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Shannon Pilot 43

• By Steve Callahan
• Updated: December 2, 2001

January and New England are hardly the time and place to go for a casual spin on the water, but when better to test the efficacy of a pilothouse sailboat? In the middle of last year’s cold snowy winter, designer and builder Walt Schulz launched the prototype of his new Shannon Pilot 43. A blanket of white and a glaze of ice contrasted starkly with the cobalt blue of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay under the sun’s frosty light.

Using the shapely, well-proven Shannon 43 hull, Schulz has done a remarkably good job of blending in the lines of the pilothouse, a structure that all too often ends up looking like an add-on bunker aboard a vessel this size. By keeping most of the commodious cockpit virtually identical to that aboard the original sloop, the house does not encroach too far aft, so preserving the boat’s pleasing traditional lines.

Under way, the 71-horsepower Westerbeke (a 75-horsepower Yanmar is available alternatively, owner’s choice) spinning a three-blader provides responsive thrust, quick stopping power and positive reverse control. Fed by two 71-gallon stainless steel fuel tanks, the auxiliary is happy at a cruising speed of about seven knots for up to 500 miles. The longish fin with its cutaway forefoot and centerboard reduces draft to 4’10″ and allows tight turns of a boat length and a half or so. A large, heavily built skeg protects the prop and rudder.

Winds were too light and fluky to obtain definitive performance data, but notwithstanding that the boat reached speeds of better than 3.5 knots at 35 degrees apparent in just 10 knots of breeze. On a reach she logged 2.5 knots in just five knots of breeze, and 4.5 in eight to 10. Despite having to raise the boom to accommodate the pilothouse, Schulz has actually increased the sail area to 1,193 square feet (with main, jib and flying jib), in part by utilizing a large crane at the masthead that allows an enhanced-roach fully battened mainsail. A sculpted jib boom, moved fore and aft with on-deck tackle, adjusts the foot tension of the inner masthead jib — you bring the clew aft for upwind work, then slide it toward the bow downwind to move the center of effort forward and enhance the sail’s offwind shape. This headsail is supplemented by a high-cut flying jib or a 140 percent genoa flown from the bowsprit.

Schulz calls the unorthodox, half-sloop half-cutter arrangement a “scutter” rig. It is designed to keep the sail plan forward to counteract weather helm in heavy conditions, and the experience of Schulz, his delivery crews and more than a few of his very satisfied globe-girdling owners indicates that the rig works as advertised.

Of course, the real job of a pilothouse boat is the protection it offers the crew. Inside the deck house, large windows provide solarium warmth even without ancillary heat. You get a good view of the jibs looking forward and you can monitor the mainsail through a strategically placed hatch above the inside helm.

The pilothouse provides a wonderful lounging and dining area. It steps down to a U-shaped galley opposite a guest cabin with twin single berths and its own head. A master cabin with a large double berth and an adjacent head nests forward. Everything below is finished to Shannon’s trademark high standards, which include sturdy yet meticulously rendered cabinet work, solid hardwood trim, teak and holly soles, and even cedar-lined lockers.

The Shannon construction facility in Bristol, Rhode Island, is an impressive outfit in which modern, state-of-the-art materials and building techniques are engaged with knowledge and enthusiasm. These boats are built to go offshore and they have a history of success doing so. The 43 features a hand-laid composite hull consisting of Corecell linear PVC foam and a complicated schedule of biaxial laminates and Kevlar aramid that varies according to the stress requirements of different parts of the boat; premium vinylester resins and an anti-osmotic isophthalic gel coat complete the recipe. The hull-deck joint is bonded chemically and then thru-bolted on eight-inch centers, with biaxial laminates backing the internal hull flange. Solid lead ballast is encapsulated and sealed within the fiberglass keel element. Hefty floor timbers and reinforcing stringers with extra 45×45-degree-bias biaxial strengthening rigidify the underbody. Tabbed structural bulkheads tie the hull and deck together. Even elements of the cabin furniture are fully bonded to the hull sides for added strength.

The list of standard equipment is impressive, including hot and cold pressure water, 184-gallon freshwater tankage, four 120-amp-hour gel-cell batteries, 110-volt dockside power, Seafrost refrigeration, Navtec rod rigging, Datamarine instrumentation, a substantial complement of safety gear and so on. Attention to detail in the selection of standard items and in their installation promotes easy long-term maintenance while reducing its likely need.

In short, any serious cruiser looking for shelter from the sun, wind, rain, fog or cold will find an attractive, well built friend in the Pilot 43. The yard encourages clients to visit for on-site inspections throughout the building process, and opportunities for customizing virtually any aspect of the boat are a given.

Shannon Pilot 43 Specifications:

LOA: 48’0″ (14.6 m.) LOD: 43’10” (13.4 m.) LWL: 36’9″ (11.2 m.) Beam: 13’0″ (3.96 m.) Draft (cb’d up): 4’10” (1.5 m.) Draft: (cb’d dn): 8’7″ (2.6 m.) Draft (fixed): 6’6″ (1.98 m.) Ballast: 10,500 lbs. (4,763 kgs.) Disp: 29,000 lbs. (13,154 kgs.) Sail area: 1,193 sq.ft. (110.8 sq.m.) Mast above water: 63’0″ (19.2 m.) Ballast/Disp: .36 Disp/Length: 261 SA/Disp: 20.2 Fuel tankage: 100 gal. (378 ltr.) Water tankage: 200 gal. (757 ltr.) Auxiliary: 71-hp. Westerbeke W-71 Cabin headroom: 6’7″ (2.0 m.) Designer: Walt Schulz Base price: $554,000 sailaway

Shannon Yachts 19 Broad Common Rd. Bristol, RI 02809 Phone: (401) 253-2441

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The Shannon 43 is a 43.83ft staysail ketch designed by Walter Shultz and built in fiberglass by Shannon Yachts since 1986.

The Shannon 43 is a moderate weight sailboat which is a reasonably good performer. It is stable / stiff and has an excellent righting capability if capsized. It is best suited as a bluewater cruising boat. The fuel capacity is good. There is an excellent water supply range.

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2004 Shannon 43

Specifications

Sailing vessel solstice.

Classic lines and functional interior makes the Shannon 43 a great and lasting value.  Recent price reduction places this vessel on the must see list for those wanting a capable and beautiful off shore cruiser.

TO SCHEDULE A SHOWING PLEASE CALL: 252-249-0090

Solstice is the finest Shannon 43 on the market today. Shipshape and in bristol condition this vessel is ready to take you on a local or world wide adventure. For those who appreciate beautiful lines and a highly functional offshore boat, nothing compares to the Shannon 43. Built to the highest construction standards in the industry, designed with ample water and fuel capacity, Solstice can sail safely, comfortably, and quickly to any destination on the planet.

“My boat is a Shannon 43.  Its one of the 12 best built boats in the entire world….If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn’t worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality.  And to me, sailing the open ocean is a real challenge, because its life or death. There’s no quarter.”

~Morgan Freeman, Actor

Specifications:

• Builder:  Shannon Yachts of Bristol, RI
• Designer:  Walter Schulz & Associates
• Length on Deck:  43’ 10”
• Length Overall: 47’ 6”
• Length on Waterline: 36’ 9”
• Beam:  13’ 5”
• Draft:  Centerboard Up 4’ 9”  Centerboard Down 8’7”
• Mast Bridge Clearance: 64’
• Displacement:  27,500 pounds
• Ballast:  10,000 pounds
• Displacement /Length:  247.5
• Ballast/Displacement Ratio: 38%
• Sail Area/Displacement Ratio:  18.6

Sails & Sail Handling:

• Scutter Rigged:  1,000 Square Feet (Scutter Rigged:  Yankee Forward Followed by Genoa)
• Continuous line reefing led aft
• Yankee – On Forestay
• Genoa – 135% On Second Forestay and 155% genoa in bag
• Roller Furling
• Lewmar Ocean #30 ST and #40ST
• Navtec Rod Rigging
• Whisker Pole Track on Mast
• Hall Spar – Matterhorn White Algrip – w/Antal Sailtrack System
• Forespar Deck Lights
• Schaefer Lazy Jack System
• Primary Main Winch:  Lewmar Ocean #64 ST (Power)
• Secondary Winches: Lewmar Ocean #48 ST (for Sheets)
• Hall Spars Carbon Fiber Pole
• Schaefer Boom Preventer

Electronics & Electrical System:

• iCom M802 SSB W/copper band ground plane bonded to hull
• At-140 Auto Antenna Tuner
• iCom M92D portable VHF Radio
• 5” Ritchie Compass’
• House Batteries (4) Group 31 Gell Cell
• Engine Start Battery (1) Group 31 Gell Cell
• Bow Thruster Batteries (2) Group 31 Gell Cell
• Fusion MS-AV 750 TV/DVD
• XM/Sirius Radio
• iCom VHF Radio – M324
• Garmin VHF Radio
• Garmin 76125V Multitouch Wide Screen Plotter at Helm and Garmin 76105V Multitouch Wide Screen Plotter Nav Station
• Garmin Auto Pilot
• Ideal Anchor Windlass Model H2F
• 5 – 2 Way Battery Switches
• Xantrex TC 40 True Charge Battery Charger
• Generator- Fisher Panda 5 KW
• 2 -125v 30 amp AC Shore Power Systems
• Garmin Radar
• AIS Transceiver
• Balmar Smart Gage Battery Monitor
• Thru Hull Transducer w/Depth, Temperature, Speed

Canvas & Misc. Gear

• Hard Top Dodger w/White Bimini & Connector
• Screen Enclosure
• Cockpit Cushions
• Espar d-7 Forced Air Diesel Heater
• Vector Compact Marine Air 16k BTU and 12K BTU Air Conditioner Systems
• Bomar S.S Hatches (5) with Screens
• 2008 C200 Zodiac Dinghy
• Track Mounted Moveable Schaefer Docking Cleats
• 5 Horse Power Propane Lehr Outboard Dingy Motor
• S.S. Custom Designed/Built Motor Hoist Mounted on Stern
• Mystic Stainless Folding Ladder

Galley & Head:

• Tuna Chrome Dome Light w/LED bulbs
• Outwater Incandescent Lights
• Copper Laminate Counter Top
• Hot & Cold Pressurized Water
• Atlantic Marine T Series Stainless Steel Water Heater
• Fresh Water Foot Pump
• Salt Water Hand Pump
• 200 Gallon Water Capacity in Three Tanks w/Gauge @ Nav Station
• Ice Box w/Sea Frost Engine Driven Refrigerator/Freezer 12v Assist and Top + Side Door Access
• Temperature Gauges (2)
• Ice Box Pump Out – Manual
• Force 10 3-Burner Gourmet Propane Stove & Oven
• 20 LBS Propane in Two Tanks Under Helm Seat
• Seagull IV X-2KF Drinking Water Purification
• Ultraviolet Water Purifier
• Stall Shower
• Cantalupi Jenny Dome Lights
• Under Deck Outwater Incandescent Light
• Raritan 40 Gallon PVC Holding Tank w/Sealand Gauge
• 12V DC Macerator – Overboard Pumpout
• All Gray Water Hoses Plumbed with Y Valves to Holding Tank
• Tank Watch 4 Level Monitor
• Dockside water
• Cockpit hot/cold shower
• Raritan PHE II Marine Toilet

U.S.C.G Safety Gear:

• Electronic flare
• Life Jackets Standard Overhead (5)
• Life Jackets Standard Adult Vest (5)
• Mustang Survival Inflatable PFDs (4)
• Life Jackets children ( 1)
• Garmin Loud Speaker/Horn from Garmin VHF Radio
• Fire Extinguishers (3)
• Fenders ( 6+)
• Seacock Plugs (at every seacock + extras)
• Global Fix EPIRB Model RLB-35 (registered)
• Forespar Rail Fastened Overboard Pole
• Lifesling Overboard Rescue System
• Switlk MOM 8 Man Overboard Module

Engine Room & Bilge:

• Engine Room Condition – Excellent
• Bilge Condition – Excellent
• 200 Amp Alternator w/External Voltage Regulator
• Racor Fuel Filter (2- one engine, one generator)
• Whale 10 Gusher Manual Bilge Pump (Operates from Helm)
• Whale Gulper 22 and Rule 3300 Bilge Pumps
• High Water Alarm
• Caterpillar 3034 Marine Engine (62HP)
• ZF M Type Marine Reversing Gear Box
• Depth Transducer
• Three 5052 Aluminum Alloy Fuel Tanks (105 Gallons Fuel) w/Gauge at Nav Station
• Hurth Type Mechanical Transmission 2.6 to 1.0 Reduction
• Groco Engine and Generator Raw Water Intake Strainers w/Spanner Wrench
• Led Lined Acoustical Foam Insulation of Enginer Room
• Engine Room Light
• Aquamet 22 Stainless Steel Propeller Shaft
• Dripless Stuffing Box

Hull & Bottom:

• Hull Bottom Condition – Excellent (painted 2017….diver cleaned bi-monthly)
• 3-Blade MaxProp
• Side Power 8 H.P. Bow Thruster
• Bow Thruster Foot Control Pedals at Bow and Helm
• Hand laid Up Composite Fiberglass One Piece Hull
• Linear PVC Foam Core
• Internal Lead Ballast (No Keel Bolts)
• One Piece Deck With Closed Cell Foam Core and Biaxial laminates

Cockpit & Deck:

• Edson Pedestal Wheel Elk Hide & Foam Wrapped
• Emergency Tiller
• Ideal Horizontal 12V Reversing Windlass
• Hot/Cold Shower Washdown in Cockpit
• SurFlo Extreme Blast Saltwater Pressurized Deck Washdown
• 45Lb CQR Anchor w/Approximately 200’ Chain Rode
• Fortress FX37 w/Bag Marine Anchor w/Approximately 200’ Rope Rode
• 4’ Dorade Vents W/SS Cowls (4)
• Edson Bi-Fold Teak Cockpit Table and Pedestal Mounted Mahogany Drink Holder
• Stainless Steel Boarding Ladder.

Interior & Berth Size:

• Raised Panel Bulkheads
• Mahogany Trunk Cabin Side
• S.S Red Courtesy Light
• Rheostat Dims All Dome Lights
• Cantalupi Tuna Chrome Dome Lights
• Ragno Swing Arm Lights and New Classic Lights
• Outwater Underdeck Lights
• Extension Settee/Single Berth
• L-Shaped Extension Settee/Double Berth
• Mahogany Hi/Lo Table
• Hanging Wet Closet to Port
• Storage Drawers Under Settees
• Weems & Plath Brass Clock & Barometer
• Breakfast Nook Like Navigation Table w/2 Bench Seats and Hinged Top Chart Table w/Compass Rose Laser Imaging Inlay
• Tuna Chrome Dome Light
• Red/White Chart Light
• Outwater Incandescent Light
• Over/Under Berths w/Flip Down Top Bunk
• Cantalupi Ragno Chrome Reading Lights
• Custom Bedding for Bunks
• Double Birth
• Cantalupi Jenny Dome Light
• New Classic Chart Reading Lights
• Hanging Closet + Small Drawers
• Vanity to Port w Round Swivel Seat
• Varnished Mahogany Vanity Countertop
• Classic Chart Chrome Reading Lamps (2)
• Cantalupi Chrome Jenny Dome Lights
• Hanging Closet to Starboard
• Custom Bedding for Foreberth
• Drawers Under Foreberth
• Simtalk 24G Headset Kit
• Spare Parts
• Limited Tools
• Extra Ship to Shore Electrical Cord
• Boat Hooks (3)
• Extra Dock Line
• Portable Dehumidifiers (2)
• Portable Heaters w/Thermostat (2)
• Spinlock Mast Pro Bosun’s Chair

Contact Deaton Yacht Sales

• 502 Main St. Suite 4, Oriental NC, 28571
• (252) 249-0090
• [email protected]

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SQUANDO43' Shannon 43 1999

This vessel is no longer on the market.

The Shannon 43 is a perfect couples’ cruising yacht of hand-built pedigree. She features a large saloon and galley, great accommodation for guests, a versatile sail plan, protected cockpit and centerboard shoal-draft accessibility.

SQUANDO features a two-cabin, two-head layout with abundant storage. She is beautifully finished below in a raised-panel cherry interior with teak sole boards. The joinery work, finish and hardware detail are first class.

Well cared for by her owner, SQUANDO has benefited from many recent upgrades including Axiom series Raymarine electronics, “Black” Awlgrip topsides, Westerbeke generator, recent sail inventory and interior upholstery.

Specifications

• Price USD: $ 229,000

Biddeford, Maine, United States

• LOA: 43 ft in
• Display Length: 43 ft
• Water Capacity: 150 gals
• Fuel Capacity: 100 gals
• Engine Details: Westerbeke
• Engine 1: 1100.00 HRS 71.00 HP
• Engine Fuel: Diesel
• Days on Market: INQUIRE

+ CONSTRUCTION

• Hull Configuration: Centerboard
• Centerboard configuration offers a minimum draft of 4’-9” with board up and a maximum draft of 8’-7” with board down
• Grey non-skid
• Edson pedestal with stainless steel wheel, Morse control and Nav Pod for plotter and autopilot

+ ACCOMMODATIONS

LAYOUT (from Forward)

ANCHOR LOCKER

Forward, with access via the forward master cabin.

MASTER CABIN

Forward V-berth with filler piece. Overhead hatch with OceanAir blind. Plenty of storage can be found in cabinets, shelves, drawers and three hanging lockers. The forward cabin also has its own air-conditioning unit of 7,000 BTU. Additional ventilation from two fans and opening ports. Halogen reading lights. All hatches and opening ports have screens.

EN-SUITE HEAD

Large head to port with receiver-style shower and designated teak grate-covered shower area. Raritan manual head with Y-valve, Corian countertop, sink and locker storage. Both the forward and aft head share a holding tank that can be pumped out via vacuum deck fitting or macerator.

MAIN SALOON

Settee seating port and starboard with upper pilot berth to port used as storage. Centerline drop-leaf table with storage. Settees slide out for wider sleeping berths. Louvered cabinets and bookshelf located outboard of the starboard settee.

U-shaped galley to starboard with Corian countertops, stainless steel double sink, hot and cold pressure water, manual fresh water pump and manual saltwater pump. Filter for drinking water. Dish cabinet storage above the sinks. Useful “counter leaf extension” for additional serving area. Locker storage outboard and below the sinks. Tasco three-burner propane stove with oven. Refrigerator with top-loading and side door access, separate freezer system with top-loading access.

• 12v DC Sea Frost refrigeration system
• Engine driven freezer compressor
• Additional 110v AC freezer compressor
• Propane shut-off valve
• Fireboy propane solenoid control and sniffer

Aft of saloon to port with Corian counter, manual Raritan head with Y-valve, opening port and teak shower grate over shower sump.

Pocket door access to double berth quarter-cabin with filler piece. Hanging locker with shelves and drawer. Opening hatch and two opening ports. Private entrance into the day head. Access panel to generator aft. Access panel to port side engine.

ENGINE ACCESS

Behind the companionway ladder, the forward end of the engine is easily accessed for service. Racor filters, oil filter, fuel manifold and belts are readily available. Additional access under nav station and via cockpit locker.

+ NAVIGATION AREA and ELECTRONICS

Aft to starboard. Navigation desk and swivel chair with proper chart table.

• Raymarine 12” AXIOM GPS, HD digital radar, plotter at navigation station with a second AXIOM
• Raymarine 9” AXIOM GPS, HD digital radar plotter display at helm (new 2019)
• Raymarine Autopilot AP600 control head with wired remote
• Raymarine ST60 multi-display
• Raymarine AXIOM sailing instruments, speed, depth and wind located in cockpit (new 2019)
• Bass electrical distribution panels for 12vDC and 110v AC systems
• ICOM ICM504 VHF with command mic at helm
• SEA 235 SSB
• Weems & Plath clock and barometer
• Ritchie compass on pedestal
• Navigation lights
• Passive directional radar sensor

+ MAIN SALOON

• Alpine IDA X303 stereo with speakers below and in cockpit

+ ENTERTAINMENT EQUIPMENT

+ deck equipment.

Bowsprit capable of holding three anchors in rollers.

• Maxwell windlass
• 60 lb. CQR with 50’ of 3/8” HT chain and 150’ of 5/8” rode
• Fortress FX-37 secondary anchor with 15’ of 3/8” HT chain
• Luke 70 lb. storm anchor with 10’ of chain and ¾” rode

HATCHES and PORTS

• Polished stainless steel hatches and ports
• OceanAir blinds to overhead hatches
• Stainless steel dorades with guards and teak boxes

WINCHES (Andersen self-tailing):

• 2-52ST 2 speed
• 1-62ST 2 speed
• 1-62ST 2 speed electric for main halyard
• 2-28ST 2 speed
• 1-40ST 2 speed
• 1-10ST 2 speed on boom

Mizzen mast

• 2-12ST 1 speed
• 1-10ST 1 speed on boom
• Stainless steel dinghy davits
• Sunbrella “Toast” dodger and bimini

Protected cockpit with sail locker and engine access under starboard side seating. On the port side there is a shallow locker forward for deck gear such a such as winch handles and sail ties, plus another locker aft with access to the generator.

Edson pedestal steering with destroyer stainless steel wheel. Single-lever Morse engine and transmission control. Westerbeke engine control panel located at helm to port. Navpod with Raymarine Axiom Hybridtouch display, Raymarine autopilot control head and ICOM CommandMIC VHF. A swinging varnished teak dining table is mounted on the forward end of the pedestal. A full bimini with stainless steel frame protects you from sun and weather. Outboard motor hoist and bracket on port aft rail. Centerboard control. Propane locker located behind helm with two tanks. Hot and cold cockpit deck shower.

+ RIG and SAIL HANDLING

MAST AND RIGGING

• Ketch rig with white painted aluminum spars
• Stainless steel gallows frame
• Rod rigging
• Forespar whisker pole
• Single line reefing for 1 st and 2 nd reef points
• Schaefer mainsheet traveler
• Trisail track
• Heavy duty preventer brake

HEADSAIL FURLING

Selden Furlex genoa and yankee furlers

Sperry Sails

• Yankee 135%
• Mizzen staysail
• Storm jib and storm trysail
• All sails serviced and washed (2019)

+ ENGINE/MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT

• Westerbeke, 71 hp
• Max prop with line cutter (serviced 2019)
• Dripless shaft seal (2019)

ALTERNATORS

• Balmar alternator for house and engine banks
• Westerbeke 5kW (2004)

AIR CONDITIONING

• (2) Air-conditioning units (7,000BTU and 16,000BTU)
• Espar diesel heating system

REFRIGERATION

• SeaFrost engine driven 12v DC and 110v AC systems

+ TANKAGE and PLUMBING

• 100 gallons total in three stainless steel tanks (2) 29 gallon and (1) 42 gallon)
• 100 gallon stainless steel tank
• 50 gallon stainless steel tank

SALT WATER WASHDOWN

• For cleaning anchor chain

COCKPIT DECK SHOWER

• Hot and cold shower

TANK GAUGES

• For fuel, water and holding. New sender units (2019)
• 10 gallon hot water tank

HOLDING TANKS

• 60 gallon stainless steel holding tank with deck and macerator pump out options

+ ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

• 110v AC supplied by shoreside power, onboard generator or DC inverter

ELECTRICAL SOCKETS

• 110v AC GFI outlets
• 12v DC outlet at nav station
• (4) Lifeline AGM 3100T batteries

BATTERY MANAGEMENT

• Xantrex battery monitor
• Xantrex Freedom 458 inverter charger

SHORE POWER

• (2) 30amp shore power inlets

INTERIOR LIGHTING

• Halogen and fluorescent lighting

+ SAFETY EQUIPMENT

• 8-person. Located below cockpit under teak grate. (Serviced 2019)

BILGE PUMPS

• (2)  Electric bilge pumps
• (2)  Manual Whale pumps, (1) in cockpit and (1) belowdecks

DECK SAFETY

• M.O.M. system

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS

• Fireboy CG2 engine room system
• Hand-held extinguishers 

+ EXCLUSIONS

All personal belongings and all other items not expressly listed in the above inventory are excluded from the sale.

+ DISCLAIMER

The company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.

Not all boats listed online are listed with United, but we can work on your behalf. For more information on this vessel or to schedule a showing, please contact a United Yacht Sales broker by calling our main headquarters at (772) 463-3131.

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Shannon Pilot 43

Walt Schulz, president and founder of Shannon Yachts, remains committed to the cautious design mindset that has enabled almost three decades of Shannons to become icons of seaworthiness, manageability and long-distance voyaging. On the other hand, he is open-minded, flexible and smart enough to incorporate into his repertoire ongoing advancements in building technology and onboard systems, along with the ever-evolving wish list of a client base too savvy to let his boats languish in the past. The result is a range of cruising vessels with an impressive global track record and a healthy ability to adapt to modern demands.

The Shannon Pilot 43 Mk II brings the recent past and the emerging future together in any number of ways. It is not a brand-new boat per se – to be sure, the original aft-cockpit Shannon 43 from whence the hull and most of the deck are derived was introduced back in 1987, and the Pilot version itself first appeared at least five years ago – but in its current incarnation the vessel is elevated to a new level of sophistication by virtue of a yard intent on outfitting it with the latest and most reliable equipment on the market, and a client coming up from a Shannon 39 with firm ideas about what he and his wife want, not to mention an uncommon grasp of systems and technical minutiae.

They approached Schulz and his talented crew after a particularly satisfying experience with their previous boat, a Shannon 39. Their decision to pursue serious voyaging created the need for a larger vessel, and a desire to make the liveaboard experience as comfortable and fulfilling as possible drove the requirement that she include a viable weatherproof wheelhouse and inside steering station. Repeat customers, as it were, appealing to Schulz for the realization of a lofty ideal.

A MOTORSAILER YOU SAY…

Schulz developed the Pilot 43 with the aim of combining the refined sailing attributes of the original 43 with the wheelhouse concept championed by the Shannon Pilot 38. The wheelhouse includes a dedicated steering station, a fully outfitted nav center, standing headroom, settees port and starboard, engine access, reverse-cycle AC/heating…you name it. Proportionally, it is bigger than a typical deck saloon and in many respects it serves as the primary living area in the boat; certainly given its terrific visibility and interior volume it represents a marvelous space and a well-protected window on the outside world.

But the designer is quick to point out that “the Shannon Pilot 43 is not a motorsailer, it is a true full-rigged sailing auxiliary.” The claim is an important one because despite the presence of a substantial wheelhouse component, the sailing essence of the original aft-cockpit 43 is carefully preserved. Notable is the attempt aesthetically to accentuate the boat’s graceful sheer and to nest the abovedeck architecture as low and deeply as possible into the hull. Shannon’s Bill Ramos remarks that the new boat’s raised gooseneck results in a decrease of only 18 square feet of mainsail area, and clearly there is no attenuation of the rigging package just because 74 horses reside in the engine room below.

In fact, the development of the wheelhouse using the original deck tool as a template results in the net loss of only four inches from the cockpit; the side decks and foredeck remain unchanged. The cockpit thus retains the seagoing helm of the original 43 so sweetly reminiscent of the Cherubini 44, along with 6’6” seats and primary winches on wide coamings. In fact, there is plenty of room for a generous liferaft locker in the cockpit sole – out of the way, off the deck, but right where you want it. Visibility forward down the gangways on either side is good; so too is visibility through the wheelhouse given its generous complement of glass.

The sailing imperative is endorsed by the vessel’s non-dimensional numbers. Displacement/Length (D/L) at 261 and Sail Area/Displacement (SA/D) at 16.5 (calculated using mainsail plus 100% foretriangle) are moderate by oceangoing cruising-boat standards, comparable to the Hallberg Rassy 46, the Fast Passage 39, and the Valiant 40 – all proven voyagers. The combination of medium displacement and a healthy spread of canvas gives these vessels good payload-carrying ability and the authority to move through a wide wind range. Further, aboard KiKi each helm station – inside and outside – steers by way of its own cable and quadrant linked independently to the rudder shaft, which provides welcome redundancy there and the notion that you can really sail this boat from either location without that frustrating bane of so many dual-helm sailing vessels, dreaded hydraulic steering. Ballast/Displacement is a reassuring 36 percent.

Hull form and underbody design feature rounded sections and a recommended keel centerboard configuration that draws a cruising-friendly 4’10” with the board up and a formidable 8’ 7” with the board down. A six-foot fixed keel is offered optionally, but in fact this boat is designed around the keel centerboard and over the course of its production run most Shannon 43 owners have gone that route. It makes a lot of sense; in our light-air sea trials, deploying the board upwind had an immediate positive effect on pointing ability and the reduction of leeway, and conversely winding it in as we turned downhill produced a ready increase in acceleration and speed.

The boat shows a cutaway forefoot with enough depth in the bow sections to control pounding. Aft, the rudder is hung off a substantial skeg with an aperture for the prop. It’s the old way of doing it, but benefits include rudder protection, prop protection, and solid purchase for the shaft without the need for a strut. The keel itself is flat on its bottom surface in order to make careening viable in far-flung locales.

CONSTRUCTION AND SYSTEMS

Shannon’s tried-and-true fiberglass technique features composite core construction for weight savings and increased modulus. The 43 is laid up in one piece with continuous transverse laminate, and the judicious use of 1708 45/45 bias roving, biaxial unidirectional filament, Kevlar/glass hybrids and epoxy resin allows for added structural reinforcement in high-stress locations such as the stem, chain plates, rudder post, bulkhead attachments, and internal hull/deck flange. The schedule includes an NPG isophthalic gel coat, ounce-and-a-half mat set in vinylester, two-millimeter Coremat to prevent print-through, and multiple layers of biaxial 2408 roving on either side of 3/4- inch closed-cell Corecell foam set in Corebond mastic from the sheer to the turn of the bilge; below this and throughout the keel solid glass is used. Full-length longitudinal stringers are glassed in below the level of the cabin sole. Internal lead ballast is cast in four molds to fit the interior contour of the keel and glassed in heavily. The flanged hull-deck joint is bomb-proof, featuring Sikaflex and 3/8-inch stainless bolts on 16-inch centers, followed by a toe rail affixed with 5/16-inch bolts on 16-inch centers and staggered to net a mechanical fastener every eight inches.

Interior construction is equally impressive. Bulkheads are tabbed over polyester fillets that keep the edges shy of the hull to avoid hard spots. In addition to the tabbing, fiberglass strands are let fore-and-aft through holes in the bulkheads and laminated to the inside of the hull, effectively “lacing” the structure in place. A mahogany subfloor grid is fastened to the structural longitudinals but is intended to remain removeable to allow extraction of water and fuel tanks non-destructively.

The cabin sole consists of 5/8-inch sol-id teak with holly splines. Furniture components are built in-house using mortis-and-tenon screwed-cornerpost construction.

Shannon is meticulous about the installation of systems and it is noteworthy that the shop is always on the lookout for a newer or better way of doing things and for the most dependable equipment on the market. Bill Ramos is never content to promote a product he’s installed in the past if a better one appears, and he is adamant about making sure that everything he does install is done so with logic and precision. One of the things he likes particularly about the Pilot 43 is the amount of space the boat provides for mechanical and electrical gear, space that Shannon has filled scrupulously according to the tenets of easy access, sensible redundancy, unambiguous identification and consistent labeling. “The equipment quota is always increasing, never decreasing,” he remarks. “It’s amazing how much room you need these days to fit it all in right. That’s one of the great things about this boat, namely that you don’t have to put things like an inverter underneath or behind stuff where you can never get at it. Everything is right out in the open.”

He’s not bluffing. The sole in the Pilot 43 wheelhouse hinges open to reveal a sprawling engine compartment in which the centerpiece – a 74-horsepower Westerbeke W-71C with a 200-amp high-output alternator on the boat we inspected – enjoys easy three-sided access, with access to the drive side aft available through the cockpit lockers. Dual Racor water-separator primary fuel filters, a 5-kw Westerbeke genset, an ESI fuel polishing system, a reverse-cycle AC/heating climate control station, bronze sea cocks with wood plugs in obvious, easy-to-access locations, auto fire extinguisher…It’s all there, with room enough to perform most maintenance and service in pressed whites if you like.

Owner input and customization have played a major role in the development of the 43 KiKi. The Rolons have been able to install a full-up dive compressor in the starboard cockpit locker, and a bow thruster forward with its own battery located nearby to avoid the lengthy wire chase. Redundant Nexus autopilots are installed aft; should the operative one fail, you simply disengage its arm and engage the back-up. A fully computerized wheelhouse allows you to feed the autopilot from a Furuno NavNet plotter with C-Map NT charts, or from a laptop-driven Nobeltec raster system – all with the flip of a switch.

ACCOMODATIONS AND SAILPLAN

The interior plan is flexible given the yard’s custom approach, and the client is encouraged to become an active participant in its design. The two prominent aspects of the boat below are, first, the expansive wheelhouse, and second the proliferation of lockers and storage possibilities. The wheelhouse provides storage beneath the settees and outboard – so much, in fact, that the Rolons were able to fit everything in the way of personal gear that they carried on their Shannon 39, stem to stern, in this area alone. The wheelhouse itself is open and airy, with bridgedeck access to the cockpit aft and companionway access to the saloon below.

The saloon features a U-shaped galley to port – in which the Rolons quite sensibly installed a trash compactor for a 4:1 reduction in rubbish volume – and a snug sitting area, entertainment center and dinette to starboard. One scheme substitutes a guest cabin with over/under berths in this starboard location. The head resides forward, opposed by a separate shower. A large double berth in the bow serves as owner’s quarters. Lee cloths installed along the wheelhouse settees facilitate sea berths up where the action is.

Topside, the rig is designed for sea duty and as usual Shannon offers variations on the sloop and cutter themes. We sailed with the so-called “Scutter” configuration on KiKi, which features a roller-furled 80% yankee flown off a headstay tacked at the end of the boat’s bow platform, and a roller-furled lapping genoa flown off a second headstay tacked just aft at the stemhead. The idea behind the Scutter rig is simple if unorthodox, and it points to Schulz’s open thinking with regard to manageable offshore sailing. You sail with the main and genoa in light to medium air when you need the drive, reduce the jib and reef as the wind rises, then furl it completely in brisk or heavy going and deploy the working canvas forward. What this does is keep the bow down in windy conditions by moving the center of effort forward, thereby avoiding the tendency to round up. In really wild weather you can furl everything and sail bare-headed or energize a convertible staysail stay at mid-deck and hoist a hank-on spitfire jib.

Deviations include putting a self-tacking genoa with a jib boom in place of the conventional genoa in the Scutter configuration, or moving into a more classic cutter set-up with twin roller-furled headsails side-by-side on the bow platform (not unlike what the Open 60s competing in events such as Around Alone and Vendée Globe use), and a conventional intermediate staysail stay aft. In all cases, standing rigging is highly spec’d, including stout sections, dual fore-and-aft lowers, and oversize 5/16” x 3” stainless chain plates gusseted outboard to transverse structural bulkheads.

BWS THOUGHTS

Our sailing experience aboard the Pilot 43 occurred in light air and benign conditions. Thankfully, the boat sported a premium suit of sails with an enhanced-roach main, and though normal circumstances would warrant motoring through this stuff, nonetheless we were able to keep appreciable way on under sail. The entire main is visible from either helm station – through a hatch in the wheelhouse, and through a window in the Bimini – and all sail handling exercises are operable from the cockpit. It is Schulz’s contention that going forward in dicey weather is to be avoided if possible, which accounts for all reefing and furling lines led aft. Going forward, however, is facilitated by grabrails along the entire length of the wheelhouse structure.

Speaking of the wheelhouse, the obvious question in any sailor’s mind must revolve around the notions of windage and vulnerability to boarding seas.

Shannon has considered all this, the response being an attempt by Schulz to keep the outward profile as low as he can and the structure itself as well-built as possible. Of note, all of the side lights are fitted with built-in studs to which custom 1/2-inch Lexan storm units can be fitted as soon as the barometer starts to plummet. At sea, the relative size of the wheelhouse is apt not to cause a problem given the sailing attributes of the boat overall; at the dock, where windage can ruin your day no matter what you’re driving, the optional bow thruster makes good sense.

Shannon has carved for itself a well-deserved niche in the offshore sailing realm by producing sensible boats and courting a particularly conversant, well-informed cadre of owners keen on putting a lot of blue-water miles behind them. The yard is insistent about finding solutions and avoiding mistakes. Quality and support are givens, as is unwavering attention to detail. It is our feeling that the Pilot 43 is born of proven stock and represents a successful blend of comfortable offshore amenity in a sailing hull as seaworthy as they get.

Shannon Yachts 19 Broad Common Road Bristol, RI 02809 Ph: 401-253-2441 Fax: 401-254-1202 www.shannonyachts.com

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Shannon Pilot 43

Shannon Pilot 43 is a 43 ′ 9 ″ / 13.4 m monohull sailboat designed by Walter Shultz and built by Shannon Yachts starting in 2000.

Rig and Sails

Auxilary power, accomodations, calculations.

The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

Sail Area / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.

SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3

• SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
• D : Displacement in pounds.

Ballast / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.

Ballast / Displacement * 100

Displacement / Length Ratio

A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
• LWL: Waterline length in feet

Comfort Ratio

This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
• LOA: Length overall in feet
• Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet

Capsize Screening Formula

This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

LOA w/bowsprit: 48’/14.6m Draft (fixed keel vers.): 6.5’/1.98m Ballast: 10500lbs/4763kgs

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