s/v Sannyasin : Exterior Pictures

Sannyasin - A monk who has renounced home, family and the life of a householder to wander the world in search of Enlightenment.

The sannyasins become wandering hermits, living life without any shelter or possessions. They become holy men, seeking spiritual enlightenment and power, striving to achieve the true wisdom of the cosmos.

Port side looking aft

Starboard side looking aft

Starboard side looking forward

Port Bow

Bowsprit Detail

The Business End

Helm and Stern Pulpit

High and Dry

Information

Sannyasin started out as a bare hull kit
formed at the Westsail factory in North
Carolina in 1975. Her original owner
spent the next 13 years building her out
as a traditional gaff-rigged cutter
with the intent on one day sailing her
around the world (don't we all have that
dream?)

She has a hollow, deck-stepped mast
made out of Sitka spruce. The topmast
is made out of fir.

Her sailplan includes 5 sails total
of which the Main, Staysail and Yankee
Jib are the working sails. There is
also a topsail (unrigged currently)
and a Flying Jib which is used to
offset the pull of the topsail. There
are also a storm trisail and storm
staysail aboard.