38' Shannon 38 Ketch

Accommodations

Below deck the Shannon 38 impresses with her all Teak interior, her spaciousness and arrangement of accommodations. From the generous owner’s cabin forward, move aft to starboard to the large head with shower and hanging locker to starboard. Moving aft, the main salon is an airy well lighted area, with ample ventilation, plenty of storage and long settees that slide out, equipped with lee cloths they can be used as berths. There is a large folding teak table large enough to accommodate several guest for dinner. Moving aft to port is the well-equipped nav station and electric panel. Opposite is the galley with a new double stainless sink, LPG stove/oven and holding plate refrigeration/freezer. A very nice arrangement usually found on larger and newer boats.

Molded laminate of fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) further reinforced with stringers, bulkheads and other transverse and longitudinal members bonded to the hull structure.  Teak rub rails mounted port and starboard. Hull/Deck Joint, Return flange on the hull with deck overlapping joined with an adhesive sealant and mechanical fasteners.

Extended teak bow platform with twin anchor rollers, stainless steel bow rail, stern rail and stanchions, double vinyl coated wire rope lifelines, swim ladder, teak: toe rails house trim, hand grabs, dorade boxes coamings, cockpit trim and bin boards, two teak and plastic deck hatches, FRP: sea hood, propane/lazarette locker hatch, cockpit seat hatch and a teak sliding hatch, two plastic cowls for dorade vents, steering pedestal with guard electronics mount and drink holder and table, 12 bronze portlights, bimini top, dodger, deck blocks, line stoppers, numerous canvas covers, genoa tracks, stainless steel dinghy davits, rod holder, solar panels, deck plates, lines, chocks, cleats, fenders, and sundry other deck gear.

Molded, cored FRP laminate incorporating the cabin house, foredeck, side decks, cockpit and coamings in one contiguous structure.  Tread Master style non-skid panels molded in where appropriate.

MASTS  Both are painted, extruded aluminum single spreader sections. Main is stepped to the keel and is outfitted with rigging, winches, light fixtures, masthead Windex and wind instruments. Mizzen is stepped below decks and is fitted with rigging, winch, radome, antenna and ion dissipater. 

BOOMS Painted aluminum main and mizzen booms. 

STANDING RIGGING  Main: Twin headstays with one fitted with a Schaefer System 2100 roller furling system, two upper shrouds, two intermediate, four lower shrouds with ratlines and a backstay with split legs.

Mizzen:  two upper shrouds, four lower shrouds

Other:  bobstay: 

Construction: Stainless steel rod rigging

RUNNING RIGGING   Rope halyards, main sheet traveler and braided line to suit on other applications.

By Lewmar are two #16’s, one #30 and one #8 on the main mast, one #8 on the main boom, two #8's on the mizzen mast, one #30CST on the coach roof forward in the cockpit two #46ST's, one #30 and one #30CST  on islands by the cockpit coamings.

Kappa Sails full batten main with reef poin

Mizzen

Bagged and stowed:  Kappa Sails roller furling genoa with sacrificial cover,

Staysail

UK Yankee

Ulmer cruising spinnaker with sock

45 lb. CQR with chain with chain leader and nylon rode

20 kg. Bruce with chain leader and Nylon rode

Simpson Lawrence 555 manual windlass