CONSTRUCTION
GRP hull of red with double gold boot
top and cove line. GRP web floors laminated to the hull. GRP sandwich
decks. White GRP superstructures. Lead/antimony fin keel with cast-in
stainless steel keel bolts. Foam filled GRP rudder, with integral
stainless steel shaft. Chain and wire steering gear. Stainless steel
wheel. Nylon coated alloy wheel pedestal with grab bar and instruments on
top. Teak cockpit and soles and seats. Three cockpit lockers one of which
is for three gas bottles.
Interior
joinery : generally teak and teak-faced plywood; teak and holly faced
plywood cabin soles; teak lining to side of cockpit wall in aft cabin;
teak battened topsides; teak sole grating in all heads compartments; deck
heads of vinyl covered plywood.
HARDWARE
Stainless steel tapered stanchions with stainless steel base
plates attached to deck. Teak foot rail with integral lugs at aft end to
receive the turning blocks of spinnaker sheet and guy. The turning block
shackle holes in these lugs are lined with stainless steel grommets.
Stainless steel pulpit. Pulpit leg socket welded onto forestay tang.
Separate coloured navigational lights and bracket on pulpit.
Stainless steel
stemhead fitted with starboard bow roller. Substantial U-bolt for the
attachment of the spinnaker sheet and guy at the aft end of the stemhead
fitting. Forward tang to accept forestay.
Central spine with 2 x side
pieces for genoa track attachment using the Rod Stephens designed captive
pins with additional sprung keepers.
Stainless steel pushpit with
opening for aft ladder/ramp. Navigational lights and bracket on
pushpit.
Stainless steel track spot wielded to mast to take spinnaker
pole heel fitting. Jockey pole attachment brackets.
Baby stay fitting
and adjuster. Pad eye on foredeck to receive lower end of the spinnaker
staysail.
Hatches
Perspex main sliding hatch into cockpit with teak pull and perspex
drop board. Galley hatch to coach roof perspex with teak pull. Sliding
perspex forehatch. Medium perspex saloon hatch. 2x medium perspex hatches
for the two amid ship cabins.
Opening port hole on forward centerline
of cockpit footwell. Opening port hole on forward centerline of coach
roof. Opening port hole on forward centerline of cockpit footwell. 2 x
opening port holes in aft cabin. 2 x opening port holes in galley area. 2
x opening port holes in chart table area. 1 x opening port hole in aft
cabin heads area.
6 x Dorade ventilators with air scoops.
MACHINERY
& Cockpit engine start and stop
controls. Single lever throttle control.
ELECTRICS AC Load
center.
Electronic Heart Interface.
120 Volts AC Inverter.
Simpson & Laurence windless with deck foot controls.
AQUA AIR
Marine Air Conditioning System.
2 x Engine start batteries.
4 x
domestic batteries.
TANKS
Fuel : 1 x19.5 gallons; 1 x
20.9 gallons; 1 x 30.9 gallons . of welded stainless steel.
Fresh water
: 1 x 31.2 gallons; 1 x 41.5 gallons; 1 x 33.8 gallons; 1 x 12.9
gallons;
of welded stainless steel.
INSTRUMENTS
Autohelm echo sounder;
windspeed/direction; speedometer/log; closehaul.
ICOM VHF IC -
M56.
Ratheon GPS Nav 398; Ratheon Loran 575.
Garmin GPS Map
220.
Ratheon
IN MARSAT -C . Glomex.
NAVICO Power
pilot.
Autohelm cockpit repeaters; VMG, Multi x2; wind;
compass.
Danforth steering compass.
GENERAL 2 x horseshoe life buoys
and lights with 2 x stainless steel lifebuoy brackets.
EQUIPMENT Navigational lights; 2 x deck lights;
steaming lights; flood lights.
1 x Awning.
Anchors : 1 x 60lbs CQR;
1 x 50lbs Plough; 1 x Danforth (No markings but substantial)
Portable,
folding, aluminium boarding ladder for amidships.
Portable, folding,
aluminium boarding ladder for stern to attach to taffrail.
5 x
fenders.
11 x Crewsaver Life jackets (Seamatic Automatic)
Mooring
warps.
Ensign staff.
Firdell Blipper radar reflector.
3 x 5
gallon petrol containers.
4 x 1 gallon petrol containers.
4 x 6
gallon water containers.
1 x 5 gallon water container.
Vent covers;
hatch covers.
1 x XM Yachting RORC flare pack.
2 x Zodiac 4 man
liferaft.
Fog horn.
DOMESTIC
Berths : 1 x double in owner aft cabin; 2
x single berths in saloon; 2 x single berths in EQUIPMENT amidships port
cabin; 2 x single berths in amidships starboard cabin; 2 x single berths
in forward cabin.
PUR Powersurvivor - 80 II WATERMAKER.
Complete set
of cushions for the aft cabin; saloon; chart table; amidship cabins and
forward cabin.
2 x manual Parr W.C.
1 x manual Raritan W.C.
3 x
wash basins; 3 x shower heads.
Stainless steel galley sink with fresh
and salt water pumps.
2 x Brass oil lamps.
2 x framed prints.
2 x
cool boxes, 1 x NORCOLD TEC II fridge.
1 x General Electric
microwave.
3 x Gas bottles.
Electric cable lighting.
MAGNA PHONE
C MAGNAVOX.
THRANE &THRANE Message terminal.
BELTRON
monitor.
MITSUMI keyboard.
SONY Trinitron 18" x 24"
Television.
MAGNAVOX VHS video player system.
TEAC
amplifier.
TEAC tape deck.
JVC 5 Disc system.
2 x Bose
speakers.
REMARKS
Since buying Golden Aura the owner has spent much time and money
keeping her up to spec. Only last year Golden Aura was treated for osmosis
and re-sprayed giving her now rejuvenated topsides and in 1997 a New
Yanmar was installed and so on. Her inventory is very comprehensive as you
can see.
Golden Aura has
laid teak to her deck, cockpit and seating. This teak appears hardly worn
at all, though where the teak has been screwed to the deck and sealed with
teak pellets, damp appears to have got in. It is suggested that the
pellets affected should be removed and the areas be cleaned and replaced
with new screws and teak pellets. The seams on the teak look generally
good with the paying compound in it appearing sound.
Down below
Golden Aura continues to let off the unique Nautor's Swan feel. Having
been re-cushioned this year her and having minor work done to her fo'c'sle
at present she looks very good.
