1988 Shannon 28 Boat in Westerly, RI 02891 US

Being in the boat business, sometimes we can lose the appreciation of the magic and wonder of sailing. I personally was reminded of this by the owner of the 1988 Shannon 28 "ALEXANDRA." After an amazing amount of research, the purchase of this Shannon was the culmination of a life-long dream as a first boat. Enthusiastic videos sent to me this summer had me thinking - "That's just another beautiful 10 knot wind day on Long Island Sound." I had to think back to remember how exciting it is the first time that you can get this self-contained little home to move using just wind power. This was followed up the harrowing description of the delivery trip into one of many 35 knot Nor-east gales we have seen this Fall - how the boat did great but how it is both scary and exhilarating to be out in a North Atlantic storm, with an enormous sense of satisfaction when you tie up to the dock safe and sound. I knew the plan if everything went well was to sail off heading south but wondered if the Shannon 28 would provide enough accommodation for a family living aboard full time. So I wasn't surprised when this Shannon 28 owner said the year was great, confirming this was the right introductory boat and what he wanted to do for the foreseeable future, but he needed a little bit bigger boat. This phenomenon is known as 10 foot-itis, first recorded by Phoenician boatbuilders in Abjad script about 3000 years ago. So "ALEXANDRA is for sale, and we are confident that the next owner will enjoy her just as much. OVERVIEW

The Shannon 28 is a rare American pocket cruiser: a sub 30-foot yacht designed for serious offshore sailing while equally comfortable during an afternoon sail. Shannon Boat Company was founded by Walt Schulz in Bristol, Rhode Island in 1975 with the intent to design and build offshore yachts to the highest quality standards. Over the years, Shannons have earned an International reputation for quality construction and offshore integrity. Shannons have logged over a million bluewater miles, including an impressive list of circumnavigations and many transoceanic passages. Its offshore credentials aren't theoretical. At age 72, Monk Farnham sailed one single-handed across the Atlantic and later repeated the voyage, with the crossing recorded in the Guinness World Record Book. The design itself holds a Guinness record as a transatlantic single-hander.

Heirloom quality craftsmanship affords you a rare opportunity to own a truly outstanding yacht of enduring value. ALEXANDRA is a beautiful example of this iconic Shannon model. ALEXANDRA has primarily been used in summers in New England and stored inside a heated building for most winters and maintained in excellent condition.

DIMENSIONS

Length Overall: 30 ft, 6 in

Length at Waterline: 23 ft, 0 in

Length on Deck: 28 ft, 2 in

Beam: 9 ft, 6 in

Maximum Draft: 4 ft, 3 in

Displacement: 9,300 lbs.

Ballast: 3,600 lbs.

Headroom: 6 ft, 3 in

RECENT WORK INCLUDES:

• Yanmar 3-cylinder diesel engine - NEW! 2025
• Gimbled Force 10 CNG 2-burner Range/Stove - NEW! 2025
• Doyle StackPack mainsail handling system with integrated lazy jacks - NEW! 2026
• Doyle 110% genoa/jib - NEW! 2026
• New England Ropes 3/8" Sta-Set reefing and mainsail outhaul lines - NEW! 2026
• Diverter Valve - NEW! 2025
• Life Lines - NEW! 2025
• Roller Furler Lines - NEW! 2025
• New genoa/jib sheets - NEW! 2025
• Water and discharge hoses - NEW! 2025
• Wind indicator - NEW! 2025
• Foredeck and Steaming lights - NEW! 2025
• Spreader Deck Light - NEW! 2025
• Water pressure system/pump - NEW! 2025
• Batteries - NEW! 2024
• Dodger (premium/custom) - NEW! 2024
• Bimini Top (premium/custom) - NEW! 2024
• Sea Water Pump - NEW! 2024
• Cockpit Cushions (premium/custom) - NEW! 2025
• Electric bilge pump with auto/manual control - NEW! 2025

RECENT REFURBISHED/REBUILT WORK:

• Transmission - removed, repaired, serviced and reinstalled (2025)
• Remove and re-bed all handrails (2025)
• Remove and re-bed all chainplate covers (2025)
• Roller furler (2025)
• Mainsail - sail inspected, mended, cleaned, and serviced (2025)
• Engine exhaust elbow (2025)
• Head pump (2023)

ACCOMODATIONS

Single berths: 2

Double berths: 1

Cabins: 1

Heads: 1

The interior of ALEXANDRA is finished "Herreshoff style" in beautifully varnished teak and white laminates for a more spacious feeling. She has a one cabin, one head layout with the desirable forward queen berth. As the last Shannon 28 built, ALEXANDRA received many custom cabinetry features

Starting forward, there is easy access to the split anchor locker. Next are V-berths with storage under and shelving and lockers along the V-berth's length. A generous hatch with solar fan and screen and adjacent cowl/dorade vents ensure superior ventilation even on the warmest nights. A unique design for storage of the filler cushion and board results in an additional seat that is convenient at the dining table. Beneath the insert is generous storage.

The main cabin has settee berths port and starboard. The berths slide inboard, and together with alcove foot extensions they form two more adult-size berths. Beneath these extensions and behind the back cushions you will find additional storage. There are custom shelves and lockers above and outboard of the settees and water tanks under. A custom slide out chart table is located on the starboard along with auxiliary equipment controls. The chart table, which is handy to the galley, provides additional counter space. A custom teak, drop leaf table is ideal for dining below without obstructing movement in the cabin. Aft of the port berth is a hanging locker with deep shelving and countertop, followed by an enclosed head area.

The head includes a marine toilet with holding tank and waste treatment system, as well as a waste system monitor and key switch control for overboard discharge when permitted. There is also a vanity with a sink and hot and cold pressure water. The sink faucet has been modified with a new pullout shower handle for on-board showing (a shower drain pump is built into the floor). There is an opening port in the head and numerous lockers for storage.

Opposite to starboard is the well-appointed galley.

Behind the companionway ladder is the AC/DC electrical panel, engine access door, VHF radio, and storage bin for tools, etc.

Six bronze portholes with screens ensure that the cabin is always bright and well-ventilated. Interior lighting includes overhead fixtures, LED reading lights above settees and in the V-berth and under-counter galley lighting. The cabin sole is teak and holly.

Stereo/speakers add ambience to the truly lovely cabin.

HULL AND DECK

The Shannon 28 full-length keel is cut away slightly aft to improve handling and tacking. An outboard-hung rudder, positioned farther aft, also helps maneuverability. The outboard rudder was designed for ease of maintenance and simple rudder steering. The lead ballast is molded into the hull and encapsulated with fiberglass for water integrity. There is also a large bilge sump in the keel for safety. The hull-to-deck joint is an internal flange bonded with adhesive bedding compound and bolted on 8-inch centers. Structural bulkheads are first attached with fiberglass straps through the bulkhead and then further secured with continuous fiberglass tabbing along the entire joint.

• One piece hull, hand laid-up, fiberglass laminate
• Signature Shannon rub rails with a stainless-steel chafe strip
• White paint finish with blue boot stripe
• Blue bottom paint
• White gelcoat with contrasting, diamond-plate, non-skid, deck surfaces
• Stainless steel bow rail, stern rail, stanchions with double, uncoated lifelines
• Lifeline gates port and starboard
• Double anchor rollers on bow sprit
• Bronze dorades (2) with varnished teak mounting bases
• Deck cleats (6) mounted at the bow, stern and midship with bronze line chocks laid into varnished teak toe rail
• Varnished teak toe rail cap on bulwarks
• Varnished teak handrails
• Folding stainless steel boarding/swim ladder with teak steps on port side
• Large foredeck hatch with solar vent and custom screen
• Bronze opening portholes (6) with screens

COCKPIT

The 7-foot aft cockpit is set up for comfortable cruising and easy single-handed sailing. The winches are within easy reach of the helm.

• Edson helm pedestal with stainless steel pedestal guard
• Ritchie stainless steel compass on binnacle
• Edson stainless steel wheel with elkhide cover
• NavPod instrument pod on pedestal guard
• Drink holders mounted to helm pedestal
• Edson engine controls mounted on pedestal
• Folding teak cockpit table mounted forward to pedestal guard
• Four (4) new batteries under helm seat
• Cockpit lockers (2) starboard and port
• Cockpit seat cushions
• Binnacle/wheel cover
• Winch pockets in coamings
• Manual bilge pump
• Yanmar engine control panel with tachometer and light/alarms freshwater cooling
• Outboard motor mount and hoist mounted to stern rail
• Two (2) CNG tanks stored in starboard cockpit locker
• Custom removable teak helm seat with padded cushion
• Magma propane gas grill with cover mounted on stern rails
• Cockpit dodger over companionway with zippered front windows
• Cockpit bimini mounted to stern rail
• Cockpit awning connects dodger to bimini with side and aft panels
• Companionway teak hatch, hatch boards and drop-in screen
• Varnished teak coaming cap

MECHANICAL

The engine was replaced in 2025 with a Yanmar, 3-cyliner diesel.

• New Yanmar 3YM30 AE, 3-cylinder, 1.26 L, 29.1 mhp, diesel. Under 150 engine hours
• Fresh water cooling
• Raw water intake strainer
• 12-volt, 125-amp alternator
• 3 blade propeller
• Engine access doors (3) from both cockpit lockers and inside cabin
• Racor fuel/water separator filter
• Three (3) stainless steel, freshwater tanks (60 gallons total)
• Aluminum fuel tank (20 gallons)
• Polyethylene holding tank (20 gallons)
• Fresh water, fuel and holding tank are all designed to be easily removable without having to damage any part of the boat or its joiner work
• 12-volt Seafrost refrigeration with ice-box and 110-volt shore assist (being installed 2026)
• Hot water heater with 110-volt heating element and engine heat
• Electric bilge pump with auto/manual control
• Electric CNG shutoff valve
• Fuel level indicator on fuel tank and in cabin
• Pressured hot and cold water
• Waste tank level indicator with electric/key control and pump for offshore pump out
• All seacocks are bronze tapered barrel type

ELECTRICAL

Four (4) 100 AH AGM batteries were installed in 2025 to provide additional DC electrical capacity.

• 110-volt, AC shore power system
• 30-amp, AC shore power cord
• 110-volt GFCI protected AC outlet in cabin
• 12-volt DC system with auxiliary outlets in cabin and cockpit
• Two (2) 100 AH each AGM house batteries (2024)
• Two (2) 100 AH each AGM engine start batteries (2024)
• Battery charger
• AC & DC electrical panels with circuit breakers and separate lighting.
• Hinged electrical panel to provide access to wiring and fuses behind
• USB charger in cabin
• Navigation lights
• Mast top LED navigation and anchor light

ELECTRONICS AND NAVIGATION

• Garmin GPSMAP 740S chartplotter - 7" WVGA color display at helm with wind direction/speed/depth/radar
• Garmin GMR18HD radar on mast
• Garmin GMI10 display on cockpit bulkhead
• Garmin GWS10 mast top windspeed/direction sensor
• Airmar DST800 depth/speed sensor
• NMEA 2000 network
• VHF radio in cabin
• Scanmar Monitor wind vane self-steering system

SAILS AND RIGGING

Shannon built, keel stepped, aluminum mast and boom with single spreaders.

• Quantum/Thurston full batten mainsail with 3 reef points
• Doyle 110% jib/genoa (2026)
• Doyle StackPack mainsail handling system with integrated lazy jacks (2026)
• Quantum/Thurston drifter/reacher with ATM sock
• Stainless steel wire standing rigging
• Harken roller furling systems with Schaffer and Harken blocks
• Recessed FICO boom traveler mounted on cockpit bridge deck with 4-part Harken mainsheet system
• Extra-long Schaffer 1-1/4" genoa tracks on toe rails with Schaffer blocks
• New England Ropes 3/8" Sta-Set reefing and mainsail outhaul lines (2026)
• Schaffer and Harken sail hardware

WINCHES

• Lewmar self-tailing #40 jib/genoa sheet winches (2) with bronze cleats
• Lewmar self-tailing #30 jib/genoa outhall winch (1)
• Lewmar self-tailing mainsail halyard winch on mast (1)
• Lewmar self-tailing jib/genoa halyard winch on mast (1)
• Lewmar reefing winch on boom (1)
• 3 locking winch handles

GROUND TACKLE

• Ideal electric, vertical windlass with capstan and wildcat.
• Windlass electric foot switch on deck
• Bow sprit with 2 anchor rollers and hawse pipes to split anchor locker
• Manson Supreme #25 anchor with 40' chain and 250' of 8 plait rode
• 10KG Bruce anchor with 40' chain and 150' rode

SAFETY

• CNG, fire, and CO monitors and alarms in cabin
• Life ring mounted on stern rails
• Man overboard rescue block and tackle
• Emergency tiller
• Wichard Lyf'Safe Jackline Kit
• 2 fire extinguishers

GALLEY

The U-shaped well-appointed galley is aft on starboard. The deep sink is forward, served by hot and cold pressure water. The brand new, Force 10, two-burner, CNG gas stove with oven is located between the sink and the ice box. The large, thickly insulated ice box, which has a Seafrost refrigeration system, is aft. There are numerous cabinets for storage. An opening port offers good ventilation.

• New gimbaled, Force 10, CNG gas, 2 burner stove with oven and solenoid switch
• Cook top tray and unique pull-out support so it functions as additional countertop
• Deep sink with hot and cold pressure faucet
• Manual water pump at sink
• Deep refrigerator with new 12-volt Seafrost system and drain pump (planned 2026)
• Dish racks, pot locker, storage cabinets and drawers
• Undercounter lighting

MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT

• Brass clock and barometer in cabin
• Boat hook
• Whisker pole
• Many fenders with covers
• Many dock lines
• 2 snatch blocks
• Tapered pine seacock plugs
• Ships bell

OTHER

• Stored indoors/heated (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
• Hull and boot stripe sanded, prepped, and painted (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
• Hull waxed and compounded (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
• Superstructure waxed and compounded (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
• Seacocks disassembled, greased, and reassembled (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
• Inspect and repair all bonding systems on seacocks (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
• New zincs (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
• Clean and lubricate steering (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
• Clean and lubricate turnbuckles (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
• Clean and lubricate all winches (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
• Replace cutlass bearing (2021, 2025)