Shannon Yachts 39

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The Shannon Yachts 39, on the water

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 30 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 30

CoastalBluewater

1.81 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.81

LightHeavy

236 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 236

EasygoingPowered-up

16.5 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 16.5

TenderStiff

37% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 37%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

Draws less than ~80% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2665 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Shannon Yachts 39, as the fleet has seen it

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The Shannon Yachts 39 is a 12.7-meter masthead ketch sailboat designed by Walter Schulz and built by Shannon Yachts from 1994 to the present. It features a fin keel with a rudder on skeg, a beam of 3.7 meters, a draft of 1.7 meters, and a displacement of 8482 kg. The model is available with a keel/centerboard option and multiple rig configurations, including a double headsail ketch, cutter, Shannon 'Scutter' rig, and Shannon 'Sketch' rig. Shannon Yachts, founded in 1975, is known for building durable, high-quality offshore cruising vessels, prioritizing traditional, heavy-displacement offshore capability.1:02 The company's construction techniques include internally flanged, through-bolted hull-to-deck joints and extensive tabbing where bulkheads meet the hull.4:17

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

36.9%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Ketch

Ratios

SA / displacement

16.5

Displacement / length

235.9

Comfort ratio

29.8

Capsize screening

1.81

Hull speed

7.7 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1408

Hull

Hull type

Fin with rudder on skeg

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

First built 1994

Designer

Walter Schulz, Assoc

Builder

Shannon Yachts

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

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