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Heart of Gold a 31' Island Packet Sailboat

We travel aboard a 31' Island Packet cutter rigged sailboat. We produce our own power with solar panels and a wind generator. We have lived aboard her for more than 5 years now and though she is a little small, we are very comfortable.

Island Packet 31 Specifications

LOA	34'4"
LOD	30'7"
LWL	27'9"
DRAFT	4'0"
BEAM	11'6"
DISPL.	11,000 lbs.
BALLAST	4,500 lbs.
SAIL AREA	531 S.F.
AUXILIARY	FWC 27 hp D.
CABINS/BERTHS	3/7
HEADROOM	6'3"
MAST ABOVE DWL	43'6"
FUEL	25 gal.
WATER	70 gal.

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Interior Photos coming soon.

Heart of Gold's Equipment

We travel light! We wanted to go rather than work to by more stuff so here's a list of the equipment we have:

Garmin GPSmap 162 that interfaces with our navigational program on our laptop
Garmin GPS76 Handheld used in the cockpit for navigation
Garmin GPS48 handheld for backup
Uniden VHF with wireless auxillary microphone
Si-Tex SSB receiver used with Mscan Meteo weatherfax software
Autohelm 4000+ Auto Pilot
Dell laptop and HP laptop computers with external HD and external DVD burner
Litton EPIRB
HP 1210 xi Printer/Copier/Scanner
Honda eu2000i gasoline generator
Freedom 2500W charger/inverter
Heart Link2000 interface
Technautics Cool Blue refrigeration system
Techview LCD television
Cyberhome DVD player
JVC stereo with CD and MP3

Wish List

If we could have anything we wanted, we would add the following items first:

Single-Side Band w/Transmitter