Choices can be frustrating. Or, they can be fabulous, as is the case with Southern Wind Shipyard’s most recent sailing yacht, Satisfaction. It would seem that the owner the yacht was commissioned for and the Southern Wind team made all the right ones.
Directing and selecting the design elements of this first build in the exciting SW105 miniseries of superyachts, the owner’s brief was clear. Southern Wind Shipyard, in sync with Nauta Design and Farr Yacht Design, delivered. The result is the eponymous Southern Wind 105 sailing yacht, Satisfaction.
A standout high performance cruiser, Satisfaction initiated the evolution of a new generation of sailing yachts at Southern Wind, choosing to be both racer and cruiser, performing both roles with equal abilities. Satisfaction’s first time superyacht owner requested the yacht look and feel like home, embracing all the ergonomic bells and whistles that signal comfort and safety.
Additionally, the owner specified that the yacht be capable of impressive racing performance, calling on new technologies dovetailing aesthetic attention to detail. And, he wanted the deck to be all on one level.
Sleek and chic, sailing yacht Satisfaction was launched in October of 2017 and delivered in January of 2018, giving the owner, as Southern Wind CEO Willy Persico likes to put it, an “authentic traveling companion” that lived like a home, sailed like a falcon, and displayed technology in all the right places.
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At 34.59 meters including the bowsprit, Satisfaction’s long, lean hull and 29.44-meter waterline take the eye on a pleasant, uninterrupted journey from stem to stern. The raised saloon profile maintains a remarkably streamlined profile on this high performance, low displacement yacht. The 7.31-meter beam emphasizes her exceptional space and volume, tapering slightly to the open transom aft with enough room in the garage to tuck in a tender and jet ski.
In a bow oriented master suite, two double cabins, and one bunk bed cabin, Satisfaction comfortably sleeps eight guests. Crew areas placed aft include a galley, nav station, and three cabins, one of which is an en suite Captain’s cabin.
Strategic placement offers privacy for guests, as well as crew, with access through wide halls and double companionway that impart a luxurious, home-like feeling.
Sloop-rigged with strong, durable, Future Fibres EC6 cables, Satisfaction also boasts a Southern Spars high modulus carbon fiber mast and Southern Spars Park Avenue carbon fiber boom.
The 2.32-meter fixed bowsprit features an integrated anchor arm to accommodate a gennaker tack line and Code Zero furling, ensuring practical anchoring and smooth maneuvering in a wide variety of situations. A diesel Cummins QSB67MCD (305 hp @2,600 rpm) powers the yacht when motoring is required.
