Yachts

C001: Josephine
C002: Cetewayo
C003: Frenesi of Clynder
C004: Undina
C005: Rebecca of Vineyard Haven
C006: Whirlaway
C007: Drumbeat
C008: Whooper
C009: Thendara
C010: Zoom
C011: Foglio
C012: Vanity V
C013: Talisker Mhor
C014: Pazienza
C015: Danegeld
C016: Mikado
C017: Elona
C018: Sensa
C019: Droleen II
C020: Corrie
C021: Lotus
C022: Mingary
C023: Dirk II
C024: Sceptre
C025: Thendara
C026: Outlaw
C027: Athena
C028: Bettine
C029: John Dory
C030: Swanilda
C031: Marigold
C032: Sally of Kames
C033: Monsoon
C034: Charm of Rhu
C035: Moonspray
C036: Firebrand
C037: Gluckauf
C038: Cereste
C039: Mitzi
C040: Roar for Joy
C041: Zahir
C042: Maria Hendrika
C043: Vivette
C044: Berenice
C045: Huff of Arklow
C046: Fairlight
C047: Iolaire
C048: Sibyl of Cumae
C049: Ilderim
C050: Dorothy
C051: Zaleda
C052: Dione
C053: Clarion of Wight
C054: Safir
C055: Shantih
C056: Eveline
C057: Shuttle
C058: Windflower
C059: Erica
C060: Cygnet of London
C061: St David's Light
C062: Leonie
C063: Tar Baby
C064: Caressa
C065: Tiger C
C066: Barbican
C067: A Day at the Races
C068: Kelpie
C069: Suzalah
C070: Rubicon
C071: Infanta
C072: Rampage
C073: Halcyon
C074: Thalassa
C075: Sinbad
C076: Lutine
C077: Twilight
C078: Alera
C079: Aeolus
C080: Nightfall
C081: Mossie Estelle

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Shantih

‘Shantih’ is a centreboard sloop designed by Philip Rhodes and built in 1946 by Hubert Johnson in New York.

The design was drawn by Rhodes as a ‘stock model’ for Hubert Johnson, known as the ‘Johnson 27’, but we don’t know how many of these were actually built.

We know nothing about the history of ‘Shantih’ until she was discovered in the late ‘80’s by Twig and Bonnie, owners of The Wooden Boat Company in Camden Maine. At this time she was quietly rotting in the corner of a boatyard and they bought her as a renovation project. They completed the rebuild in 1993 and used her for day chartering out of Camden for a decade.

We bought her in 2005 and shipped her over. So far she has taken us on a cruise of the Channel which involved several rough passages and has proved strong and seaworthy with a very gentle motion in waves. The centreboard allows us to cruise the East Coast rivers, where she is based, and visit anchorages which are usually inaccessible to boats of this size. The rig is a 7/8 fractional sloop with a boomed jib, allowing a relaxed approach to short tacking up rivers.