1981 Cheoy Lee Golden Wave 42
Classic Robert Perry Design
This exceptional offshore passage-maker is built like a tank and equipped for serious bluewater sailing. Perfect for long-term cruising or live-aboard. She recently completed a 3,200-mile voyage throughout the British Columbia coast, circumnavigating Vancouver Island, and is currently prepped and ready to go offshore.
Key Features
- Cutter rig with removable inner forestay and running backstays
- Heavy-duty cruising sail inventory: fully battened mainsail, Yankee-cut jib, staysail, trysail, and an asymmetrical spinnaker
- Reliable Perkins 4.108 (2,500 hours on rebuild)
- New (2023-25) Garmin electronics suite: 943xsv chartplotter, GMI 20 display, gWind transducer, GPS 24xd antenna, GND 10 bridge, and Reactor 40 hydraulic below-deck autopilot with GHC 50 control
- lcom M506 VHF with cockpit CommandMic, Ocean Signal EPIRB2, and Starlink
- New Sunbrella bimini and dodger
- 668 W solar, 400 Ah lithium house bank, new Optima BlueTop starter battery, upgraded Balmar 100 A alternator, and 275 A Balmar generator
- Fully rebuilt refrigerator/freezer with Technautic compressor
- Substantial stainless steel dinghy davits, wrap-around cockpit safety rail, and solar/radar arch
- Dry, well-ventilated, comfortable interior with air conditioning, diesel heat, and electric heat
- Two cabins, one head with a separate shower
- Teak and holly sole, Burmese teak throughout the interior
- Constant updating has kept her in top condition, including: extensive bottom job, addition of aft lazarette, removal of teak decks, resealing of hull-deck joint, new electronics/autopilot, new rigging, and replacement chainplates
- Watermaker-ready: seacock, strainer, and through-hull already installed
Vessel Equipment
Ground Tackle
- Windlass: 12 V Lighthouse 1501 horizontal (2006)
- Primary anchor: Rocna 55 lb with 350 ft of 5/16" G4 chain
- Stern anchor: Lewmar 33 lb Claw with 20 ft chain + 300 ft marked rode
- Fenders and lines: five fenders, dock/spring lines, winter docking lines with rubber snubbers, 600 ft yellow floating stern line
- Anchor wash: saltwater, pressure-activated pump
Rigging
- Standing rigging, lifelines, running rigging: 2004-2007
- Chainplates: new 2020
- New spare main halyard provided
- All sheets lead to the cockpit; six primary winches (details below)
- Preventer, boom vang, main and staysail halyards, lead to cockpit
- Navtec hydraulic backstay adjuster - factory-rebuilt 2024 by Lew Townsend
- Insulated backstay
- Winches (9 total):
- Barient 22 on boom (outhaul/reefing)
- Andersen 40 ST 2-speed at mast (spinnaker/jib halyards)
- Barient 22 on cabin top (spinnaker rigging, pole, etc.)
- 3 x Barient 32 ST 2-speed in cockpit (main sheet, jib sheets, davits, outboard hoist)
- 2 x Barient 28 in cockpit (jib sheets)
- Harken 32 ST 2-speed (preventer, boom vang)
- Traveler: custom Garhauer with Garhauer clutches/blocks
- Schaefer 3100 oversized roller furler
- Lazy jacks for mainsail
- Mast: 55' 8" (64' above waterline including instruments); refit 2007
- Whisker pole: Forespar telescopic aluminum
- Boom: 17' 3" with internal outhaul, slab reefing (2 points), winch, and rope clutches
- Boom vang: Garhauer rigid
- Deck hardware: Garhauer blocks/clutches; aluminum toe rail with attachment points
- Blocks, cars, and shackles
Electronics and Navigation
- Garmin Chartplotter 943xsv (2023)
- Garmin GPS 24xd antenna (2023)
- Garmin GMI 20 display (2023)
- Garmin GND 10 Black Box Bridge (2025)
- Garmin gWind transducer (2025)
- Garmin Airmar DST 810 depth, speed, and temperature transducer (2023)
- Garmin Airmar B60 transducer (2023)
- Furuno NavNet 3D radar with redundant chartplotter, heading sensor, GPS (2016)
- lcom M506 VHF with CommandMic in cockpit (2025)
- Vesper WatchMate 850 AIS transponder (2016)
- NMEA 2000 backbone (2023) + NMEA 0183 backbone (2016)
- Navlink NMEA-to-WiFi bridge (2023)
- Starlink (2023)
Steering
- Yacht Specialties pedestal with pull-chain/cable to quadrant
- Garmin Reactor 40 hydraulic autopilot (Class B drive, GHC 50 display)
Sail Inventory (all in good condition)
- Ullman fully battened mainsail with slab reefing (2010)
- Hood 110 % Yankee-cut working jib (econditioned 2010)
- Ullman staysail (2011, inner forestay stows aft with Hyfield lever)
- Ullman trysail on separate Tides Marine track (2011)
- Asymmetrical spinnaker
Engine and Fuel
- Perkins 4.108 (2,500 hrs on rebuild)
- Reverso electric oil-change pump (engine + generator)
- Tank Tender fuel gauge
- Dual Racor filters
- Electric lift fuel pump for bleeding
- 45 gal integrated fiberglass fuel tank + six 5-gal jerry cans on stanchion board
Hull
- Robert Perry designed modified fin keel, full skeg-hung rudder
- Bottom paint: lnterlux Micron 66 (2022)
- MaxProp Classic - factory reconditioned 2024
- Lasdrop dripless shaft seal - new 2025
- Shaft Shark line cutter - new 2024
Electrical
DC (12 V)
- 400 Ah lithium house bank (98% life, 2018)
- Balmar PC750 12 V generator (13 hp Yanmar, 275 A alternator, 77 hrs, 2009)
- 100 A Balmar alternator on Perkins (serpentine belt)
- Optima BlueTop starter battery (2024)
- Xantrex Echo DC-DC charger
- Oversized tinned marine wiring
- Upgraded Blue Seas panel/gauges
- USB and 12 V outlets at cockpit, helm, salon, V-berth
- 4 x 167 W Kyocera solar panels (668 W total) with Outback controller
AC (120 V)
- Two 30 A shore-power inlets with isolation transformers
- ProNautic 1260 charger
- Trace 2,500 W inverter
- Upgraded Blue Seas panel/gauges
- GFCI outlets throughout
LED Lighting
- Cockpit spots with dimmer
- Foredeck work lights from the mast
- Full nav lights (tricolor, bow/stern, steaming, anchor with dusk-to-dawn sensor)
- Interior LEDs throughout
Grounding
- Lightning ground plate (18" x 8" x ½" copper)
- Two copper bonding plates
Water System
- Two 60-gallon vented fiberglass freshwater tanks (port/stbd) with Tank Tender
- Central pressure pump
- Seagull drinking-water filter and faucet (galley)
- Bosch propane on-demand water heater (galley, head, shower)
- Manual foot-pump raw-water faucet (galley)
- Raw-water anchor wash (foredeck)
- Freshwater cockpit washdown
Air Conditioning and Heating
- CruiseAir 16,000 BTU reverse-cycle A/C (120 V)
- Sigmar 180 diesel heater (salon) with gravity day tank in V-berth + 12 volt refill pump
- 120 V built-in electric heater with programmable thermostat
- 120 V oil-filled heater
Safety Equipment
- Revere Offshore Elite 4-person liferaft (serviced 2024)
- Ocean Signal EPIRB2 (2025)
- Four guest PFDs
- Jacklines
- Clip-on padeyes for tethers in the cockpit
- Granny bars at mast
- Lifesling + U-ring
- Flares (2024)
- Bungs
- Four fire extinguishers (2 ABC new 2024, 2 Halon serviced 2024)
- Fire blanket
- Fire, Carbon Monoxide, and Propane detectors/alarms
Binnacle
- 36" leather-covered wheel + 48" wheel
- Ritchie 5" compass with red night light
- Engine controls/gauges (digital tach, oil, temp, glow-plug)
- New eucalyptus fold-out cockpit table (2025)
- Air-horn button
- VHF CommandMic near helm
Lockers (all lockable)
- Stand-up locker (provides engine room access)
- Propane locker
- Aft lazarette
- Cleaning locker
- Line locker
Galley
- Force 10 two-burner stove/oven
- Refrigerator + freezer
- Fresh, filtered, and raw water faucets
- Ample storage, drawers, and cabinets
Nav Station
- VHF, chartplotter, EPIRB
- AC/DC panels, 120 V and 12 V outlets, USB
- Battery monitor, engine-hour meter, generator and inverter controls
Dinghy
- Caribe 8.5' fiberglass-hull RIB with oars
- Tohatsu 9.8 hp outboard
- Inflation pump, repair kit, painter, 6 gal fuel tank
- Spares: carb kit, 4 impellers, spark plug, hose, outboard flusher
- Manuals
- Heavy-duty stainless radar arch, pivoting davits, motor mount on rail, block-and-tackle hoist
Pumps
- Main bilge + high-water alarm
- Emergency electric bilge
- Manual bilge
- Portable emergency bilge
- Anchor-locker bilge
- Lazarette bilge
- Shower sump
- Water-pressure pump
- Anchor washdown
Sanitation
- Raritan PH II toilet - rebuilt with new seals 2024
- 17-gallon holding tank with Tank Watch light
- Macerator pump, deck pump-out plate
- 30-gallon shower sump with pump and Tank Watch light
Propane
- Two 20 lb aluminum tanks on a slide-in system in vented locker (stove/oven + water heater)
- 5 lb tank for Magma BBQ
- Solenoid shut-off switch in the galley
Spares
- Starter motor
- Water and fuel pumps
- Impellers
- Belts
- Filters
- Prop
- Prop shaft
- Furler extrusion
- Split rings, pins
- Sail repair materials
- Fuses and light bulbs
- Motor oil, ATF
- Sunbrella, headliner fabric
Additional Equipment
- Magma Party-Size BBQ with dedicated 5 lb propane tank
- Large fish-fillet table
- Princess seats on aft deck
- Telescoping boat hook with deck brush and gaff attachments
- Cleaning supplies
- Stainless fold-down swim ladder (port or starboard)
- Bosun's chair
- Three stainless dorades (cabin top)
- Charlie Noble for water heater and diesel heater
- U.S. national ensign and quarantine flag
- Dehumidifier
- Rod rack (cockpit)
