Yacht Overview
- Yacht Details Reichel/Pugh
- Year 2006
- Location Portsmouth, RI, US
- Engines 1
- Last UpdatedMay 19, 2022
- Asking Price$575,000.00
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Aurora is the perfect boat for someone wishing to get into larger boat racing without breaking the bank. Aurora will not disappoint any sailing/racing enthusiast. She is current enough in design and performance to be competitive, yet priced to allow easy entry into this level and size of boat.
Aurora was built as a grand prix racing machine. No effort was spared at making the boat as fast as possible. The design was aimed at being competitive at any point of sail and any wind speed. Both of the owners owned and raced the previous Blue Yankee which was also a R/P 66. This previous boat was the inspiration for this boat, in that it had no weak spots in its performance capabilities. When Aurora was built, the goal was to build a state of the art update of the previous boat. R/P achieved the design brief to perfection.
King Composites built the boat to withstand the rigors of ocean racing at the extremes. The quality of the build is evident to this day in the way the boat has held up to many years of racing, yet still looks fantastic. An added note, that for several years the boat was not sailed, but was well maintained in dry storage.
Down below is a light weight, yet bright interior. Plenty of adjustable pipe berths for offshore use. A very usable galley for cooking and a comfortable nav station. An enclosed head rounds out a very comfortable, but purpose built interior.
The equipment inventory will get added to this listing, but suffice it to say that she lacks nothing to be able to compete at the highest level of racing.
The boat has been captain maintained and has been racing during the 2020 season.
Refit work and recent additions during 2019-2021:
New Quantum carbon mainsail -- delivered July 2020
Mast updated, x-rayed and ultrasounded winter of 2019/2020 by Fast Forward Composite, Bristol RI
New carbon standing rigging -- delivered/installed July 2020
New headfoil coming 2022
New Saildrive prop
New bottom, faired and painted -- multiple coats of Pettit Black Widow antifouling
New Garmin radar system, including stern-mounted dome
New Chartplotter
New VHF with additional cockpit-mounted handheld unit.
New wiring throughout -- existing wiring removed and all-new wiring installed.
Replaced all hoses and connections throughout
New cockpit padding/flooring
Refit navigation station
Rebuilt Ockam electronics with new displays -- mast displays, cockpit displays, and nav station displays - -and new laptop
Many new running rigging elements -- halyards, sheets etc.
Engine reconditioned
Winch systems torn down, serviced and restored
New sailcover summer 2019
New tail bags and other canvas, 2019-2020
Foredeck non-skid repainted
Sail Inventory
Upwind Main -- Quantum/Doyle 2020 J2 -- Doyle 2021 J3 -- Doyle 2022 (being built) J4 -- North J5 -- North Downwind 3 A1 spins North 1 A3 spin North 3 Code Zero North 1 Spin Staysail North 1 Jib Staysail North 1 Jib-top North 1 Drifter North Storm 1 Trysail North 1 Storm Jib North