‘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.

YACHT DESCRIPTION

 

Owner:	Roger Harrison
Designer:	Phillip Rhodes
Class:	xxx
Year Designed:	xxx
Year Built:	1946
Builder:	Hubert Johnson
LOA:  xxx m 39.10 ft LOD: xxx m xx ft Beam: xxx m 10.8 ft Draft: xxx m 7.6 ft LWL: xxx m 27.6 ft
LOD/WL Ratio:	xxx
Displacement:	19.8 tonnes
Thames Measurement:	xxx
Hull Material:	Wood
Hull Construction:	xxx
Hull Frames:	xxx
Rudder:	xxx
Sail Material:	Dacron
Deck & Superstructure:	xxx
Superstructure Profile:	xxx
Interior:	xxx
Steering:	xxx
Transom:	xxx
Rig:	Fractional Sloop
Engine Make:	xxx
Engine HP:	xxx
Engine Mounted:	xxx
Propeller:	xxx
Propeller Blades:	xxx
Mast Material:	Spruce
Mast Configuration:	xxx spreaders
Keel Configuration:	Long with c/board
Keel Material:	xxx