Aurora is a 1985 40' Nauticat Pilothouse Staysail Ketch. She offers a Ford Lehman 90 HP auxiliary, Northern Lights 3.5 kW generator, PYI dripless shaft seal, Max-Prop propeller, Vetus bowthruster, watermaker, solar panels, Starlink satellite internet system, Mainsail stack pack, new standing rigging in 2020, new Cutlass bearing and shaft seal in 2024 and a full-beam master stateroom aft with an ensuite head and enclosed shower. This classic bluewater sailing yacht offers a terrific layout for serious cruising or a liveaboard. Her 62'6" height above the waterline allows ICW cruising too.

40' Nauticat Vessel Walkthrough

From the aftdeck, you walk forward on either side deck or into the cockpit to find seating on each side, helmseat port aft and helm pedestal. Continue forward and step down the companionway into the pilothouse and find wrap-around seating and a removable table to port, lower helm starboard forward, storage cabinetry and electronics to starboard and the full-beam master stateroom companionway starboard aft. Walk forward and step down to find the galley to port and dinette to starboard. Continue forward to find the guest head to starboard and the guest stateroom forward. Auxiliary and engine room access is via salon sole hatches.

The headroom in the cockpit is 6'4", 6'5" in the pilothouse, 6'2" in the master stateroom, 5'8" in the master stateroom shower, 6'5" in the galley and dinette and 6'5" in the guest stateroom. The guest stateroom berths are 6'5" long, the master stateroom berth is 6'10" long, the dinette berth is 6'5" long and the pilothouse berth is 7'.

The height from the waterline to the top of the mast is 62'6".

40' Nauticat Accommodations

Aurora offers a full-beam master stateroom aft with a centerline queen size berth and ensuite head with enclosed shower; and a guest stateroom forward with a v-berth and insert below, an upper single size berth to port and direct access to the head. The dinette offers a single size berth and the pilothouse settee offers a single size berth.

40' Nauticat Pilothouse

The pilothouse offers wrap-around seating with storage and a removable table to port, lower helm starboard forward, teak & holly sole, 2 overhead hatches with screens, side windows with curtains, fan and electronics and detailed in the electronics section in this presentation.

40' Nauticat Galley

The down galley is port forward.

• Force 10 3-burner propane cooktop and oven
• Sea Frost cold-plate refrigeration
• Westinghouse microwave oven
• Engle portable freezer
• Double stainless steel sinks
• Storage cabinets and drawers
• Shelves
• Overhead hatch with a screen
• Teak and holly sole
• Storage under the dinette seating
• Magma stainless steel BBQ grill on the aftdeck

40' Nauticat Dining

Dining space is available at the dinette across from the galley and the pilothouse port seating and table.

40' Nauticat Master Stateroom

The full-beam master stateroom is aft and offers a centerline queen size berth with storage underneath, teak and holly sole, storage cabinets and drawers, shelves, 2 X hanging lockers, 7 portlights with curtains, overhead hatch with a screen, fan, benchseat with storage port forward, reading lights and an ensuite head with an enclosed shower.

40' Nauticat Guest Stateroom

The guest stateroom is forward and offers a v-berth with insert, upper single size berth to port, fan, overhead hatch with a screen, storage cabinets, hanging locker and reading lights. The head is starboard aft. It has a composting head and the original Vacuflush head is in storage and available.

40' Nauticat Cockpit

The cockpit offers a Garelick helmseat, benchseat with storage on each side, fold-up table, bimini, dodger, helm pedestal, engine control, bowthruster control and electronics as detailed in the electronics section in this presentation.

40' Nauticat Aftdeck

The aftdeck offers a teak deck, transom gate, Magma stainless steel BBQ grill, same level side deck access and teak cap rails on stainless steel stanchions with netting.

40' Nauticat Audio/Visual Equipment

• Sony MEX-M70BT stereo in the pilothouse
• Polyplaner and Clarion interior speakers
• Polyplaner exterior speakers

40' Nauticat Electronics

• Raymarine Quantum Radar
• Vesper Marine Watchmate Vision AIS transponder
• Raymarine Axiom 9 multi-function display in a Navpod in the cockpit
• Raymarine Axiom 12 multi-function display in the pilothouse
• Raymarine Evo 400 autopilot in the cockpit and in the pilothouse
• Raymarine wireless autopilot remote control
• Raymarine ST60 tridata and wind displays in the cockpit
• Raymarine ST60 wind and depth displays in the pilothouse
• Autohelm wind display in the pilothouse
• Icom Commandmic III VHF in the cockpit
• Icom IC-M504 VHF in the pilothouse
• Icom IC-M802 SSB in the pilothouse
• Suunto D-165 magnetic compass in the cockpit
• Ship's Head magnetiic compass in the pilothouse
• Ritchie Powerdamp magnetic compass in the pilothouse
• Seth Thomas clock and barometer
• Starlink satellite internet system

40' Nauticat Electrical System

• Northern Lights M673D.3 3.5 kW generator with approximately 1,396 hours
• Xantrex Freedom Marine battery charger (Inverter side not connected)
• Xantrex Link 2000 battery monitor
• 3 X Northstar NSB-AGM 8D batteries
• 2 X 12 vdc outlets in the pilothouse and one in the cockpit
• Victron Energy Smart Solar MPPT 100/30 charge controller
• Genasun solar controller
• Bestek 500 watt inverter for the Starlink system
• 30 amp shore power cord
• 120 watt solar panel aft
• 2 X 100 watt solar panels on the cockpit bimini
• 2 X 100 watt flexible solar panels

40' Nauticat Engine/Mechanical Equipment

• Ford Lehman Super 90 90 HP main auxiliary with approximately 4,903 hours
• Borg Warner Velvet Drive gearbox
• Morse engine control
• VDO gauges
• Groco sea strainers
• PYI dripless shaft seal (2024)
• Vetus bowthruster
• Ocean Breeze reverse cycle air conditioning/heating system
• Rainman watermaker
• Raritan 20 gallon water heater
• Tankwatch holding tank level monitor system
• MaxProp classic propeller
• Line cutter
• New Cutlass bearing in 2024

40' Nauticat Deck Equipment

• Maxwell anchor windlass with foot controls and a remote control in the pilothouse (New windlass motor)
• Rocna Vulcan 75 LB anchor
• Lewmar 68 LB claw anchor
• Danforth anchor
• Stainless steel and teak pulpit
• Teak decks
• Stainless steel rails forward
• Teak cap rails on stainless steel stanchions on each side and aft
• Dorades
• Windshield covers
• Aluminum deck hardware
• Boarding gate on each side
• Stainless steel and teak swim ladder
• 4 rod holders
• Solid fiberglass under the teak decks
• Powered aluminum tender davits

40' Nauticat Sails and Rigging

• Selden aluminum masts and booms
• Selden Rod Kicker 20
• Doyle Mainsail Stack Pack
• Harken roller furlers
• Schaeffer travelers
• Wire standing rigging (2020)
• Dacron braid running rigging (2020)
• Anderson 16 2-speed winch
• Anderson 10 winch
• 2 X Lewmar 48 self-tailing winches
• 3 X Lewmar 30 self-tailing winches
• Whisker pole
• Spinlock rope clutches
• Mainsail
• Mizzen sail
• Genoa 115%
• Staysail (2020)
• Spinnaker

40' Nauticat Safety and Fire Protection

• Fireboy Halon 1301 engine room fire suppression system with a remote panel (Inspected and tagged in 2024)
• Fire extinguishers
• First Alert smoke and carbon monoxide detectors
• Bass propane control system in the galley
• Whale manual bilge pump
• Rule bilge pumps
• Radar reflector
• Loudhailer
• ACR GlobalFix EPIRB
• ACR RapidFix 406 EPIRB
• Lifesling overboard recovery system

40' Nauticat Exclusions

• Sellers' personal belongings

40' Nauticat Disclaimer

The company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.

Engine hours are as of the date of the original listing and are a representation of what the listing broker is told by the owner and/or actual reading of the engine hour meters. The broker cannot guarantee the true hours. It is the responsibility of the purchaser and/or his agent to verify engine hours, warranties implied or otherwise and major overhauls as well as all other representations noted on the listing brochure.

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