2013 Shannon Defiance

Sugar’s interior accommodations are bright and airy with excellent visibility from the salon and helm station.  The glossy varnished cherry joinery and varnished teak and holly cabin sole give her the warm and comfortable feeling of a proper cruising vessel. Her two stateroom layout, u-shaped galley, and head compartment with separate shower stall offers comfortable cruising accommodation for owners and guest.

Entering from the cockpit through a stainless steel framed sliding glass door, you enter the main salon. There is a full length L shaped settee to port with a high low table, opposite to stbd there are two chairs that are fastened to the cabin sole with large thumb screws to keep them secure in a seaway. The helm is forward to starboard with excellent visibility and two beautiful dark blue leather Stidd captain helm chairs and a pilot house door to the wide weather decks.  The port side U-shaped galley is down two steps with excellent galley storage and large counter top.  Forward to starboard is the guest cabin with two single berths and opposite to port is the spacious head compartment with separate shower stall and privacy door from the passageway. The owner's stateroom is forward with a queen size centerline berth and private access to the head compartment.

• Head Room: Salon-6' 8, Below-6' 8"
• Ventilation: SS hatches & opening ports
  Owner's stateroom-one hatch & one opening port
  Guest cabin-one hatch and two opening ports
  Head compartment-one hatch and two opening port
  Galley-one opening port
  Large electrically operated sun roof over forward salon
  All deck hatches have sliding sun shades and screen
• Air conditioning: two 16,000 BTU Reverse Cycle AC units
• Espar diesel fired heating system-Never used by current owner 
• Interior courtesy lights

U-shaped galley down with excellent galley storage and corian countertop

• Two under counter SS Vitrifrigo drawer refrigerator
• One SS Vitrifrigo B series freezer
• Sharp convection microwave
• Princess Kenyon two burner electric and single burner propane stove top
• Large polished SS dual galley sink
• Xintex S-2A propane sniffer
• Two aluminum LPg tanks in dedicated locker

The Shannon Defiance has a excellent layout for cruising from the large cockpit, swim platform, easy access to wide side decks, large foredeck for anchoring and working dock lines, oversized SS bow pulpit/railings.

• Air Draft: 13' to top of Tender and antennas lowered
• Dark blue hull and white boot top-Awlgrip
• Pilot house door to weather decks-stbd side
• Ground tackle:
  Muir anchor windlass-new 2019
  Ultra 60# SS anchor w/200' chain
  Sea water anchor washdown
• All stanchions and side rails over sized SS 
• Tender:
  Walker Bay Boats Genesis Console 310 w/only two hrs of service-New 2019
  Suzuki 20hp 4-stroke outboard w/only two hrs service-New 2019
• Nautical Structures 800#-MC-800 davit
• Scrim window shades
• Underwater lights-new 2016
• Cockpit:
  FG hardtop over cockpit w/full screen enclosure
  Hot and cold cockpit shower
  Molded FG swim platform with swim ladder
  Two forward facing transom seats w/cushions p&s w/storage under and removable FG tables
  Cockpit sole w/three large storage compartments
  Two led spot lights off hardtop looking aft
  SS ladder to hardtop for access to tender/davit
  Water hose on electric Glendinning reel-port side

New helm instrument panel when new Garmin instruments installed.

• Electronics installed:
  Garmin 7612-New 2016
  Garmin 7612- New 2016
  Garmin Doplar Radar-New 2016
  Garmin GHC-20 Autopilot-New 2016 
  Garmin 210 VHF-New 2020
  Ritchie Binacle compass-New 2018 
  Loud hailer
  AIS transmit and receive
•  Entertainment:
  Satilite TV-New 2016
  Track Vision KVH TV3 satellite TV antenna-New 2016
  Sirius radio antenna
  Hide away 32" TV in salon
  Owner stateroom TV in cabinet w/swing out bracket
  TV guest cabin w/bracket & hook-up (no tv)
  HD TV antenna
  Panasonic DMP-BBTU DVD player
  Fusion sound system w/amplifier-cockpit-New 2016
  Fusion remote in owner's stateroom-New 2016

• Shore Power/Generator:
  220v/50amp shore service w/50' shore power cable on Glendinning cord reel-stbd side
  12kw Panda/Kubota diesel generator w/750+ Hrs.
• Batteries:
  Two GRP 31 AGM 12v Batteries-bow thruster & windlass-New 2019
  Six GRP 31 AGM 12v Batteries-engine room-New 2019
• Charger/inverter/battery monitor:
  Xantrex Linkpro battery monitor
  MasterVolt Controller for invertor charger
  MasterVolt Mass Combi 12/2500-100 inverter/charger
  Mastervolt ChargeMaster 12/100-3 battery charger
• Emergency start parallel switch
• Galvanic Isolator
• Fourteen Gibraltar LED overhead dome lights
• Five Ocean led bulkhead mounted reading lights
• Two Aqua Signal led red/white under cabinet lights in galley
• Lightning ground and electrolysis bonding system w/zinc anodes
• Go-Light remote controlled search light
• 12 volt charging ports in each cabin, etc.

• The Shannon Defiance 46 is powered with a single centerline 600 HP Cummins QSC 8.3L common rail diesel w/ZF-286 transmission direct drive,  the secondary engine is a 200 HP Cummins QSD 2.2 diesel with a Parker-Dennison Marine Hydraulic power take off driving two hydraulic ZF-SD-12 Saildrives with three blade folding propellers.

  
  Oil samples taken from primary engine and transmission, secondary engine and generator prior to changing the oil on each unit in February 2020.

   

  This combination offers excellent versatility and fuel efficiency whether cruising offshore, maneuvering in tight quarters or docking.

  • Single Nibral bronze 4 blade  26-R-22 fixed propeller
  • Two Flex-O-Fold folding props-Saildrives 
  • 2.25" Aquamet 22 SS shaft w/dripless shaft seal-new 2018
  • Main engine shaft lock while powering with Saildrives
  • Two Cummins Fly-by-Wire Vessel View Smart Craft Controls
  • Three Joysticks-Bow Thruster and two Saildrives
  • Sidepower SE-130 10 HP Bow Thruster w/dual 5-blade propellers
  • SoundDown fire retardant acoustical engine room insulation
  • Bennett single ram trim tabs
  • H&C cockpit shower
  • Sea water washdown
  • Three windshield wipers w/wash down
  • Two Whale Gulper bilge pumps and one rule 3700 GPH emergency bilge pump
  • FireBoy automatic fire extinguisher-engine room
  • Engine room blowers
  • Dual Racor fuel filters on each engine w/fuel manifold
  • Racor fuel filter-generator
  • Fuel polishing system 
  • Raritan 110v 12 gallon water heater w/engine heat exchanger
  • MSD USCG Type III 40 gallon holding tank w/electric and manual pump out
  • Two 5052 aluminum 273 gallon fuel tanks
  • Sea Star-Teleflex steering system-three rudders
  • Reverso oil change system- engines & main transmission 
  • Two 316 SS 100 gallon water tanks
  • Raritan Elegance Electric marine toilet-flush with fresh or sea water
  • Dometic holding tank monitor 
  
  

• • ACR led search light w/remote control
  • AIS transmit and receive
  • Four auto/manual bilge pumps
  • Kahlenberg dual trumpet air horns
  • Carbon monoxide/fire alarm
  • FireBoy auto fire suppression system-engine room
  • Windshield wipers w/fresh water wash
  • Deck courtesy lights
  • Wide side decks
  • Oversized SS rails & bow pulpit
  • Emergency tiller

Shannon is a well regarded boat builder known for building high quality constructed blue water capable cruising boats. The Defiance 46 is no exception.

• Hull: 
• Fiber Glass with closed cell PVC coring, isopthalic gelcoat and vinylester resin veil coat, bi-axial laminates and kevlar hybrids
• Kevlar reinforced laminates in the bow and keel
• Hull to deck joint bonded and thru-bolted every 8 inches w/ bi-axial laminates backing the internal hull flange
• Epoxy barrier undercoat
• Deck: 
• PVC foam cored deck and wheel house
• Nine wheel house windows of Garibaldi Armor Plate tempered glass
• Full length PVC rub rail

In late February 2020 SUGAR was hauled at a local boat yard for a bottom job and the dark blue topsides buffed and wax. While in the yard SUGAR had the following maintenance done:

• Fresh bottom w/Seahawk Bio-Cop Black
• All new zinc anodes
• Dark Blue Awlgrip topsides buffed and waxed
• All hoses, clamps checked and all  seacocks exercised throughout
• Oil samples taken on Cummins QSC 8.3 primary engine.and ZF Transmission, Cummins QSD 2.2 secondary engine and Panda 12 KW generator prior to having the oil, filters changed on both engines, transmission and generator 
• New raw water impellers on primary engine and generator. Secondary engine had a new impeller recently installed.

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.

For additional information please contact Tom D'Amato at  727.480.7143 tomd@rossyachtsales.com