Construction Many of the best wood vessels were built prior to World War ll, before the best quality natural grown woods and the finest fastener materials were expended for the war effort. Shiris is a recipient of the very best. The vessel is a traditionally carvel planked yacht with a backbone of English white oak with 1.5" planking consisting of teak shear strake, pitch pine planking to the garboard which are rock elm. All of this structure is secured to a 7" molded English oak keel and held by bronze floor timbers and bolts. Decks are 1.5" teak while the on deckhouse structure; skylight, etc. are all in teak. The aft-located self-draining cockpit in varnished teak has worm gear wheel steering direct to the full keel hung rudder. A superbly built vessel using the best available materials of the times maintained and up-dated over the years.
Accommodation Enter the beautifully finished below decks through the varnished teak deckhouse via a half spiral American white oak staircase. Ahead of you as you descend is a built in flag locker with individual cubbies for each flag. You will note a compass repeater in the form of carved oak dowels with numbers inlet in each. Once the navigator gave the helmsman their course to steer he then entered the course in the oak holder by positioning the pins to read the proper heading: 185, etc. (We found this very effective on our way to Bermuda!) At the bottom of the staircase from starboard to port and trimmed in blue/white Dutch motif tiles is the beautiful galley with stainless steel counter tops and gimbaled Shipmate three-burner propane stove with oven and broiler. The stainless steel refrigeration box with shelves custom made to hold ½ gallon liquid containers is by Gruenert. The system is their Versimatic model (1993) consisting of two holding plates charged by 110vac or dc via the main engine. Moving aft one enters the master stateroom with wide single berths port and starboard. On centerline between the two berths is a gentleman's butler's piece dresser. The top surface is hinged, unfolding to make a combination writing surface/chart table. As with the rest of the below decks accommodations one will note the excellent teak butterfly skylight in varnished teak and much of the interior paneling in varnished quarter sawn English white oak. Passing from the master stateroom back through the galley you enter the English gentleman's salon. Overhead is another stunning butterfly skylight adding ample ventilation over the folding leaf quarter sawn white oak centerline dining table. To port and starboard are two green tufted Ultra Suede settees. Both port and starboard settee backs are hinged to raise upward exposing storage while converting to four upper and lower berths. At the forward end of the main salon are matching port and starboard dressers with leaded glass lockers above. For your comfort on those cool New England evenings is a Luke 24" brass and soap stone solid-fuel heater. Continuing forward is a full width head with Baby Blake to starboard and Italian marble counter with sink to port. There is storage below the vanity and above. There are doors to close off the head forward and aft for privacy. Ahead of this compartment is the guest v-berth situated in the forepeak with ample storage.
Deck Equipment
45-lb. CQR
75-lb. Herreshoff
75-lb. Luke
60-lb. Danforth
300' of 3/8" ACCOLOY (Grade 80) chain
(2) 300' 3/4" nylon rode
150' of 3/4" nylon rode
1981 Ideal model 6HWSC electric windlass
Par Hydro high-water bilge alarm
Jabsco 1 1/4" engine-driven bilge pump
Rule 2000 electric bilge pump with Par Hydro switch
Edson manual bilge pump in cockpit and Whale bilge pump below
Boarding ladder
Automatic Halon fire extinguishing system in engine room
Two 5-lb. and one 10-lb. and one 2.5-lb. Halon extinguishers
Custom bronze bell with the name SHIRIS engraved
Freon and brass manual horn
O.R.C. Category II flares
Life preservers
Double stainless-steel lifelines with stainless steel bow pulpits
10' Sitka spruce pig stick with three custom bronze swivel mounts
4 varnished ash shroud rollers
6' Sitka spruce flagstaff with teak cap and cleat and 3'-x-5' U.S. flags
2 custom Little Harbor Marine-style horseshoe rings (2001)
Strobe light
Guest 100,000-candlepower searchlight
Docking lines
9½' varnished ash boathook
Eight 10"-x-26" fenders
Two 8"-x-20" fenders
Two spreader lights
Jim Buoy man-overboard pole with custom cover
Masthead strobe
Anchor lights
Running lights
Six Larakis safety harnesses
ACR EPIRB
Main and forestay sail covers
Tropical awning with zippered side flaps
Four throw able cockpit cushions
Cockpit dodger
4" firm polyurethane-foam berth cushions
Custom winter cover with zippered doors and vents
Navigation and Electronic Equipment
Chelsea 3 1/2" brass barometer and clock
Chelsea 6" brass chronometer in doghouse
Smiths 8" brass clock and barometer
6" Danforth constellation compass in Danforth brass skylight binnacle
Hydra fluxgate compass
Walker taffrail log
King 7000 VHF radio
LOKATA RDF
B&G hydra & Datamarine 3,000 depth sounder
Raytheon Nav 391 GPS/Loran display
Raytheon 108/Motorola Traxar GPS's
Two Speedos
Two logs
Hydra wind-speed and wind-direction indicators
Electrical System
12V DC and 110V AC electrical system
4 Deka Gel Cell house batteries (1994)
925-amp cold-crank 12V starting battery (1992)
Balmar 140-amp engine-driven alternator
18-circuit Marinetecs 12V circuit breaker panel
6 circuit Marinetecs 110V circuit breaker panel
Versimatic alternator generating 100V DC
Two 30-amp shore-power cords
Heart Interface Freedom 20-12 100-amp/12V DC battery charger/20-amp/110V AC inverter
Polarity indicator
Two master switches
Battery-condition indicator
The vessel is grounded
Sails and Rigging
Masthead double-headsail sloop rig with approx. 1,456 sq. ft. of sail area
Paul E. Luke polished bronze "VIM"-style pole hardware
Aluminum reaching strut
Bronze Genoa track
7 Nico-Fico snatch blocks
Barient stainless-steel halyard winches including two #16, one #22, one self-tailing #22, and one #10
Primary winches are two-speed bronze Gibb
Two Lewmar chrome bronze two-speed winches
Remarks Shiris is a superb example of and English gentleman's yacht. As stated above Shiris was constructed of the finest materials of her times. The present care giver/owner has owned her for over 25 years. The vessel has been stored and maintained by one of New England's finest boatyards, Dion's. They have done all of the work on Shiris over the many years up-grading and maintaining her in offshore condition.
This broker first saw Shiris in 1984 at the Museum of Yachting Wood Boat Regatta, Newport Rhode Island. There she took ‘Best Owner Maintained Yacht' award that year. The following year this broker was able to join the owner and his crew in the 1985 Marion/Bermuda. Though Shiris did not win the crew had fantastic sailing (including one gale) along with the finest galley servings this broker has had offshore!
Do to business and family needs Shiris is sadly for looking for another care giver. Will that lucky person be you?
Mechanical Equipment
1981 Westerbeke 58-hp 4-cylinder fresh-water-cooled diesel, re-built in 1992
Hurth 2:1 reduction gear, new 1994
1 1/4" bronze shaft
18" two-blade max prop
Spare 18"-x-12" three-blade bronze propeller
Cruises at 7 knots at 2,000 r.p.m.
Hurth transmission replaced with new damper plate, cutlass bearing and shaft (2006)
MaxProp removed and factory re-built to new standards (2006)
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