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SHANNON 50

SHANNON 50

Shannon Yachts🇺🇸· Design: Walter Schutz
$175,000 avg$175,000 – $175,000 (1 listings)from 1982
$5.3K – $14K est. annual maintenance
Bluewater CruisermonoStaysail KetchVariableFull/Long

Specifications

Hull

LOA50.92 ft
LWL42.75 ft
Beam14.25 ft
Draft7 ft/ 5.67 ft min
Displacement39,000 lb
Ballast15,498.6 lb
Hull speed1.34·√LWL8.8 kn

Rig & Sails

Iforetriangle height56.5 ft
Jforetriangle base21 ft
Pmainsail luff49.75 ft
Emainsail foot17.25 ft
PYmizzen luff34 ft
EYmizzen foot11.75 ft
FLforestay21 ft
Mainsail465 sq ft
Jib (100%)593.3 sq ft
Spinnaker1,008.5 sq ft

About the SHANNON 50

Sail area: -Main: 465 ft² -Staysail: 250 ft² -Yankee: 315 ft² -Mizzen: 197 ft² A pilot house version was the AEGEAN 51. Available with cutter rig. SA: 1,151 sqft

Direct variant of the SHANNON 50

Near-identical models — same hull, builder and designer, re-badged or lightly changed. Specs and owner-reported issues are typically shared across the group, so a sister model's page may carry detail this one doesn't.

Performance

Comfort38.8
Capsize1.68
SA/Disp17.1
Disp/Len223
Bal/Disp39.7

Market Price

Low
$175,000
Average
$175,000
High
$175,000
Based on 1 listings across 1 marketplace

Estimated Cost of Ownership

Based on 50.92ft LOA. Actual costs vary by condition, usage, and local rates.

$/ft/mo
Annual Maintenance
$5.3K – $14K
Hull, rigging, sails, engine service
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Known Issues & Pre-Purchase Inspection

We don't have enough data on the SHANNON 50yet to publish model-specific findings we'd stand behind — but here's a free general inspection checklist, built from our research into what actually goes wrong on boats of this kind.

Drawn from 7,029 documented issues across 2,391 models, ordered so the areas that most often turn up problems come first.

1Structural & Bulkheads9732Standing Rigging6403Deck & Topsides6404Keel & Keel Bolts5535Rudder & Steering5086Hull & Bottom377
Free general pre-purchase checklist
25 survey areas — hull, keel, rig, engine, electrical and more. Take it aboard when you view any boat.

Own a SHANNON 50? Reports from owners are what turn this into a model-specific checklist — and they're the reason the boats above it have one.

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