Southern Wind Shipyard Boats Review and Specs

Year: 2005  
Manufacturer: St. Martin/St. Maarten, West Indies Office
Price: EUR 4,800,000
(US$6,917,760)  

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Dharma is the second Farr Nauta 95 boat to exit the Southern Wind Shipyards. It is not the first time that these three entities namely, Southern Wind, Farr Design and Nauta Design, decide to collaborate, the synergy between them, has contributed to strengthen the position amongst the big names in sailing boat construction, of the Cape Town based yard. “Dharma”, also enjoyed this form of ‘joint treatment’. As Farr Design developed the water lines, accessories and sail plan, Nauta Design took care of the outer and interior designs. The hull was mainly designed for fast cruising and blue open water regattas and therefore had to have an imposing sail plan as well as a construction strategy aimed at containing weight in order to favour performance. This was attained by using a blend of light, as well as tough materials such as glass fibre, kevlar and carbon all duly impregnated with the correct amount of resins. Indeed the hull was built with a mould blend of carbon fibre for the internal parts and one of glass fibre and kevlar for the exterior to guarantee a better impact resistance. The essence of this sandwich is instead constituted by Corecell, a plastic foam the density of which varies from area to area, offering greater resistance in points of greater stress, and lightness to those less likely to receive impact. The result of the designers’ and the yard’s great efforts in the construction of this cruiser/racer, were most apparent when witnessing its performance during a crossing from the Canaries to Barbados which took only 11 days frequently reaching top speeds of 24 knots.

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Fuel  Hull Material  Engine Make  Engine Model  Number of Engines

Diesel Composite Cummins 6CTA 8-m 1

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Contact Information

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+590 690 47 71 45

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