Description
1987 MC-42 Trawler – Classic Performance & Timeless Design
Looking for a reliable and stylish Trawler? This 1987 MC 42 offers a perfect balance of speed, comfort, and craftsmanship. Well-maintained and ready for the water, this vessel is ideal for cruising, fishing, or weekend getaways.
Key Features:
• Length: 42 feet
• Engines: Twin (140hp each)
• Fuel Type: Diesel
Aurora VIII is a classic with solid construction and performance to match. Whether you’re looking for a reliable cruiser or a high-speed adventure, this boat is ready to deliver.
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VESSEL CONSTRUCTION
Hull Arrangement:
- Hull design type is modified-V, planing type with flared bow, hard chines and listing strakes
- Fiber-reinforced plastic hull with cored decks
- Well kept exterior condition
- Cored transom
- Teak swim platform on (5) stainless steel mounting brackets
Deck Arrangement:
- Fiber reinforced plastic deck with white gelcoat and textured non-skid
- Moulded fiberglass bulwarks (part of the deck's layup) with varnished teak cap-rails
- Moulded wood compression rails with stainless steel striker strips
Bridge Arrangement:
- Fibre reinforced plastic bridge
- The flybridge provides the second helm station and crew seating area
- Flybridge bimini top is Subrellatype fabric material, with stainless steel support piping
- Winged aerial and radar mast
CABIN APPOINTMENTS
Interior:
- Forward double berth, galley and salon amidships with master cabin aft
- Satin finished teak cabin doors
- Textured vinyl ceiling headliner
- Teak and holly cabin sole flooring
Heads:
- (2) Jabsco 12V heads
- Tub with shower in aft head
Interior Systems & Equipment:
- 12V DC lighting fixtures
- Hurricane-ITR Zephyr HW hydronic diesel heating/hot water system
Galley:
- Nova Kool refrigerator/freezer
- RCA microwave
- Princess 3-burner electric stove with oven
ELECTRONICS & NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT
- Ritchie 4" compass at lower helm
- Danforth 3.5" compass at upper helm
- Royal Mariner ship's clock and barometer
- Icom IC-M506 VHF radio
- Simrad NR12 ev2 Echo 12" MFD multi-functional navigation display at both Helm Stations
- Simrad Ri10 broadband marine radar
- Simrad AC42 autopilot
SAFETY EQUIPMENT
- (4) wearable PFD's
- (4) Mustang survival sails
- (1) Type IV - TC approved throwable device (ring), mounted aft upper deck
- (4) 1-A 10-BC dry chemical fire extinguishers. Port salon, v-berth, engine room, aft cabin and helm
- (6) 12 gauge flares
- Handheld compressed air horn
- 12V electric horn
- Navigation lights
- Seadog search light
- Folding stainless steel boarding ladder installed at swim platform
- (2) Fireboy Xintex carbon monoxide detectors
- First Alert CO/smoke detector in galley
PROPULSION SYSTEM
- Twin Cummins diesel 140hp in-line 4-cylinder engines
- Closed reservoir type cooling, with raw water cooled exhaust. Coolant-to-raw water tube cored heat exchanger, with self-priming centrifugal raw water pump and belt-driven coolant circulation pump.
- Raw water cooled with raw water/exhaust gas mixing elbow, and flexible hose to transom, exiting through the transom-mounted discharge fitting
- Serpentine belts
- Adjustable motor mounts on steel brackets, over cored fiberglass longitudinal engine bed stringers
- Mechanical lever/cable type throttle and shift controls
- Tachometer, voltage meter, coolant temperature and oil pressure gauges at the helm
- Port engine has 2324 hours and the starboard engine has 2332
- Audible engine alarms at helm
HOT WATER SYSTEM
- Demand hot water integral to Hurricane-ITR unit
- 120V Rheem
- 36L capacity
- Relief valve built into tank
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
DC Electrical Systems:
- 12V systems
- (2) 8D 12V batteries for engine starting
- (6) Firefly Carbon Foam 12V sealed batteries for house systems
- (1) AAA 2-position rotary switch installed in main breaker panel
- Rotary battery switches at forward bulkhead, and at inverter
- Main DC breaker is installed in the main DC breaker panel
- DC branch breakers in the main electrical panel
- Analog DC voltage meters, as well as an inverter digital remote control panel
- Battery chargers are integral to magnasine hybrid unit
- 12V engine-mounted and belt-driven alternator
- 12V outlet at helm
AC Electrical Systems:
- 120V @ 60Hz shore power system voltage
- 30 Amp/125V shore power inlet
- New 30 amp vinyl shore power cord
- Main AC breaker installed in main electrical panel
- AC branch breakers in the main cabin AC electrical panel
- Manual rotary-type selector switch for shore or ship power
- Newmar gi-30 galvanic isolator behind main AC panel
GENERATORS/AUXILIARY POWER
- Model Onan 8.0MDKD
- 8.0KW generator rating
- 120V AC
- Diesel
- Raw water-cooled exhaust system with fiberglass water-lift type muffler
- 2178 generator hours
- Magnum Energy Magna-Sine hybrid inverter located in engine bay
STEERING SYSTEMS
- Capilano by Teleflex hydraulic steering system
- (1) steering system at salon helm station
- (1) steering system at flybridge helm station
- Copper pipes with copper fittings and reinforced rubber hoses
- Well-secured steering ram
- Stainless steel rudder stocks
- Flange & bolt type rudder log packing glands
EXTERIOR EQUIPMENT
- Varnished teak bow pulpit with stainless steel fairlead anchor roller chute
- Stainless steel bow railings integrated into the deck railing
- Raw water washdown at the forward portside engine room
- Opening deck hatch on foredeck
- stainless steel safety railings with teak handrail at the aft flybridge deck area
- (3) pane tempered glass windshield with one wiper
- Tempered fixed and opening windows
- Stainless steel railings with teak handrail around perimeter of vessel
- Manually operated davit/crane, stainless steel dinghy davit on the transom
GROUND TACKLE
- Bruce galvanized claw anchor
- Lewmar 12V windlass
- 5/16" galvanized chain anchor rode