CHANTICLEER — 108' Burger Boat Company Superyacht for Sale

CHANTICLEER is a genuine historical artifact of American yachting. She was commissioned in 1973 by Ogden Phipps, one of the defining figures of twentieth-century thoroughbred racing, and christened BUCKPASSER after Phipps's 1966 Horse of the Year, a racehorse still considered among the greatest in American history. The yacht was designed by Jack Hargrave, whose work defined the profile of American motor yachting through the 1960s and '70s, and built by Burger at their Manitowoc, Wisconsin yard. At her launch she was the largest yacht Burger had ever built and the first in the yard's fleet to carry a helipad, which made her a documented milestone in Burger's production history rather than simply another commission.

In 1986 she was acquired by Frances Langford, the singer and actress best known for her USO tours with Bob Hope and later as the wife of Outboard Marine's Ralph Evinrude. Langford was a serious yachtswoman and owned Chanticleer until her death in 2005, during which time she added a cockpit to accommodate her fishing. That second chapter of ownership is documented and verifiable. Since 2005 the boat has passed through a short series of careful owners, with a complete multimillion-dollar two-year rebuild completed in 2006 and substantial additional refit work carried out by the current owner after purchase in 2023. The combination of aluminum hull construction (which Burger was refining into its signature material in exactly this era), the preservation-focused ownership history, and the two major refit campaigns means she is a 1973 yacht that functions as a current-condition vessel rather than a display piece.

At 32.9 meters (108 feet) length overall, a 21-foot (6.4m) beam, 155 gross tons, and a 12-knot cruising speed, her specifications reflect the displacement-platform American motor yacht vocabulary of her era, which is the right expectation frame for a buyer considering her. Accommodations are across four cabins. This is not a performance boat, not a volume-maximized production yacht, and not a charter-revenue platform. She is specifically a documented piece of American yachting history, connected by name and paperwork to two culturally significant original and second owners, designed by Jack Hargrave, and built at Burger when Burger was still refining what Burger would become. For a buyer who understands what that combination represents.

CHANTICLEER is currently located in United States in Stuart, Florida.

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Asking Price

$990,000 USD

(€844,510 EUR EST.)

Length 108' / 32.9m

Beam 21' / 6.4m

Draft 0'

Builder BURGER BOAT COMPANY

Built 1973

Hull Aluminum

Gross Tonnage 155