Philip Rhodes 40 ft Sloop 1946 - Vendu

There are not enough boats of this size and vintage that have received a comprehensive rebuild. The over used “Restoration” word is applied increasingly to refits and partial rebuilds but SHANTIH was indeed dismantled piece by piece and lovingly rebuilt between 1988 and 1992.

With the unmistakable yet effortless swooshing Philip Rhodes sheer line and unobtrusive deckhouse SHANTIH is a refreshingly simple boat above and below deck – an easy boat to live with and an easy boat to love.

Built by Hubert Johnson, Bay Head, New Jersey, little is known of her history until SHANTIH was acquired in the 80s, her then owners putting their hearts and souls into the task, took her in hand completing the rebuild at the Wooden Boat Company, Camden, Maine in 1993 to bring her back to life. They were to reap the benefits of their endeavours in sailing her in the area of Penobscot Bay, moreover achieving some race successes at the Eggemoggen Reach Regatta – and as they put it “loving every minute of it”.

- Mahogany carvel planking, bottom 4 strakes white oak
- Steam bent white oak frames
- Bronze screw fastened
- Clear quarter sawn vertical grain Eastern white pine deck, no sapwood, 1 3/8th inch thick
- Varnished teak rail cap, covering boards, margin boards and king planks
- Bright mahogany cabin sides and coaming
- Dynel over cedar cabin top with ash beams
- Bright teak butterfly hatch fwd.
- 6,000 lbs exterior lead keel ballast

Summary sleeps seven; four in comfort
- Sliding hatch in trunk cabin and companionway steps down over engine to main cabin
- Varnished deck beams
- White painted deck head
- 6 x Opening ports
- Pine cabin sole
- Half bulkheads in Galley area

Main saloon
- 1 x Settee berth converts to double in main saloon port side
- Drop leaf table on centre line
- 1 x Single berth to starboard
- Storage bins forward of the berths below the oil lamps
- Refleks diesel cabin heater stove recessed into saloon bulkhead

Corridor forward
- Large hanging locker to port
- Head compartment starboard
- Lavac manual WC
- Stainless steel wash basin and brass hand pump
- Shelving outboard
- Fore cabin
- Raised hatch in deck head to fore deck
- Large double vee berth
- Anchor locker fwd

Coming aft through saloon
- Nav station over engine box, instruments under bridge deck
- Galley to stbd
- Two burner kerosene stove with oven
- Stainless steel sink w original bronze fresh water hand pump
- Large countertop opposite doubles as work surface and chart table while on passage
- Lockers under and shelving for plates, cutlery outboard
- 2 pilot berths either side below side decks alongside

7/8th Fractional sloop, mainsail 465 sq ft, boomed jib 222 sq ft
- Hollow spruce spars
- Jib by Suffolk Sails 2011
- Main with lazy jacks Suffolk Sails 2011
- Light wind genoa 2005
- Running spinnaker Momentum 2005
- Asymmetric Suffolk Sails 2011
- Storm jib 2nd hand from a Sigma 38 date unknown
- Sail covers for main and jib Suffolk Sails 2011

From aft going forward
- Bronze fairleads and mahogany cleats p&s
- Lazarette hatch
- Bronze main sheet horse
- Ash main sheet blocks
- 2 x Original Merriman genoa sheet winches on bronze bases outboard of cockpit coaming
- 2 x Lewmar running backstay secondary winches on wood mounting outboard the coaming
- Jib / genoa cars on toe rail
- Wood rimmed stainless spoked helm wheel on and binnacle for steering compass
- Self draining cockpit
- Bridge deck
- Trunk cabin
- Stainless steel chimney for Diesel stove
- Butterfly hatch
- Bronze horse for jib
- Raised hatch
- Stainless steel stanchions on bronze bases
- Varnished teak toe rail
- Varnished teak cover boards
- Large bronze mooring cleat
- Teak and bronze cleat for anchor chain
- Bronze panama leads port & stbd
- 35 lb CQR anchor
- 2 x Anchor bow rollers

- 1997 Yanmar 3GM 27 HP diesel driving feathering Max prop
- Line lifting centre board via bronze tube / stanchion on table to block and winch on coach roof
- Helm wheel to Edson steering gear
- 2 x 12 V battery serving 12 V system
- 15 gallon / c 68 litres Polythene fuel tank
- 2 x Monel water tanks total c 30 gallons / 136 litres
- Holding tank

- Clipper depth sounder 2005 with gauge on fwd cockpit bulkhead
- Cobra VHF 2005
- Ritchie steering compass in binnacle

- Life buoy at pushpit
- Dry powder fire extinguisher
- Electric bilge pump float switch activated
- Manual bilge pump in cockpit

Between 1988 and 92 the original Philip Rhodes sloop SHANTIH, built in 1946 by Hubert Johnson was dismantled piece by piece.

All new frames, floors, centre board, trunk, stem, horn timber and transom became a new structure to which the original ballast keel & deadwood were bolted. The original planking served as rib-bands during the framing process and was mostly discarded as new planks were installed. The bottom 4 strakes are white oak for structural purposes and the rest is 1 1/8th inch mahogany. The sheer plank was left off while the new 2 inch Douglas fir sheer clamp and beam shelf was steamed into place.

A new deck frame came next and the sheer plank followed. Teak covering boards, grubs and king planks were installed. Then came the 1 3/8th inch x 1 7/8th clear quarter sawn white pine (no sap - heartwood only) sprung deck. The cabin trunk is solid mahogany with ash beams, cedar & Dynel top with teak trim. Cockpit and coamings were also all new.

A new boom & clubfoot was made, with extensive rebuilding of the mast. She has new standing rigging, turnbuckles, new sails with conventional battens and Lazy jacks and much new hardware. She was finished off with a new raised panel interior.