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AURORA 

40' Nauticat 40

 

  • Year: 1985 
  • Hull Material: Fiberglass
  • Engine/Fuel Type: Single Diesel

 

Additional Specs, Equipment and Information:

Builder/Designer
Builder: Siltala Yachts Oy Designer: Sparkman & Stephens
Dimensions
LOA: 40' LWL: 32' 9" Beam: 13' 1"
Displacement: 30865 Draft: 5' 9" Bridge Clearance: 60" 4"
Ballast: 9480
Engines
Engine(s): Ford Lehmann Engine(s) HP: 90 Engine Model: 2722E
Hours: 1373 Cruising Speed: 7.5-8 Max Speed: 8.5
Tankage
Fuel: 211 Water: 211 Holding: 50

 

Accommodations
AURORA's accomodation plan is the optional "B" arrangement with a centerline queen in the aft cabin, a generous sette to port w/ a teak table and a head and stall shower ensuite. Aft cabin has 2 hanging lockers and 6 opening portlights The forward cabin is v-berthed with an upper to port a large overhead hatch, hanging locker and v-berth filler.

Forward head w/ handheld shower
  • New Ultrasuede upholstery aft cabin
  • --and pilothouse 8 seat settee
  • --2004
  • Curtains
  • Pressure H&C water galley and heads
  • --footpump freshwater in all
  • Timed sump pumps both showers
  • Lavac (Blake) heads
  • Eberspacher diesel-fired heater
  • --ducted to all cabins
  • TV w/ VCR pilothouse

Galley
Dinette opposite galley converts to small double berth w/ privacy curtain
  • Mobilife 3-burner LPG gimballed
  • --stove w/ oven
  • Double S/S sink w H&C pressure water
  • --filtered water and pressure
  • --seawater
  • Toploading icebox w/ 12V
  • --refrigeration & separate freezer
  • (2)Opening hatches and a dorade

Electronics
 
  • Northstar 951 XD DGPS Chartplotter
  • Furuno Radar 1990
  • Autopilot repeated at aft helm
  • Northstar loran C
  • Raymarine log, water temp, knotmeter
  • ---2004
  • Raymarine digital depthsounder 2004
  • Raymarine windspeed and direction'04
  • Raymarine nav network display 2004
  • Clarion stereo piped to Owner's
  • ---cabin, pilothouse and galley
  • Seafarer analog depth
  • Loudhailer
  • FM/ TV antenna

Electrical
 
  • 5 KW Northern Lights Generator,2004
  • 20 hours
  • 120 AC breakered distribution panel
  • 12 V breakered distribution panel
  • Shorepower outlet 120V
  • 50 Amp battery charger
  • 70 amp alternator
  • 120V outlets throughout
  • Multibank battery monitor
  • 1200 Watt Inverter
  • votmeter
  • ampmeter
  • 12V outlets helm, pilothouse, heads
  • (2) 8D house batteries 2003
  • (1) 8D main eng. start batt.
  • (1) group 27 gen. start battery
  • (1) group 27 bow battery
  • Navigation & Deck lights

Deck
Deck is uncored solid glass, one piece, hand laminated with teak overlay.
  • Helm has repeaters for Raymarine in Navipod, including:
  • --Tridatadepth, log, speedo,dist.
  • --analog &digital,true & app wind
  • --Graphic navagational data
  • 12V outlet for handheld spotlight
  • Bowthruster joystick
  • Horn
  • Engine ignition stop & start
  • Raytheon Autopilot remote panel
  • VHF handheld
  • Dodger 2000
  • Roskelly electric stern dinghy davit
  • --w hand control refurbished '04
  • 70 # plow type anchor w/ 300'chain.
  • (6) large cleats & chocks
  • Bright teak handrails on S /S
  • --stanchions on alum. toerail
  • Maxwell Nilsson electric windlass
  • --V2200 (heavy duty)
  • Large anchor locker, drained
  • (4)S /S fender holders
  • (3) boarding gates; port, starboard
  • --aft
  • S/S destroyer wheel w/elkhide
  • Bowpulpit with anchor rollers
  • Large Danforth anchor with chain
  • --& rode
  • Cockpit scuppers
  • 12' Avon sport RIB
  • 15HP Honda 4-stroke, elec. start
  • No feedback wheel, eng. controls
  • Outboard series 24 battery
  • Dinghy nav lights & depthsounder
  • Dinghy Danforth,chain , rode & trailer
  • Custom-fitted winter
  • --cover,breathable fabric, vented
  • --zippered, 3 sections w/ pipe
  • -- frame and door
  • Custom helm seat with mooring cover
  • Binnacle mooring cover
  • Lifesling in cannister
  • Folding stern swim ladder
  • (2) life rings
  • PFDs
  • Docklines
  • Fenders
  • (4) dorades
  • extra hatch over dinette
  • Bow pulpit
  • (6) heavy duty cleats &chocks
  • extra pair of bow chocks for 1 1/4"
  • --mooring pennants

Additional
 
  • Topsides Awlgripped white w/double
  • --boot and cove stripe 1992
  • Hull is solid, hand-laminated
  • --fiberglass
  • Bottom barrier-coated in 1992
  • RO Watermaker 16.7 GPH 110 VAC
  • --microprocessor controlled, 2004

Mechanical
 
  • VDO engine guages
  • -eng. hour log
  • -eng. oil press.
  • -transmission oil pressure
  • -(2) fuel guages
  • -tachometer
  • -eng. ignition and stop
  • -eng. temp.
  • -volt meter
  • -ampmeter
  • Vetus bowthruster
  • 3 bladed MAXprop feathering
  • --propeller
  • Emergency tiller
  • Teleflex Capialano hydraulic
  • -- steering, seperate pumps at
  • Borg Warner 2.1:1 transmission
  • (4)Windshield wipers 2004
  • Fire suppression system eng. room
  • Generous access to engine spaces
  • --thru 3 hatches
  • Raritan hot water heater, 110AC and
  • ---heat exchanger 2004
  • Water guages, 2004
  • Single lever Morse throttle & gear
  • --both helms
  • (2)Polyethylene holding tanks,
  • --1 each head, 50 galls total;
  • --deck & overboard discharge

Sails & Rigging
 
  • Mainsail, full-batten inboom
  • --furling 1995
  • Profurl furler for Genoa
  • Profurl furler self-tacking staysail
  • --sheet fairled to cockpit
  • Furlng jib
  • Mizzen, 2 reefs
  • Lewmar 48 ST primary winches
  • Andersen halyard & reefing winches
  • Electric winch handle

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