Zanshin is a type Jeanneau 49DS sloop built in 2006. She is 49 feet (15m) long and a Deck Salon model; which means that instead of portholes in the deck for light and air the deck is raised and much higher and wider windows have been used to make the main salon larger with more volume and headroom. She was built in France, originally named Boo Tiger, and took part in the 2006 ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers) to the Caribbean then sailed up the windward island chain to the British Virgin Islands . She was then stored on the hard (on land) in the BVI until she was put up for sale until I purchased her at the end of 2008. The details of the purchase process coupled with the processes of selling my previous sailboat are detailed on this page . The prefix "SV" or "SY" stands for "Sailing Vessel" or "Sailing Yacht" and is used to differentiate sailboats from motor powered ones, which are prefixed by "MV" or "MY".
While the term yacht is applied to pleasure boats over 20 feet, I find the term a rather pretentious and prefer using just "ship", but I'll stick with the time-honored tradition of using the female appellative when referring to vessels and won't worry about current PC trends changing the language.
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