Cheoy Lee Golden Wave 42

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 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 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)