel hull for minimum draft and maximum performance, with underwater exhaust for safety and quiet, and prop tunnels to protect the running gear. The hull is solid, handlaid fiberglass below the waterline and balsa-cored on the sides; aluminum structural beams with carbon fiber reinforcements add strength and rigidity. Safety comes first. Ocean Alexander tank tests each new model in extreme sea conditions to make sure, as Ed Monk says, that no water goes up on deck.

For his part, Monk has been designing Ocean Alexanders since the company was started by Johnny’s father, Alex, 27 years ago in Taiwan. The family moved to Australia when Johnny was 10 and boated in Sydney on their Ocean Alexander 48. Johnny eventually went to the University of Chicago for an economics degree and was working as a management consultant when his father had a stroke. At 25, Johnny came home. He has been running the company ever since.

After walking through the boat at the owners rendezvous, we took it out for a short test, where we registered a top speed of 20.5 knots at about 2300 rpm. But speed is not the point. This is a yacht that can cruise all day at an easy 13 knots (1835 rpm). “That’s fast enough for me,” Don says. “I like to enjoy the scenery.” Also, with its twin KeyPower bow and stern thrusters, its wide side decks and three control stations (pilothouse, bridge and cockpit), she’s easy to dock and handle when the cruising is over. All in all, the Ocean Alexander 58 pilothouse is a very comfortable cruising yacht.

In fact, that’s what she became. After the rendezvous and a photo shoot, Don and Yuna met some friends on Vancouver Island and headed north for a summer cruise.

Contact: Ocean Alexander, (206) 344-8566; www.oceanalexander.com .

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