(right) The inside helm station is located in the raised saloon. Warm and toasty when it is frigid outside, cool and comfortable when the climate heats up, the captain or crew has outstanding visibility, including the most critical ability to see the sails while underway. Side doors allow for quick access out and bring sea breezes into the cabin when the air conditioning is not needed. Ventilation and air circulation in this cabin is incomparable, having two dorades, two opening overhead hatches and two opening hatches above the doors.
To the port of the steering station is the navigation counter, with ample room for computers, monitors, electronic equipment and/or navigational charts. The owners had a flat screen television installed that drops into the cabinet for out of the way storage.
The Shannon 53HPS Main Cabin
The raised saloon of the Shannon 53 HPS Hull #1 was planned with comfort and socializing in mind. As it is the central room of the yacht, it is the place where friends and family congregate, watch television, converse with the captain while at the inside helm station, share meals, or simply revel at the exhilarating seascapes through large, tempered armour plated 1/2 inch glass windows.
(below) Looking forward from the main cabin, is a view of the galley and the forward guest cabin
(right) Looking to the port side of the Shannon 53 HPS saloon is the L-settee, the luscious high gloss varnished cherry wood drop leaf table, and large windows, which are tinted dark on the exterior, when privacy is a priority.
(below left) A vew of the Shannon 53 HPS saloon looking aft toward the owner's cabin and the outside covered aft lounge deck. Graceful curved hardwood stairs lead to the raised outside twin wheel cockpit steering station with 360 degree visibility.
(below right) The starboard side of the main saloon with storage cabinets and book shelves
