YACHT & CRUISE
SAILING YACHT
RP-Nauta 100 Morgana, Southern Wind
Angel and Demon A yacht with a dual personality, the RP-Nauta 100 Morgana is a cruiser-racer from the Southern Wind yard. Created by the international Nauta Design studio in collaboration with the expert owner, in this 30-metre model form and structure mean performance and comfort for a yacht that is equally suited to cruising and racing
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organa is more than a custom yacht, it’s an “efficient custom”. That’s how Andrea Micheli, commercial director of Southern Wind, an Italian yard based in Cape Town, South Africa, describes this new 100-footer with the SW label. “Optimising efficiency was a key driver in the design of Southern Wind”. The yacht closely mirrors its owner, who is a cultured, expert yachtsman. His new dream is based on three crucial elements – functionality, for safe, comfortable sailing, performance, to enable him to compete in superyacht races, and
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a sexy, well-defined look, like an athlete’s body, with sporty, modern lines. Its design was handled by the Nauta Design studio, which incorporated the owner’s ideas into the exterior and interior shapes, and the American Reichel Pugh studio was chosen for the naval architecture. Morgana is a cruiser-racer. “She took around 3,000 work hours to complete”, say Mario Pedol and Massimo Gino, founders of Nauta Design. “The owner wanted a yacht for cruising with his family and friends, but he also wanted to take part in two or three races a year. That demanded constant efforts
Shipyard: Southern Wind Concept, interior and exterior design: Nauta Design Naval architecture: Reichel Pugh Yacht Design Length (LOA): 30.5m Length (LWL): 28.96m Beam: 7.46 m Draft: 4m – 6.1m (lifting keel) Displacement: 63,620 kg (lightship IRS) Sail area: 638m2 Cabins: 1 owner + 2 guests Engine: Cummins QSB6.7 301Hp@2600rpm Author: Désirée Sormani Photo credits: Rob Kamhoot
