Fleming addition
Fleming Yachts has introduced the Fleming 60, featuring a classic design with updated amenities.
02 September 2024
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Fleming Yachts has announced the launch of the latest addition to its fleet, the Fleming 60.
This model is built on the hull design of the Fleming 58, introduced over a decade ago, and continues the classic design associated with the Fleming brand, featuring traditional lines and a high level of craftsmanship.
The Fleming 60 includes several key features, such as a raised aft California deck that offers expansive views and an extended boat deck that provides additional shade and protection.
The yacht also has an entertainment centre with a sink, drinks fridge, and a docking station with engine and thruster controls. The Fleming 60 also offers a dedicated crew cabin with a head and shower, enhancing the vessel’s functionality for longer voyages.
The boatbuilder has launched a virtual tour of the boat, accessible on the company’s website.
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The Flybridge — familiar but with more function
The larger flybridge can accommodate a top-loading freezer, a refrigerator, barbecue and a 13-foot (3.9-metre) Tender. The double Stidd helm seat provides comfortable, adjustable seating.
A fully hydraulic 1,000-pound Steelhead davit, with power rotation and telescopic boom makes launching and retrieving the tender an easy and safe task, even single-handed.
Refined saloon and true pilothouse with twin helm seats
Among the innovations being offered on this and all Fleming Yachts is Burrwood, a composite substitute for teak rail capping. This fibreglass material, manufactured and installed at the yard, replicates the exact appearance of varnished teak without the need for continual varnishing.
Anchor Platform accommodates dual Maxwell RC12 vertical windlasses to handle the 100 lb (45 kg) stainless steel Ultra anchor and 7/16″ Grade-60 stainless steel chain.
Easy boarding is retained through the wide side deck boarding gates. Port and starboard gates through the Portuguese Bridge lead to the foredeck. Large access hatch into the engine room is just aft of the saloon doors. The wider pilothouse has space for twin Stidd helm seats.
Traditional layout – the flow of the Fleming
The 58/60 employs much of the same technology used in the Fleming 65 including the Fleming First Mate (FFM) ship monitoring system with two 15-inch colour touchscreens, Hypro fly-by-wire precision power steering, and Seatorque’s enclosed shaft system.
Placement of air-conditioning compressors and watermaker are all located in the expanded engine room – leaving the lazarette clear for storage.
Significantly more headroom in the engine room and more space forward and outboard of the engines. The standard engines on the Fleming 58/60 are the MAN i6-800.
Pilothouse with enough space for twin helm seats and a day head
The Fleming 58/60 provides an ideal intermediate size between the existing F55 and F65, and is easily operated by a couple.
The Cockpit is capacious – larger than the Fleming 55 by 25 square feet (2.3 square metres). The built-in cabinets on either side of the saloon aft doors provide for a variety of options including a fridge/freezer, sink, and an aft control station.
Two inward-opening gates on either side of the Fleming 58/60 make boarding easy and safe.
A built-in settee or matching barrel chairs provide additional seating in the saloon, the extra beam of the Fleming 58/60 is most noticeable in the Saloon and Pilothouse. There’s also the convenience of a day head.
Lockers on either side of the anchor platform and storage bins in the cabin trunk provide stowage for lines and fenders.
The new full-beam master cabin
With a new layout, the Fleming 58/60 offers a variety of accommodation layouts, including a full beam, master cabin with access from the pilothouse.
Engine room
Standard Power is a pair of MAN i6-800 engines. Standard equipment is the very efficient Seatorque shaft system which transfers thrust from the propellers directly to the hull structure and eliminates the need for cutless bearings and stuffing boxes.
The Tank Tested semi-displacement hull is a modern design based on the well proven Fleming 55. A fine entry and generous flare on the bow makes for an efficient, comfortable, and safe ride.
Spacious walk-in engine room, with access to all equipment and systems.
Proud craftsmanship and a passion for yacht building
The Fleming 58/60 is built at the renowned Tung Hwa yard in Southern Taiwan, where every Fleming ever built has been constructed, starting with Fleming 50 hull #1 in 1985.
Tung Hwa builds exclusively for Fleming and many craftsmen from the early days are still with us. They are very proud of their work and their experience, passion and skill are passed down from one generation to the next.
Fleming Yachts are built by Tung Hwa in Taiwan and are sold through a network of authorised dealers in the United States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Japan.
In the coming months, Chuck Hovey Yacht Sales will feature two Fleming Yachts at the Seattle Boats Afloat Show on South Lake Union from 12 to 15 September. Visitors are welcome to board and explore the yachts.
Fleming dealer Burr Yacht Sales will participate in Trawlerfest Baltimore In-Water Boat Show from 26 to 28 September. The Cruising Seminars, sponsored by PassageMaker magazine, will begin on Tuesday 24 September.
Fleming’s in-water showroom will also be available in Edgewater, Maryland.
Finally, Burr Yacht Sales will represent Fleming at the Annapolis Powerboat Show from 3 to 6 October at City Dock in downtown Annapolis. The show runs daily from 10 am to 6:30 pm, except Sunday when it closes at 5 pm.
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