Review: Queenship 74' Motoryacht

Crew quarters are surprisingly spacious for a 74’ boat; featuring a set of over-under bunks, roomy stand-up shower, as well as a clothes locker.

The lazarette is a prelude of clean to come. Full size, it spans the beam with deep countertops, void of overhanging, headbanging cabinets that often plague the mariner’s hobby shop. Instead, storage is located to beam and below with uniquely hinged doors to maximize access.

Entering the Q74’s engine room, you find a full stand-up environment with excellent walkway space and ample walk-around room. You’re immediately greeted by staggered capacity Northern Lights gennies, located port and starboard. One is a 12kW and the other a 20kW, depending in draw. Taking center stage, a pair of Caterpillar C18 ACERT’s, rated at 1015hp are the only exposed machinery, standing like testaments to mechanical biology with a kerosene habit.

Looking aft in the Q74’s ultra-clean, stark white engine room, there is little to distract the eye except the C-18’s which are backlit with blue LEDs. This blacklight effect isn’t just hip; it sheds light on vital areas of monitor. Lurking behind this blank landscape - a scientific clean room by most engine room standards - is a Delta-T system to control air flow and all the plumbing that normally overwhelms the senses. In this room, if it’s not stainless, it’s powercoated. And if it isn’t needed in the engine room, it’s relocated to other areas of the hull where access when underway doesn’t require a trip to the boiler room.

Most engine rooms are a maze of pipes and valves, but on the Q74 they are smartly concealed behind Soundown-based, white powder-coated, perforated aluminum walls. To further control sound, the walls are held in place by neoprene air-space strips and all motorized equipment is isolation-mounted to inhibit structure-borne sound transmission. Clean and quiet… two words not often associated with engine rooms.

A storage cabinet and workbench is located against the forward bulkhead. Only the necessities are present, such as fuel shut-offs, battery switches and chargers. On this subject, Meriweather is equipped with a bank of house batteries to hang on the hook for up to 3 days without igniting fuel. When the bank is discharged, only thirty minutes are needed to recover.

No question, the Queenship crew – again, not just a single person, but a mixture of various skills and talents– have brought together this assemblage of capabilities, to build this superlative “Yacht”.

What is so rare as the perfect, small mega-yacht of your cruising dreams?
Queenship has your answer!​

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Photos by Neil Rabinowitz​

Specifications:

LOA: 73’-10”
Length of Waterline: 63’-5”
Beam: 18’-10”
Draft at prop tip: 5’-7”
Dead rise at transom: 12º
Displacement (half load): 114,000lbs
Fuel Capacity: 1850 USG
Water Capacity: 380 USG
Holding Tank Capacity: 235 USG

Propulsion & Power:

2 x Caterpillar C18 ACERT’s, rated at 1015hp
1 x Northern Lights 12kW generator, sound encased
1 x Northern Lights 20kW generator, sound encased
2 x ABT bow & stern thrusters
2 x ZF 550A Transmission
2 x 3" Aquamat Shafts w/ Dafoe shaft logs & Tides No-Drip seals
2 x 5-Blade NiBrAl, Michigan Wheel props
ABT Stabilizer System w/ 6 sq. ft. fins

Performance:

Cruise: 18 knots
Max. Speed: 25 knots
Range: 1300 nm @ 12 knots

Design & Engineering:

Naval architecture: Queenship Engineering Group
Exterior styling: Jonathan Quinn Barnett
Interior design: Owner/Queenship Interior Design Group

For more information contact:

Queenship Yachts
27222 Lougheed Highway
Station Whonnock, Maple Ridge
British Columbia, Canada
V2W1V9
Tel: (604) 462-1388
http://www.queenship.com/

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DETAILS​

A close-up of the hardtop reveals the molded in track running around the perimeter of the overhang for the Eisenglass. It makes for a super clean installation. It's attention to details - such as this - that stand out in professional boat building.

Living with a yacht is where the new Q74 stands out. It's all in the details, so let's get started. Why do we have to pass a line through the hull to secure it? Answer... remove the hurdle. Look a little closer. Notice the Glendinning Shorepower cord covers? They conceal two unique features. First, the power hose reel is connected to a manifold so it can be used as a fresh water washdown or switched to be used to fill the water tanks. Second, the other houses 350' of shore line on a stainless steel reel, contained in a stainless steel box drained overboard. This allows the owner to shore tie in the deep Fjords of the Pacific Northwest where the sheer rock walls drop straight down into 100' of water. This system conveniently reels the line back in without having to worry about a tangled mess of wet line.

And if we must have a line guide thru the hull, why not have it double as a cleat?

And while were on the bow, let's clean up the clutter and conceal the anchor behind a door that has thru-hull visibility...

And should a boarding ladder really be a removable item that is stowed? What is someone falls overboard in truly frigid water. How long does that person have before hypothermia sets in? Probably less time than finding and deploying the ladder. This one deploys with a press of the red button...

And should a handrail pass-thru be something that flips back, flopping about and pinching fingers? No, it should slide away, cleverly concealing itself within the main handrail...

Is the bow broken on the new Q74? Not hardly. This break is actually a very effective spray-knocker that runs aft and blends into the chine.

A look at Meriweather's mast reveals it's not an average perch, per say. This one is hinged and folds back, granting quick access to bulb replacement or repair. It's the little things that count when living with a yacht.

A book could be written on the engine room. For instance, the Delta T system works as a heat exchanger, but the position of the vents wasn't conducive to drawing fresh air over the top of engines, so Queenship fashioned an air-director which effectively dropped engine room temps.

Innovative ideas continue inside too. How 'bout a pop-up flat panel that can also be watched in the down position? You can have your view and watch TV too!

Got wrinkles? Forget Retinol. Q-Ship has the cure! This handy fold-out ironing board neatly stows away in a dresser drawer.

Access hatches are everywhere and ample in size. Contortionist's need not apply. No jockey's either. Even big guys with fast fingers can work on this boat...

And finally, as we exit this review and pass through the stern gate, notice the latching mechanism. Clean, concise and self contained. Much like Meriweather.