Mechanical
Volvo Penta MD2030 29hp inboard diesel engine (2004). Shaft drive to 3 blade 15 x 10 RH propeller. 150 litre fuel tank. Engine hours approx 1811.
Electrical
Alternator charging to 4 x 12v batteries (1 x 70 Amp/hr, 3 x 105 Amp/hr). 240v shore power with Sterling 30 Amp battery charger. Rutland 913 wind generator (2009), 50w solar panel (2006). LED cabin lights, tri-colour light and navigation lights.
Navigation
Plastimo compass, Raymarine ST60 depth and log (07/08), NASA Clipper wireless wind (11/22), windex, Standard Horizon DSC VHF radio, Raymarine Evolution autopilot with P70S control, Raymarine chart plotter (01/15 - faulty), Raymarine radar (01/15), NASA Clipper Navtex (03/09), Garmin 128 GPS, NASA Clipper AIS, Firdell radar reflector, clock and barometer, Yeoman plotter, navigation lights, steaming light, anchor light and tricolour light.
Safety
Danbuoy, lifebuoy, Ambassador rope cutter on propeller (05/07), Plastimo safety ladder, fire blanket, rescue sling, manual bilge pump.
Deck Gear
Stainless steel pushpit, pulpit and guardwires, Sprayhood (07/08), dodgers (07/08), cockpit canopy (05/09), 4 cockpit cushions, boarding ladder, wheel steering, 4 self tailing sheet winches, 2 halyard winches, one of which is self tailing. Plastimo davits, Delta anchor (05/08) 16kg with 40m of 8mm chain, Vetus manual anchor windlass.
Sails
Slab reefing fully battened mainsail (Dolphin 12/06) with stack pack mainsail cover (02/25 Mussett). Harken genoa roller reefing system with furling No 1 Genoa (Dolphin 12/06). Alloy mast and boom. Stainless steel 1x19 standing rigging (11/06).
Domestic
Webasto AT30 diesel warm air heating. Kenwood sound system with speakers (04/26). Her galley has a gas cooker with 2 burners, oven and grill, Waeco refrigerated coolbox (03/15), pressurised hot and cold water supply to the sink from 400 litre freshwater tank. Hot water via engine calorifier. 2 separate heads compartments with marine toilets, one with shower. Blue velour upholstery, curtains, fore and aft carpets.
ACCOMMODATION:
There are 6 berths including 2 “V” berths in the forepeak with an infill to make a double, 2 single settee berths in the saloon either side of the central saloon table, there is a large single or small double quarter berth aft of the chart table.
Owners Comments
We bought our first boat, a Mirage 28, in 2002. We sailed locally and made one trip to Holland and one to Falmouth. We wanted to do more long trips and spend more time on the boat, so we decided to get a bigger one. ln December 2005, we bought Heron in Holland. She has proved to be just what we wanted. She has excellent headroom (l am 6'2"), 2 heads, lots of storage, 2 good steeping cabins and a comfortable saloon. We have done many upgrades over the years including replacing all of the drooping Westerly headlining! Heron has proved to be a very good sea boat and has kept us safe on our journeys. We have spent many summers based in Falmouth, from where we have sailed to the Isles of Scilly, Cork and the lsle of Man. When we have been in home waters, Heron has been kept on a swinging mooring in the Walton Channel. ln the winter, she has been ashore with a cover on, in Frank Halls boatyard in Walton. The mast has always been stored in the mast shed over winter.