Shannon 52' 47/52 Scutter
"Satori"
Satori is a pedigree 2000 Shannon 47/52 shoal-draft centerboard cutter built for shorthanded sailing. Upgraded with a new 2025 mainsail, electric winches, bow thruster, generator, and dual A/C, she is an exceptional, ocean-ready offshore cruiser
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Overview
Satori, 2000 Shannon 47/52 Centerboard Scutter, is a rare, semi-custom offshore cruising yacht designed by the legendary Walter Schulz and built to the highest standards of American craftsmanship by Shannon Yachts in Rhode Island. Combining legendary structural integrity, an easily managed sail plan, and a highly versatile shoal-draft centerboard keel, she represents the pinnacle of blue-water security and liveaboard luxury.
Whether your dream is navigating the shallow waters of the Bahamas or crossing oceans shorthanded, Satori is fully equipped, highly upgraded, and ready to take you there in absolute comfort.
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Shannon 47/52 "Satori" — Complete Equipment & Specifications List
ACCOMMODATIONS
Designed for luxurious liveaboard comfort and safe passage-making, the handcrafted varnished interior of Satori features a highly desirable two-cabin, two-head layout with exceptional ventilation:
- Master Cabin (Forward): Features a spacious, centerline queen-sized berth with dedicated drawer storage, hanging lockers, and private access to the master head.
- Guest Cabin (Aft): Located in the starboard hip, offering a comfortable double berth and adjacent access to the day head.
- Salon & Living Area: Expansive central salon featuring a large U-shaped dining area with a premium bird’s-eye maple dinette table (featuring two folding leaves) opposed by a comfortable starboard settee.
- Interior Woodwork: Custom, semi-custom joinerwork with hand-varnished teak cabinetry, classic teak and holly cabin sole (rated 8.5/10), and Corian countertops.
- Navigation Station: Dedicated aft-facing nav desk located to port with a comfortable seat and built-in instrument console.
- Climate Control System: Zoned, reverse-cycle marine heating and air conditioning:16,000 BTU Dometic Salon Air Conditioning (Installed 2024)
- 12,000 BTU Dometic Aft Air Conditioning (Installed 2019)
- Ventilation: Outstanding airflow via opening overhead hatches, stainless steel opening portlights, baffled dorade boxes, and multiple 12V cabin fans.
- Heads & Showers: Two private heads, each equipped with private integrated showers, sinks, and electric marine toilets.
GALLEY
A secure, sea-safe U-shaped galley is located to port, fully optimized for offshore meal preparation:
- Refrigeration: Top-and-front-loading Sea Frost 110V & Engine-Driven refrigeration system.
- Freezer: Dedicated top-loading Sea Frost 110V & Engine-Driven freezer unit.
- Stove/Oven: Premium gimballed Broadwater propane 4-burner stove and oven with a custom cover.
- Microwave: GE microwave oven.
- Sink: Heavy-duty double stainless steel sinks with pressurized water.
- Water Systems: Integrated hot/cold pressurized water, manual fresh water pump, and manual sea water pump.
- Water Heater: Stainless steel 12-gallon dual-source 115V AC & engine cooling cycle heat exchanger water heater.
- Watermaker: Spectra 12V watermaker (Model #1000111180; note: has not been used in over 8 years).
- Safety: Integrated propane fume detector.
- Storage: Ample dry goods cabinetry, sliding drawers, and customized dish organizers designed for heavy seas.
ELECTRICAL
Fully engineered for offshore independence, Satori is set up for 12V DC and 115V AC power distribution:
- Auxiliary Generator: Westerbeke 7.6 kW Marine Generator (Serial #87649E007) showing 2,000 hours.
- Alternator: High-output marine alternator equipped with an external smart voltage regulator (Installed 2024).
- Battery Charger: Xantrex TrueCharge 40-amp battery charger.
- Battery Monitor: Heart Interface Link 10 battery monitor.
- Inverter: Kisae Sinewave 2000-watt inverter.
- House Battery Bank: Six (6) AGM Group 31 marine batteries (installed November 2019/2020).
- Engine Starting Battery: Dedicated AGM Group 31 starting battery (Installed 2026).
- Bow Thruster & Windlass Bank: Two (2) dedicated AGM Group 31 batteries.
- Galvanic Protection: Zinc Saver galvanic isolator.
- Shore Power: Dual 30-amp shore power inlets with heavy-duty shore power cords.
- Inlets: TV and phone inlets.
- Outlets: GFI outlets installed throughout the vessel.
- Lighting: Complete interior cabin lighting, 12V accessory outlets, and full international navigation lights.
ELECTRONICS
Equipped with an extensive navigation and communications package for long-range cruising:
- Wind Instruments: Upgraded Raymarine wind transducer and cockpit display (Installed 2021).
- AIS: Integrated AIS transceiver with dedicated cockpit monitor (Installed 2019).
- Autopilot: Simrad AP 28 integrated with the steering quadrant, with a backup Autohelm ST1000 tiller pilot.
- Radar & Plotter Suite: Fully functional Furuno radar, Furuno MFD NavNet3 3D 7" and MFD12 NavNet 3HD 12" GPS plotters, and multi-function navigation display. Scanner mounted on radar arch.
- Data Integration: Furuno Ethernet Hub and Furuno FII 504 multi-display.
- Collision Avoidance: C.A.R.D. (Collision Avoidance Radar Detector) system.
- VHF Radio: Standard Horizon Eclipse VHF with CMP23 RAM Mic.
- SSB Radio: Single Side Band (SSB) radio installed (Note: Insulated backstay is not currently connected).
- Cabin Electronics: Alpine stereo system, TV antenna, bulkhead-mounted clock, barometer, and helm-mounted Ritchie compass.
SAILS AND RIGGING
The easily managed cutter sail plan is heavily upgraded for shorthanded, push-button sailing:
- Rig Configuration: Custom single-mast cutter rig conversion featuring dual forestays and a rigid custom cockpit enclosure (originally Ketch-rigged; the mizzen mast was removed by a previous owner).
- Mainsail: Dacron Ullman in-boom furling mainsail (Installed 2025).
- Primary Headsails:150% Ullman Large Light-Wind Genoa (Installed 2021/2022)
- Working Inner Jib (Dacron, good condition)
- Older 130% Offshore Genoa
- Storm & Downwind Sails: Asymmetrical Spinnaker with dousing sock (Installed 2022)
- Storm Jib (Dacron)
- Mast & Spars: Keel-stepped double-spreader aluminum mast (64' bridge clearance, ICW compliant), Harken genoa roller furling (missing top of furler, operational), Harken jib roller furling, and Forespar whisker pole (Added 2023).
- Winches (Push-Button Control): Two (2) Anderson Electric 68 Primary Winches (Installed 2022)
- One (1) Anderson Electric 52 Secondary Winch
- One (1) Anderson 52 Manual Secondary Winch
- Two (2) Andersen 12 Mainsheet Winches
- Two (2) Andersen 28 Mast Winches
- Rigging Accessories: Recently replaced running rigging, spinnaker halyard (Installed 2022), split backstay, boom vang, and Spinlock line clutches.
- Standing Rigging: Heavy-duty solid stainless steel rod standing rigging (original).
DECK & HULL
Constructed utilizing Shannon’s high-strength FRP laminates and dry-deck technology:
- Hull Construction: Hand-laid composite fiberglass cored with PVC Corecell foam core from the waterline to the sheer, with solid fiberglass on the bottom and keel.
- Hull Finish: Awlgrip painted hull sides & boot stripe (Painted in 2021).
- Keel Configuration: Shoal Draft Keel-Centerboard with 5' 7" draft (Board Up) for island cruising, and 9' 7" draft (Board Down) for deep-water tracking and windward lift.
- Ballast: 13,500 lbs of internal encapsulated lead ballast (no keel bolts to corrode or leak).
- Deck Construction: One-piece hand-laid composite deck with closed-cell foam core, featuring Shannon’s exclusive raised-diamond pattern molded non-skid for secure barefoot traction.
- Dockside Maneuvering: High-thrust Side-Power electric bow thruster.
- Ground Tackle: Heavy-duty electric IDEAL dual horizontal windlass with Dual Gypsy, engineered to self-stow two oversized anchors with independent rodes: CQR 75lb anchor with 150' chain
- Danforth 20lb anchor with 100' chain and 200' of 3-strand rode
- Cockpit Canvas & Enclosure: Fully enclosed, dry cockpit featuring a full-length fixed Bimini with a custom rigid polycarbonate windshield/enclosure and a full mosquito screen enclosure.
- Storage & Equipment: Heavy-duty stainless steel transom davits, deep cockpit sail/storage lockers, and bare teak toerails/caprails. Stainless steel radar/antenna arch on transom.
- Rudder: High-strength, skeg-supported rudder.
- Safety Equipment: Winslow 60 SL10 liferaft (note: inspection expired), portable swim ladder, seawater washdown, and hot/cold transom shower.
- Bottom Paint: Fresh bottom paint applied April 2025 (no osmotic blistering reported).
MECHANICAL
The auxiliary engine and mechanical systems are fully accessible via removable partitions beneath the companionway and cockpit storage locker:
- Main Engine: Westerbeke 82B Marine Diesel (82 HP) showing 3,500 hours (Serial #U4365-E002).
- Engine Monitoring: Full gauges for Temp, RPM, Alt Output, and Oil Pressure.
- Drive System: 3-blade feathering Max-Prop propeller (19x15) on a 1 1/4" stainless steel shaft with a PSS dripless stuffing gland.
- Steering: Wheel steering and an emergency tiller bypass system.
Maintenance History (Main Engine):
- April 2026: Engine oil & filter change.
- April 2026: Raw water impeller replacement.
- November 2025: Transmission fluid change.
- Fuel Filtration: Dual fuel/water separator filters with vacuum gauge, plumbed with a quick-switch bypass.
- Oil Change System: Reverso oil change pump.
- Safety: Smoke and CO detectors installed.
- Bilge Management: Two (2) electric bilge pumps and one (1) manual bilge pump.
- Tankage Capacities: Fresh Water: 230 Gallons total (split between 90-gallon & 140-gallon stainless steel tanks)
- Diesel Fuel: 128 Gallons total (split between two 64-gallon aluminum alloy tanks)
- Waste Holding: 49 Gallons total (split between 24-gallon & 25-gallon PVC tanks)
Vessel Directory Summary:
- HIN: NHN47002C000
- USCG Official Documentation: 1111317
- Location: Marina Del Ray, Slip D9, Madisonville, Louisiana
Broker's Comments
Satori is a pedigree cruising yacht built for discerning sailors who understand that safety, build quality, and sea-kindly motion are paramount. Having spent the last few years as a captain-maintained sunset charter vessel on Lake Pontchartrain, she has been regularly run, serviced, and kept in operational readiness.
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.
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