48ft Alan Gurney/ Derecktor Yawl 1965
Any Derecktor-built aluminium yacht maintained most of its life by them, then Palmer Johnson, has had the best of all worlds. With AURORA there’s the added element of her designer, Alan Gurney, whose short but stellar career creating sensible, moderate and light displacement fast cruiser racers, first with Bill Tripp Jr, then to his own account, reached great fame with the legendary WINDWARD PASSAGE. Originally commissioned as an offshore race winner while offering cruising comfort and space for a 4-kids family, AURORA still ticks those boxes representing a unique opportunity to own a good-looking, fast, capable, classic yawl to cruise and live aboard with the safety, security and low maintenance that proven design and aluminium construction provide.