Shanti — Alden K/CB Yawl

In 1970, Walter N. Hawley, then a teacher at St Paul’s School, hired Lyle Harrington of Bradford, New Hampshire, to build a John G. Alden designed 42-foot wooden yawl to be named Rondalay. In the four years it took to build this boat, Mr. Hawley learned how to sail from books and from his St. Paul’s students, who would accompany the Hawley family on chartered boats.

Launched in 1974 Rondalay became a teacher herself, schooling the Hawley family and friends in the ways of wind and water with graduate studies in 1979 when the Hawleys crossed the North Atlantic, cruised through Europe and the Mediterranean, crossed the Atlantic once again on the more southerly route to the Caribbean where they continued their cruise and finally headed Rondalay’s bow north, headed towards home.

Now named Shanti this beautiful John G Alden 42’ yawl has gone on to school two more classes of students / owners in the way of the oceans and coast lines. Her current owners have enjoyed their time in oceanic academia and now having graduated at the top of their class wish to pass Shanti along to the next batch of students. Under the care of Rockport Marine for many semesters, Shanti is more than ready to step up to the lectern for many more years of imparted wisdom.

Interior Layout and Accommodations (aft to fore)

• Enter interior spaces by way of companionway ladder slightly offset to starboard
• Sound insulated engine box behind and below companionway ladder
• Electrical panel aft of companionway ladder
• Quarter berths port and starboard extending aft under the cockpit
• Storage below quarter berths in lockers and drawers with additional storage in shelves above and outboard.
• Full bulkhead to starboard and partial bulkhead to port separate Q=berth area from main saloon.
• Storage cabinet with counter top just forward of partial bulkhead
• Main saloon with galley to starboard and seating / dining area to port.
• U-shaped seating around folding dining table.
• Dining table may be lowered to create additional sleeping accommodations
• Storage lockers and book shelves above and outboard of dining area.
• Galley to starboard with large well-insulated, top-loading ice box furthest aft
• Next forward polished stainless steel galley sink basin followed by stove / oven.
• Force 10 3-burner, gimbaled, propane stove and oven
• Lastly to starboard in main saloon is a Force 10, “Cozy Cabin” propane cabin heater
• Raised panel bulkheads separate main saloon / galley areas from forward cabin spaces.
• Slightly to starboard of centerline is passageway forward with shelf lockers to starboard and an enclosed head space to port.
• Furthest forward is private sleeping accommodations for two (2) persons in a V-berth configuration with a built in seat between the berths.
• Generous storage space for forward cabin occupants in lockers and chests of drawers port and starboard and room for smaller personal items in shelves above the berthing space.

Interior General Features

• Interior joinery is raised panel varnished Mahogany
• White painted overheads with white deck and house beams trim with varnished Mahogany
• Hull sides (where seen) are sheathed longitudinally an painted with a light Gray finish
• White laminate counter tops in galley and head areas
• Cabin soles and Teak and Holly with natural (bare) finish.
• Below decks areas are well ventilated by numerous dorade vents, opening ports and opening hatches.
• Hatches and ports allow for plenty of natural light with additional electrical lighting provided by overhead and under deck lighting along with well positioned reading lights

Hull, Deck and Cabin Construction

• Keel / centerboard with keel hung rudder underwater configuration
• Single planked Mahogany over white oak frames, stem, keelson keel, deadwood, stern post and other structural members with Bronze fabricated floors and bilge gridwork.
• NOTE: Hull completely refastened in 2018 by Rockport Marine using bronze fasteners
• Fir deck beams and carlins over laid with marine plywood sub decking for deck and house top
• Marine plywood sub decking on deck areas overlaid with laid teak deck, cockpit seat tops and cockpit sole.
• Marine plywood sub decking on cabin top areas overlaid with Dynel cloth set in epoxy with painted finish
• NOTE: Cabin tops completely replaced in 2020 by Rockport Marine
• Varnished teak toe rails, taff rails, covering boards and king planks
• Varnished solid teak cabin sides and cockpit coamings
• Exterior color scheme: Bottom / Red Anti-fouling paint, Topsides / Cream Yellow, Boot and Cove Stripes /Dark Green, Cabin Tops / Buff Yellow, Transom /Varnished Mahogany

Deck Hardware and Features (bow to stern)

• Varnished Mahogany toe rails and covering boards (port and starboard) with varnished taff rail aft.
• Varnished Mahogany king planks on center line forward and aft
• Laid teak decks, cockpit sole and cockpit seat tops
• Chrome bronze bow pulpit with integral port and starboard navigation lights
• Chrome bronze life line stanchions with upper (coated wire) and lower (wire only) lifelines with gate stanchion openings port and starboard and chrome bronze stern rail with integral stern light
• Stainless steel stem iron forward with stainless steel bow chocks port and starboard
• Cast Bronze bow cleats port and starboard.
• Varnished teak dorade box with polished bronze dorade cowl vents on center line bow
• Fabricated Bronze anchor chain stop mounted of varnished teak pad on centerline bow
• Bronze deck plates port and starboard on foredeck for access to chain locker below
• Manually operated Simpson Lawrence windlass on centerline foredeck
• Bronze main mast chain plates port and starboard (1 upper, 2 lower)
• Bronze water deck fill port and starboard side decks
• Bronze waste deck fill port side deck
• Bronze spring line chocks let into toe rails port and starboard
• Bronze spring line cleats port and starboard side decks
• Bronze pad eyes starboard side forward of mizzen chain plates
• Bronze mizzen chain plates (1 upper. 2 lower)
• Stainless steel mizzen mast partners
• Varnished Mahogany lazarette hatch with inset polished bronze dorade cowl vent
• Bronze main backstay tang / chain plates
• Bronze pad eyes port and starboard on aft covering board
• Cast Bronze stern line cleats port and starboard
• Bronze stern line chocks port and starboard on toe rails and taff rail
• Bronze ensign staff holder

Coach Roof and Dog House Top Hardware and Features (fore to aft)

• NOTE: Cabin tops completely replaced in 2020 by Rockport Marine
• Low coach roof with slightly raised dog house aft configuration
• Varnished solid Mahogany cabin sides, front and eye brows
• Bronze opening ports in cabin sides (port and starboard), fore and aft (6 per side, 1 forward, I aft)
• Varnished Mahogany handrails on coach port and starboard
• Varnished Mahogany hatch on coach roof furthest forward
• Varnished Mahogany propane locker
• Varnished teak dorade boxes with polished brass dorade cowl vents port an starboard
• Polished stainless steel dorade guard
• Stainless steel main mast partners
• Stainless steel “Charlie Noble: chimney to starboard
• Varnished Mahogany and glass “butterfly” style opening hatch
• Slight raise to Dog House top with varnished Mahogany eye brow and forward face.
• Varnished Mahogany handrails port and starboard on Dog House top
• Bronze housing for centerboard wire and winch
• Varnished Mahogany companionway hatch slide to starboard furthest aft
• Varnished Mahogany electronics housing box to port furthest aft

Cockpit Hardware and Features

• Varnished Mahogany cockpit coamings and sail locker fronts.
• Laid teak cockpit seat locker tops, bridge deck top and cockpit sole
• Varnished Mahogany aft cabin bulkhead with opening port, bronze ship’s bell holder and bronze pad eye to port and varnished Mahogany companionway hatch slide and drop boards to starboard.
• Self-bailing cockpit with bronze drains port and starboard on bridge deck and forwards ends of cockpit sole.
• Sail Lockers port and starboard
• Storage lockers port and starboard aft
• Engine ignition panel at forward end of cockpit well
• Engine controls port and starboard of steering station aft
• Forward facing steering wheel
• Hancock Marine Bronze engine access hatch in cockpit sole
• Bronze (Fuel) deck fill in cabin sole
• Polished brass binnacle with helm compas

Spars and Rigging

• Masthead rigged yawl configuration
• Double spreader aluminum main mast with stainless steel standing rigging and bronze turnbuckle adjusters.
• Bronze main mast chain plates
• Stainless steel main mast partners
• Main mast is keel stepped
• Main mast equipped with storm trysail track and spinnaker pole track.
• Aluminum main boom with outhaul and double reef
• Multi-part main sheet with Harken turning blocks
• Single spreader / jumper strut aluminum mizzen mast with stainless steel standing rigging and bronze turnbuckle adjusters.
• Radome and deck light on mizzen mast
• Bronze mizzen mast chain plates
• Stainless steel mizzen mast partners
• Mizzen mast is keel stepped
• Aluminum mizzen boom
• Multi-part mizzen sheet with Schaeffer blocks

Sail Trim and Sail Handling Equipment

• Profurl roller-furling headstay
• Harken furling line lead blocks (5ea) on starboard stanchions
• Dutchman main sail flaking system
• Barient stainless steel #27, 2-speed halyard winch on main mast
• Lewmar 44 stainless steel, 2-speed, self-tailing halyard winch on main mast
• Lewmar rope clutch on main mast
• Barient captured wire reel halyard winch on mizzen mast
• Schaeffer stand-up jib sheet blocks port and starboard
• Stainless steel genoa tracks port an starboard with Schaeffer adjustable cars and blocks
• Schaeffer stainless steel foot blocks on polished stainless steel bases on toe rails aft port and starboard
• Lewmar stainless steel #58, 2-speed, self-tailing sheet winches on polished stainless steel bases port and starboard at cockpit coamings.
• Harken main sheet traveler.

Sails and Canvas

• Working Sails / Pope Sailmakers
• Mainsail (Pope)
• Mizzen (Pope)
• Roller-furling Genoa (Pope)
• Mizzen staysail (Pope)
• Additional / Older Sails
• Mainsail
• Mizzen
• Working jib
• 100% racing jib (Hood)
• Storm trysail
• Spinnaker (Fortune)
• Heavy jib
• Storm jib
• Cockpit cushions
• Interior cushions
• Canvas and isinglass cockpit dodger with stainless steel bows

Electronics and Navigational Equipment

• Helm Compass on cockpit binnacle
• Danforth Corsair compass below decks
• John Poole box compass
• Furuno Radar on swing-out bracket at companionway
• B&G GPS chart plotter on swing-out bracket at companionway
• Raymarine VHF radio below decks
• Raymarine AWI display at cockpit
• Raymarine Multi-display at Cockpit
• Raymarine Multi-display below decks
• Seth Thomas ship’s clock
• Seth Thomas barometer
• Hitachi stereo system and speakers

Auxiliary Propulsion and Fuel Systems

• Engine located in sound insulated space below cockpit with access from interior spaces and cockpit.
• Yanmar freshwater cooled diesel / Model 4JH4AE / 53 HP
• Yanmar ignition panel with tachometer and engine status gauges and alarms
• Separate controls for throttle and transmission at helm area
• Sea strainer / raw water filter
• Bronze propellor shaft (1 ½”)
• Shaft fitted with line cutters
• Fixed 3-blade Bronze propellor
• Fuel Capacity: 30 Gallons
• Racor primary fuel filter
• Yanmar secondary fuel filter

Steering Systems

• 6-Spoke polished bronze Destroyer style steering wheel with varnished Mahogany spoke handles
• Edson worm gear steering system
• Bronze rudder post
• Wood and bronze construction keel hung rudder

Electrical Systems

• 12-Volt Ship’s Electrical System
• Heavy duty 12-Volt marine batteries stored in secured and covered battery boxes
• Separate battery banks for ship’s systems and engine ignition
• Guest rotary style battery selector switch
• Blue Seas 12-Volt circuit panel with DC main master switch and battery monitor .

Freshwater Plumbing and Sanitation Systems

• Freshwater Capacity: 50 Gallons
• Manually supplied cold, freshwater supplied to sink basins in galley and head areas
• Foot pump in head area
• Hand pump at galley sink
• Additional (salt water) hand pump at galley sink
• Stainless steel sink basins in galley and head areas
• Blackwater Capacity: 15 Gallons
• Manually operated marine toilet in head area
• Head plumbed for direct discharge overboard or discharge to holding tank
• Holding tank plumbed for shore side pump-out or overboard (offshore) discharge

Ground Tackle Equipment

• Stainless steel bow roller
• 46 lb. CQR plow anchor with appropriate chain and rode
• Simpson Lawrence manual windlass

Dewatering Equipment

• Rulematic + electric / automatic bilge pumps with high water alarms (2ea)
• Edson high capacity manual bilge pump in cockpit
• Thirsty Mate hand bilge pumps (3ea)
• Older Bronze bilge pump in starboard aft cockpit storage locker

Safety Equipment

• PFD’s Type III (8ea)
• PFD’s Type IV / cushions (5ea)
• PFD Type IV . Horseshoe buoy with MOB light (1ea)
• Life sling
• Flares
• Mast mounted radar reflector

Additional Equipment

• Dock lines and fenders
• Varnished shroud roller (6ea)
• Varnished Teak and Bronze boat hook
• Ensign staff
• Folding, rail mounted stainless steel boarding / swim ladder
• Shaft mounted line cutters