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32.27m  /  105'10 | southern wind | 2021.

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• Sleeps 6 overnight

The award winning 32.27m/105'10" sail yacht 'Taniwha' (ex. Atlantis) was built by Southern Wind in South Africa at their Cape Town shipyard. Her interior is styled by Italian designer design house Nauta Design and she was delivered to her owner in June 2021. This luxury vessel's exterior design is the work of Nauta Design.

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Taniwha has been designed to comfortably accommodate up to 6 guests in 3 suites. She is also capable of carrying up to 5 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience.

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Taniwha is built with a composite hull and composite superstructure, with teak decks. Powered by 1 x diesel Cummins (QSB 6,7 MCD) 305hp engines running at 2600rpm, she reaches a maximum speed of 11 knots.

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Taniwha Awards & Nominations

• The World Superyacht Awards 2022 Sailing Yachts Nomination
• Boat International Design & Innovation Awards 2022 Outstanding Exterior Sailing Yachts Winner

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SW105 Taniwha Takes to the Ocean

After extensive sea trials, our new SW105GT sailing yacht, Taniwha has set off on her maiden voyage, heading for the Mediterranean Sea. An experienced crew of 4 men and 3 women will take turns along a journey of 7400 miles, passing Santa Elena Island, Cape Verde, the Canary Islands and finally entering the Med via Gibraltar.

Christened in Cape Town in April 2021, SW105 Taniwha is the latest yacht launched by Southern Wind, a “smart custom” yacht with strong character and an elegant and unmistakable style, designed by  Farr Yacht Design and Nauta Design.

Taniwha comes in a  GT  (Gran Turismo) deck configuration, carefully conceived for the owner by  Nauta Design , also responsible for the yacht’s  exterior and interior design.

Taniwha’s interior features Southern Wind’s most popular  owner’s cabin forward layout. Aft of the saloon, she has two cabins, an en suite VIP cabin with a walk-around bed, and a second en suite twin guest cabin. A day head and studio are placed fore of the saloon.

Taniwha stands out for the elegance of her interior, as  Massimo Gino  from  Nauta Design  explains: “For us here at Nauta Design Taniwha’s interiors are state-of-the-art: in just one yacht you find all of the latest design innovations combined in a coherent way and perfectly matching the GT style of the deck.”

“Floating lockers fixed to the hull sides emphasize the yacht’s hull shape giving a feeling of lightness; slanted and curved bed bases allow for extra cabin space, counters covered with fabric perfectly match the teak softening the perception of volumes; the combination of the light flooring and the fabric-covered wall panels give brightness and warmth to the interior”. These are just some of the small details that make Taniwha a supernatural creature, as her Maori name recalls.

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First look: SW 105 Taniwha

• Sam Fortescue
• April 14, 2022

Further details have been revealed about SW 105 Taniwha, with a larger skylight in the saloon allowing for a huge quantity of natural light below decks

Following her delivery voyage to Europe, Southern Wind’s fourth 105, SW 105 Taniwha has been revealed in all her glory. Yachting World has covered details of her lightweight build before. Suffice to say that performance was a cornerstone of the design.

As Taniwha will spend 90% of her time cruising in the Mediterranean, the newly-revealed interior will come into its own. Nauta has continued the low-profile lines of the exterior below deck, and brought out the hull’s curves in the large saloon and three double cabins.

“We put a fantastic skylight in the saloon, which is a real element of the interior design because it allows for a huge quantity of natural light flooding in,” says Nauta’s Luca Pedol. “There’s a teak frame around the skylight, which raises the perception of space.”

In the cabins, the beds appear to float, as do the lockers fixed directly to the side of the hull. “They are more functional, more beautiful and they show the hull shape, instead of hiding it,” Pedol explains.

There’s widespread use of teak below deck, just as there is above. It has been desaturated and oil-treated to create an appealing finish. “It is lovely,” says Nauta’s Massimo Gino. “Warm but bright, easy on the eye and soft to the touch. The combination of the light flooring and the fabric-covered wall panels gives brightness to the interior.”

SW 105 Taniwha specifications

LOA: 32.27m 105ft 11in LWL: 29.44m 96ft 7in Beam: 7.31m 24ft 0in Draft: 3.80-5.90m 12ft 6in-19ft 4in Displacement: 65.9 tonnes Builder: sws-yachts.com

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The fourth hull of the popular SW105 model, luxury sailing yacht TANIWHA , was christened and launched in front of her new Owners at the Southern Wind shipyard in South Africa on the 18th of April.

Luxury sailing yacht TANIWHA launched

The name ‘Taniwha’ comes from Māori mythology from New Zealand and relates to beings that were often revered as guardians of the caves, pools, rivers and seas that they called home.

Built for passionate Owners who provided input throughout the design and construction process, S/Y TANIWHA has a GT (Gran Turismo) deck configuration from Nauta Design , which also produced the interior and exterior styling. There is a reduced coachroof and broader cockpit in comparison to the previous SW105 DS and RS models, and the helm positions have been moved close to the gunwales for improved views. As a result, there is now space for a sunbathing area below the manoeuvring cockpit as well as a garage to store a 4.5m/14.8ft tender.

TANIWHA hitting water

The naval architecture comes from  Farr Yacht Design and includes a fully-carbon hull with Nomex and pre-preg used in the foredeck and cockpit. The mast and boom are made in high modulus carbon, and together with EC6 standing rigging support a generous sail plan. S/Y TANIWHA also has a fixed single rudder, an extended bowsprit of 3.12m/10ft and a lifting keel that reduces from 5.9m/19ft to 3.8m/12.5ft.

Massimo Gino from Nauta Design describes the appearance as “an innovative and clean look that is driven by the methods of composite construction and by racing yacht styling”, resulting in what is expected to be a desirable new style for the future Owners of the SW105 model. As with the classic Gran Turismo cars which were designed for enjoyment travelling across the long-distance at speed, S/Y TANIWHA is a bluewater cruiser that will be able to cross vast distances in excellent time, while providing the utmost comfort onboard.  

The interior layout provides a spacious salon, and forward is a studio convertible to a double en-suite cabin and day head. The Owner’s cabin is father forward, and behind the salon is the VIP stateroom and twin cabin, both of which have their own en-suite bathroom. The aft area is reserved for the crew working area and cabins, which sleep five.

S/Y TANIWHA will now undergo sea trials before heading off on her maiden voyage.

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Sören Gehlhaus

 ·  25.08.2022

The carbon lustre that shines out in front of the Yacht Club de Monaco is considerable. For the first time at this year's trade fair, only sail formats are on display here, neatly lined up according to length. Although unusually short, the superstructure of "Taniwha" is particularly sparkling. It reflects the daylight as if it were hitting a continuous piece of glass. There are only two skylights on the ceiling, each measuring two and a half square metres. The rest is immaculately crafted gloss coat. The moderate width, coupled with the flat-sided hull, which is pleasantly constricted towards the bow and stern, and the almost unobstructed deck are balm for admirers of elegant lines.

Taniwha" belongs to just such a person. More precisely, a couple of owners who took delivery of their first boat with the 35 carbon metres. "They had gained experience on two Baltics from their family and wanted to build full custom. But we were able to convince them that our platform models can be perfectly customised to their style," says Southern Winds PR Manager Umberta Bassino, standing in front of the teak coaming. Together with SWS Sales Manager Andrea Micheli, she presented plans of the SW105, which Farr Yacht Design developed together with Nauta Design in the mid-2010s. Having three units afloat since 2018 would save time and money and minimise the risks usually associated with solitary structures.

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Nevertheless, "Taniwha" manages to stand out from the crowd. The complete absence of decorative strips seems unusual for a Southern Wind. Again, the limitation to two hull windows per side is in keeping with the beautiful exterior. By way of comparison, the fifth SW105 currently under construction relies on six side windows each.

Lightweight construction was the top priority for the "Taniwha"

However, this was not a purely aesthetic decision, but was also based on the top point in the specifications: low overall weight. Andrea Micheli explains: "We listed all the weight-saving options for the owner, including the price per kilogramme and our assessment." As a result, whenever there was an opportunity to replace aluminium with titanium, this was done. Railing supports, fittings, the keel head and the automatic anchor system below the waterline are all made of this precious light metal. This saved a total of 300 kilograms.

The lion's share, however, was spent on the laminate structure. The South African shipyard, under Italian management, used a Corecell core as the basis for the hull, which it laminated with prepreg carbon both inside and out. In the dry laying process, cooled epoxy resin is already in the perfect ratio on the fibres and only reacts in the oven. The deck was created using the same process, but on a Nomex core. The standing rigging from Future Fibres (ECsix) and the mast and boom, on which 568 square metres of 3Di sail laminate from North Sails stand on the wind, are also made from carbon fibres. As a result of all the slimming measures, "Taniwha" floats with almost five tonnes less "ballast" than her sister ships.

The fact that the interior was also about lightweight construction only becomes clear when you take a second look at the bathrooms. Of course, these are free of marble, but the washbasins with their integrated basins have a pleasing appearance somewhere between concrete and ceramic. They were realised with the help of Italian specialists. A light core material is covered with fibres, over which resin - enriched with colour pigments - has been smoothed with a spatula just enough to prevent it from looking too clinical.

Nauta adapted the wall to the hull shape

The "Taniwha" owners placed their cabin in the foredeck, following the majority of Southern Wind owners; behind it is a studio with a sleeping option for two. Four guests and the crew of five sleep aft of the saloon. At the owner's request, environmentally friendly and lightweight materials were used for the interior fittings. Light grey linen can be found in upholstered form on the walls, where it creates depth, or on the shaft panelling of the lift keel, which extends from 3.80 to 5.90 metres. Even though the layout is typical of SWS, Nauta Design worked out the styling from scratch with the owner, an architect. The style of her country home served as a guide.

In the master suite, Nauta proposed a modern, nave-like element: The course of the wall towards the floor reflects the shape of the ship's side. Massimo Gino from Nauta Design describes it as follows: "This is functional and beautiful and shows the true shape of the hull instead of hiding it. The beds stand on sloping, curved pedestals that leave more legroom." This makes the owner's bed, which is also underlit, appear to float. The same applies to the side cabinets, which do not reach all the way down and reveal the aforementioned wall arch. A 90-degree curve on the floor would create dark surfaces and storage space in XS format that is difficult to access. Nauta took a similar approach on "All Smoke" and "Morgana", SWS's only customised orders to date.

Brightness despite the lack of windows

Despite the lack of side windows in the superstructure, the salon feels warm and bright. Gino says of the framing of the skylight: "The teak island in the saloon ceiling enlarges the space and conveys an inviting feeling." The yacht builders from the Cape also made the doors, furniture and wall panels from desaturated and oil-treated teak. "The combination of light-coloured oak flooring and the linen walls adds brightness. The interior design is elegant and understated, but never predictable," says a delighted Massimo Gino. The owners made the biggest departure from the original SW105 concept in the cockpit. When you look at it, you should get the feeling that you are looking at a fast yacht.

And this is characterised by a large working cockpit. The flat and short superstructure, which is slightly forward, results in an aft deck that extends almost half the length of the 32.27 metre hull. The steering columns have been moved two metres forward, directly behind the traveller. This brings the helmsman closer to the guest cockpit or the foresails and leaves space aft for a sunbathing area, under which a 4.20 metre tender is stored. A Southern Wind currently under construction will adopt this configuration. "Basically, only the hull lines have remained the same," says Umberta Bassino, summarising "Taniwha's" radical overhaul. The owners turned out to be a stroke of luck for the shipyard. It is only right that their yacht has been given its own additional designation, GT, within the SW105 family. She truly is a Gran Turismo.

Technical data "Taniwha"

• Length over everything: 35,18 m
• Length (hull shape): 29,44 m
• Width: 7,31 m
• Depth: 3,80-5,90 m
• Displacement (empty): 65,9 t
• Material: Prepreg carbon
• Motor: 1 x Cummins QSB 6.7 MCD
• Engine power: 1 x 224 kW
• Fuel: 4760 l
• Water: 3000 l
• Rig: Hall Spars, carbon
• Standing crop: Future Fibres ECsix+
• Sail: North Sails 3Di
• Sail area (on the wind): 568 square metres
• Winches: Rake
• Concept and design: Southern Wind Shipyard, Farr Yacht Design, Nauta Design
• Naval Architecture: Farr Yacht Design
• Deck & Interior: Nauta Design
• Class: RINA C Hull Mach Y
• Shipyard: Southern Wind Shipyard, 2021

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The St. Petersburg Yacht Club and the western shore of Florida’s Tampa Bay will be the epicenter of sailboat racing this weekend when more than 240 teams across 13 one-design classes and five handicap-racing fleets get races started for the first event of the national Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in St. Petersburg . Now well into its third decade, the regatta will also mark 10 years with its title sponsor.

The Sunshine City’s motto is that St. Pete is “Always in Season,” and that is certainly the enticement for many teams traveling in from colder climes with the promise of warm breezes, stiff competition and a nightlife that’s never been more vibrant.

One such northerner is David Mierzwa, of Lake Placid, New York, who on Tuesday was behind the wheel and racing to get south of a big storm burying the mid-Atlantic and Northeast in snow and ice. Behind him was bitter cold, but ahead of him was warmth and the anticipation of his first Melges 24 Midwinter Championship at the regatta.

As a newbie to the demanding Melges 24, Mierzwa says his primary goal is to “stay out of everybody’s way,” but ultimately, he and his teammates are on a mission to learn the nuances of this high-performance keelboat from his peers.

“We’re going so we can hunt for tips, tricks and whatever makes us better,” Mierzwa says. “It’s about having the opportunity to do an event of this caliber with likeminded people, because while sailing is the goal, being surrounded by others that do the same sport is sometimes better than the sport itself.”

As the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta in St. Petersburg will be his team’s first major event, he recognizes they don’t have a high enough racing pedigree to vie for the Midwinter Championship title—yet. “The only way we can get to that point is to go out there and race,” he says.

And race they will, from early Friday morning through late Sunday, alongside several other one-design classes that are the regulars of this February classic, including the S2 7.9s and the Hobie 33s , both of which will also be vying for their midwinter championship titles. 

The S2s have the returning champions of Tom and Mary Bryant’s “Team Matros” from Holland, Michigan, which won seven of eight races in 2023 to earn their berth at the Helly Hansen Sailing World Caribbean Championship last October. At each of the series’ five events one team is selected to compete in the British Virgin Islands for the overall season title.

The Hobie 33s also have their champions returning to defend— Craig and Deborah Wilusz’s “Hoof Hearted”—but this year there’s a new and unknown challenger from Waxhaw, North Carolina, and it’s a boat with a nefarious name: “Bad Bunny.” Its new owner, Sean Rhone, says he’s looking forward to meeting and racing with other Hobie 33 owners for the first time and “taking a peek under their hoods.”

Rhone has been primarily racing his Hobie 33 in singlehanded events and low-key races on North Carolina’s Lake Norman, and like Mierzwa, he’s not sure how well he’ll fare, especially with a five-person team that’s been assembled by way of social media message boards, and whom he’s never met.

“It’s cold in Charlotte,” Rhone says, “and I’m getting tired of the cold weather, so when I saw that the fleet was having its midwinters in St. Petersburg, I thought it would be nice to go and race against some other Hobie 33s for once.”

Mierzwa and Rhone may pass each other on an interstate somewhere on the way to St. Pete, along with a sizable Canadian contingent of Contender dinghy sailors making their annual pilgrimage from across the northern border. The 16-foot Contender, which its loyalists claim to be “The Sexiest Singlehander in the World ” was introduced in 1969 and continues to be popular internationally, as well as in Tampa thanks to local sailmaker Ethan Bixby. Bixby, a champion of many classes, continues to rally the troops to the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta and the fleet has doubled for this year’s gathering. Bixby, who won all races last year, will of course be among the 11 trapezing sailors.

Sharing the same racecourse will be eight teams racing the doublehanded Windmill class, which is new to the regatta lineup, but another cult classic sparked in the 1950s. Class measurer Pat Huntley, of Erie, Pennsylvania, is now a decade into Windmill racing, and says he’s eager to enjoy some fast sailing in St. Pete and good times with his fellow Windmillers. “It’s such a fun and cool group,” Huntley says. “And the Windmill is such a bad-ass skinny and fast boat. It can handle the chop easily and is really fast.” 

Five teams racing in the 20-foot Flying Dutchman class (first built in 1951) will hail from California to Tennessee and hosted by local FD ace, Lin Robson, the 2023 class winner. The doublehanded bonanza, however, will be the Melges 15 class, which will feature an impressive 31 teams, nearly double from 2023. The new one-design class has exploded in popularity across the country since its introduction three years ago, and midwinter regattas elsewhere in Florida have maxed out at nearly 100 boats.

Among the Melges 15 ranks in St. Petersburg will be New York’s Iris Vogel, who has traditionally raced the regatta with her larger one-design keelboats over the years (a Soverel 33 and a J/88, both named “Deviation”). Vogel is now enjoying the challenge of big-fleet racing and exhilarating downwind sailing.

Racing with her partner, Tim Longo, Vogel helms and Longo handles the front of the boat, and over the past year they’ve been working their way up the scoreboard, but have a long way to go to the top. “This is a totally new thing to sail in such a big fleet,” Vogel says. “J/88 events typically get a dozen boats at best, and the racing is much slower paced. The tactics are completely different and boats are fast downwind so it’s a ton of fun, but we are still learning a different style of racing. Having the smaller fleet [at the Helly Hansen Regatta] will give us a chance to work on our boatspeed.”

While the out-of-town armada is significant, local sailors look forward to the regatta every year, especially Tampa Bay’s PHRF sailors who’ve made the event a key fixture in their Suncoast Boat of the Year Series. For these fleets, which now comprise the regatta’s largest group with 38 entries across four divisions (Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker, Racer-Cruiser and Cruising) organizers have added two days of long-course racing over the weekend. Depending on the wind strength and direction of the day, the race committee will plot a daylong course to test each team’s navigational and sailing skills, as well as their perseverance and desire to be first to the dock and first to the yacht club bar.

Local sailor Tim Landt, who has been an active sailor on the Tampa Bay waterfront for decades, is a registered competitor in the Cruising division in his new-to-him Nightwind 35, “Charisma.” He’s excited to see the regatta’s blossoming distance-race fleet and says the local growth and interest in racing older-generation yachts is good for the sport and for the Tampa Bay racing scene.

But it’s not all classic plastics in the distance fleet. In the Racer-Cruiser division will be the sparkling new Neo 43, owned by Ken Mungan of nearby Isles Yacht Club in Punta Gorda, Florida. Mungan purchased his sleek Italian-built 43-footer in 2022 with big plans to take on a few of the sport’s marque distance races, and local events like the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta offer he and his team an opportunity to learn the boat in a racing environment.

“When I turned 40 I needed a hobby and took up sailing,” Munger says. “I’m always trying new things and got into racing 2019. I did the Melges 24 for a while, but the Neo, because it’s a shallow-draft boat, allows me to do more local long-distance racing and we’re learning a lot.”

For this weekend’s regatta, Munger has more crew lined up than there are roles on the boat, but that’s fine with him. “We’re going to be overloaded, and I am anticipating a level of skill and organization that we don’t quite have yet,” he admits. “We’ll have two coaches and a new set of racing jibs that will be used for the first time, so it will be fun, and I’m looking forward to it.”

While the long-course racers are making their way around the bay, closer to shore, will be the multihulls: the high-tech A Class Catamarans , which have two divisions (Classic and Foiling) totaling 33 competitors, and the Weta Trimarans , with a smaller contingent from years past, return with nine boats, and among them is two-time defending champion and local Pete Merrifield looking for a three-peat.

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I Loved Tudor’s Sailing Watch Even More While Aboard an Actual Racing Yacht

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The weather report in Barcelona wasn’t looking particularly promising last month as I boarded a vessel on the Mediterranean. Leaving the Spanish coast behind me, storm clouds gathered overhead as the Swiss and French teams geared up to face off in the 37th edition of the America’s Cup. Then again, I was reminded, a bit of wind was a welcome sensation—without it, this regatta couldn’t get underway.

If you’ve never been buzzed by an AC75, the class of racing yacht used during the current America’s Cup , it can be difficult to imagine the sensation. I no longer had to imagine as the Alinghi Red Bull team’s AC75 reached its top speed of 50 knots (58 mph) and seemed to be nearly levitating as it lifted out of the water. And if it’s flying in anything resembling your general direction, this can be quite unnerving.

Even if you’re not a sailor, you’re likely familiar with America’s Cup anyway because of how frequently it intersects with the watch world. Tudor , Omega , and Panerai have all gotten in on the action, the logos of their storied brands featured prominently on mainsheets attached to each vessel’s 26.5-meter mast. For each edition of the Cup in which one of these maisons is sponsoring a team, said company will often debut a special watch, sometimes with a dedicated sailing complication such as a regatta timer. Two of the most compelling of these watches were introduced just last year: Tudor’s Pelagos FXD and FXD Chrono Alinghi Red Bull Racing Edition . As I discovered earlier this month, they become even more compelling aboard the actual yacht they’re inspired by.

The racing yacht wasn't the only thing that made me feel like a member of team Alinghi that day. I also got a chance to wear the FXD from Tudor's Pelagos line. The Pelagos collection comprises the brand's most professional diving watch, complete with heavy-duty specs, some military influence, and perhaps a bit more character than the brand’s flagship Black Bay collection. Introduced in 2012, the Pelagos line has seen continuous improvement, culminating in the recent “ FXD .” (The “FXD” is for “fixed,” a design with military provenance that secures a strap to the wrist without possibility of spring bar failure.) The black-dialed FXD immediately stole my heart upon its release late in 2023, when I dove with it in Florida.

I wasn’t the only one wearing this purpose-made FXD. The entire Alinghi Red Bull racing team—from team owner to engineer—was kitted out with them. For me, it’s a cool watch; for the sailing team, it’s essential gear. Timing is everything out on the open water. “We use a watch [the Pelagos FXD] that’s in complete sync with what we do here,” says Jaume Triay, a young engineer on the Alinghi Red Bull team who’s spent the past two years living in Barcelona to prepare for the competition. “It’s a low-weight, high-performance watch, and it’s made out of the same materials [as the AC75]; I think there’s a nice synergy.”

Everything about the Alinghi FXD is made with yacht racing in mind. The watch is made from carbon fiber to mirror the carbon-hulled AC75 yachts, with matte blue-purple dials to match the Alinghi Red Bull livery. The numbers on the bezel are arranged in the reverse orientation from those on a dive watch. Why? On a yacht, one needs to quickly calculate countdowns, which is why the numbers go from 60-0 in a counterclockwise direction, rather than the more common 0-60. I had never spent much time with either of the new FXD watches before, but had the opportunity to wear the time-only version during my time in Barcelona for the 37th edition of the America’s Cup. I’m officially a fan.

The dial is a classic Tudor affair: Done up in matte Alinghi Red Bull blue, it features a snowflake handset and matching white indices, all of which are nicely lumed with plenty of Super-LumiNova. (The indices, hands, and all bezel hashmarks glow ice blue in low light.) A red second hand matches up with red “Pelagos” text—no doubt in a reference to vintage Rolex models and in keeping with other Pelagos watches—and the rehaut, which contains the outer minute track, features the words “ALINGHI RED BULL RACING” in the upper quadrant.

“Timing is important in many aspects [of what the team does],” Triay says. “It’s important in planning, such as how much time we need to train before competing, and how much time we have to design the boat. But then also, you can think about maneuvers: Are we going to do a slow, nicely controlled maneuver, or a sharp turn executed as quickly as possible? What is best, and how do you find replicable timing in order to analyze different strategies?”

Indeed, timing was everything as we sailed out into the open ocean outside Barcelona aboard the yacht in order to watch Alinghi compete against the French team. The Swiss needed to win this particular race, lest it be forced to win three in a row in the double-round robin of the Louis Vuitton Challenger Section Series—or face elimination. I was eager to try aligning my bezel to properly time the race countdown as announced aboard the ship’s television, where the race was being broadcast live.

Stepping out onto the deck in the rain (we picked a poor day for sailing) Alinghi’s AC75 was visible in the distance, tacking hard in the driving wind and water. Its complement of ultra-skilled sailors, however, proved their competence and seamanship, crossing the starting line just as the countdown ended and gaining a significant start on the French team. Roughly 20 minutes of hard sailing later, up and down a course established by remote-controlled buoys to align with the direction of the wind, the Swiss team captured its much-needed victory.

After the win, high-fives were swapped, congratulations were offered, audible sighs of relief were exhaled. As we sailed back into harbor, we passed the AC75 furling its sails, yelling our collective “mazel tov” at the team and chase boat crews. I glanced down at the FXD and thought back to my childhood summer camp experience and the activity I most enjoyed: Sailing small Sunfish dinghies on Plunkett Reservoir. I haven’t sailed in over 20 years, but the thought suddenly crossed my mind: Maybe it’s time to sail again—Pelagos fixed firmly on wrist.

Screen Rant Below deck sailing yacht season 5 trailer leaves fans disappointed with gary king’s involvement. Your changes have been saved Email is sent Email has already been sent Please verify your email address. You’ve reached your account maximum for followed topics. Below Deck Sailing Yacht season 5’s trailer has finally arrived, and with Captain Glenn Shephard’s crew including First Officer Gary King, fans are disappointed in the show’s return . While Below Deck viewers have been impatiently awaiting news about Below Deck Sailing Yacht season 5 for over a year, the trailer has finally been released, and has many concerned about what the season is going to look like. While the trailer reveals the return of some familiar faces, the storylines that appear to be part of the season left viewers feeling uneasy. After Gary’s sexual misconduct allegations, his involvement seems overwhelming. In the Below Deck Sailing Yacht season 5 trailer, the crew’s chartering guests around Ibiza in a new sailing adventure. With Gary showing up early in the trailer after Daisy Kelliher makes her grand entrance, things get dicey quickly. “That’s right, we have a f****** job and I’m not carrying this f****** season on my own you f****** prick,” Daisy shouts at Gary in one moment of the trailer as he lays in his bed, looking dismayed. The rest of the trailer shows the genuine chaos of the season, featuring Gary heavily much to the surprise of Below Deck viewers . What Gary’s Involvement In Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 5 Means He’s part of the show more than ever. Throughout the Below Deck Sailing Yacht season 5 trailer, it was clear that Gary will be a focal point of the exterior team’s story. Being shown on the deck with some of the exterior team, pushing Deckhands to their limits and critiquing their work, Gary’s presence on the sailing yacht may be odd during Below Deck Sailing Yacht season 5 . While he appears to be getting along with Daisy , he may not even have her in his corner by the end of the charter season. His heavy involvement in the trailer may not indicate the same throughout the whole season. 20 Best Reality TV Shows Right Now Reality TV is more popular than ever. With so many to choose from, here are some of the best reality TV shows to stream or watch right now. Although Gary has been a part of Below Deck Sailing Yacht since the early days of the series, seeing him as a member of the crew after his sexual misconduct allegations came to light is tough. While Bravo filmed Below Deck Sailing Yacht season 5 before the allegations were revealed, they came to light during the filming of the season and it appears that the network didn’t choose to remove Gary from later episodes or take action at all. Though it remains to be seen if production did anything about Gary , it’s disappointing to some to see him on screen. Our Take On The Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 5 Trailer It could be chaotic fun, but gary leaves a stain on the show. Although the trailer for Below Deck Sailing Yacht season 5 makes it seem like one of the most exciting, dramatic seasons of the series we’ve ever seen, the mess may not be worth it if Gary’s involved. By ignoring the sexual misconduct allegations lodged against Gary and leaving him on the series, seemingly without explanation, Bravo is allowing it to seem like what he may have done is okay. Though nothing has been proven, taking no action on Below Deck Sailing Yacht could be a misstep that may taint the entire season of the sailing spin-off for once excited viewers. Below Deck Sailing Yacht premieres Monday, October 7 at 9 p.m. EDT on Bravo. Source: Below Deck /Instagram Below Deck Sailing Yacht Your rating. Your comment has not been saved Not available Below Deck Sailing Yacht is a spin-off of the Below Deck reality television series. Premiering on Bravo, the show follows the life of a Yacht crew as they attempt to navigate a busy Charter season in which many customers make use of a 177-foot sailing yacht. Over the first three seasons, the yacht has been to Greece, Croatia, and Spain. Sailing yachts like Mike Lynch's are 'unsinkable bodies', CEO of boat manufacturing firm says Bayesian superyacht which sank off Italy is an "unsinkable" vessel, Giovanni Costantino, CEO of The Italian Sea Group, said. By Ashna Hurynag, news correspondent and Eleonora Chiarella, producer Sunday 25 August 2024 08:48, UK Vessels like Mike Lynch's stricken superyacht are "unsinkable", according to the chief executive of the firm which makes and sells them. Giovanni Costantino, CEO of The Italian Sea Group, told Sky News there are no flaws with the design and construction of the Bayesian superyacht which capsized in a storm off the coast of Porticello, Sicily, on Monday. Five bodies were found by divers on Wednesday - taking the number of confirmed dead to six. The Italian Sea Group also owns the firm that built British tech tycoon Mr Lynch's Bayesian, and Mr Costantino said the vessels "are the safest in the most absolute sense". "Being the manufacturer of Perini [boats], I know very well how the boats have always been designed and built," he said. "And as Perini is a sailing ship... sailing ships are renowned to be the safest ever." He said their structure and keel made them "unsinkable bodies". Read more on this story: Why search of superyacht wreck has been so difficult Hero mum 'slept with baby on deck when storm sank yacht' Be the first to get Breaking News Install the Sky News app for free Mr Costantino said news of the sinking "put me in a state of sadness on one side and of disbelief on the other". "This incident sounds like an unbelievable story, both technically and as a fact," he said. It is understood Italian prosecutors investigating the incident are continuing to hold interviews with the survivors. On Tuesday they questioned the captain for more than two hours to help reconstruct what happened and provide useful technical details. Four British inspectors are also in Porticello and have begun a preliminary assessment of events. It is understood they will look at all relevant aspects of the incident, including the design, stability, and operation of the vessel. They will also examine the effects of the weather conditions experienced. Keep up with all the latest news from the UK and around the world by following Sky News Twenty-two people were on board the vessel, 15 of whom were rescued - including Briton Charlotte Golunski and her one-year-old daughter Sofia. Divers will resume efforts on Thursday morning to bring ashore a body they found earlier. One more person remains missing. Related Topics Superyacht sinking Subscriptions By clicking Sign In, you agree to our Terms and Conditions and that you have read our Privacy Policy . Sign In Up with your social account We won't post to any of your accounts Your password must include: Min 8 characters Min 1 lowercase character Min 1 uppercase character Min 1 number ‘Below Deck Sailing Yacht’ Is Returning for Season 5 After Gary King’s Sexual Misconduct Scandal Below Deck Sailing Yacht is coming back for season 5 after Gary King’s sexual misconduct scandal. Bravo announced on Monday, September 16, that the next season reunites Captain Glenn Shephard , chief stew Daisy Kelliher and Gary as they spend their charter season in Ibiza. The rest of the cast includes chef Cloyce Martin , chef engineer Davide Morosi , stews Diana Cruz , Danni Warren and deckhands Keith Allen and Emma Crouch . The upcoming installment comes more than one year after Below Deck Sailing Yacht wrapped up its fourth season on Bravo in July 2023. Gary’s future as a cast member has been up in the air, however, since a production assistant from the show accused him of making unwanted advances while filming season 4. Related: Below Deck Sailing Yacht's Biggest Drama Through the Years In a Rolling Stone exposé, which was published in October 2023, Samantha Suarez and other former employees, who asked to remain anonymous, accused Bravo of allegedly helping cover up Gary’s inappropriate behavior. “It was insane. There were multiple incidents of sexual harassment in front of multiple producers after this person had been given verbal warnings multiple times,” one of the accusers alleged. “I had to promote and make this guy who just assaulted someone look awesome. That was my job, to make this person look cool, capable and exciting.” Samantha recalled being asked to look after Gary when he allegedly got drunk. Once filming wrapped, Samantha remained with Gary in his hotel room before he tried to stop her from leaving by pressing himself against her. Samantha alleged that Gary refused to let her leave until she started to fight back. According to Samantha, she alerted producers about the incident , who told Gary to sleep on the boat on days when the crew wasn’t filming as a way to keep him out of the hotel. Related: Former 'Below Deck Sailing Yacht' Stars: Where Are They Now? Bravo addressed the allegations in a statement to Rolling Stone , saying, “Bravo is committed to maintaining a safe and respectful workplace for cast and crew on our reality shows. We require our third-party production companies to have appropriate workplace policies and trainings in place and a clear process on how to report concerns. The concerns Ms. Suarez raised in July 2022 were investigated at that time and action was taken based on the findings.” Gary has maintained his innocence since news broke about the claim. “I know [that I did nothing wrong], and I know the truth but it still hurts when people will tell lies to bring you down,” he replied to a fan via Instagram one month later. You have successfully subscribed. Subscribe to newsletters By signing up, I agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy and to receive emails from Us Weekly Deal of the Day Check our latest news in Google News Check our latest news in Apple News In the aftermath, Gary didn’t appear at BravoCon in November 2023 despite initially being announced as a guest. He has since stated that he wasn’t ruling out a Below Deck Sailing Yacht return. Related: A Guide to 'Below Deck' and Its Many Spinoffs Gary replied to several Instagram users in December 2023 who reminded him there’s a “life after” Below Deck . “I hope so, will have to see but will definitely be trying to stay on peoples tv screens ☺️,” Gary wrote back. In a separate comment, Gary maintained that he would return to reality TV, adding, “I will do and hopefully be back on your screens, everyday I’m trying to better myself so hopefully if they ask me back you’ll see this.” In this article More Stories Today's news Reviews and deals Climate change 2024 election Newsletters Fall allergies Health news Mental health Sexual health Family health So mini ways Unapologetically Buying guides Entertainment How to Watch My watchlist Stock market Biden economy Personal finance Stocks: most active Stocks: gainers Stocks: losers Trending tickers World indices US Treasury bonds Top mutual funds Highest open interest Highest implied volatility Currency converter Basic materials Communication services Consumer cyclical Consumer defensive Financial services Industrials Real estate Mutual funds Credit cards Balance transfer cards Cash back cards Rewards cards Travel cards Online checking High-yield savings Money market Home equity loan Personal loans Student loans Options pit Fantasy football Pro Pick 'Em College Pick 'Em Fantasy baseball Fantasy hockey Fantasy basketball Download the app Daily fantasy Scores and schedules GameChannel World Baseball Classic Premier League CONCACAF League Champions League Motorsports Horse racing New on Yahoo CA Privacy Notice Gary King’s Below Deck Sailing Yacht Scandal and Sexual Misconduct Allegations Explained Bravo announced this week that Below Deck Sailing Yacht would make its triumphant return for Season 5 after a bit of a pause. Back at the helm is Captain Glenn Shephard . And Daisy Kelliher returns as the chief stew. One other familiar face will be returning, and that is Gary King . The rest of the cast is a bunch of greenhorns who will all live, work, and party together in Ibiza. The newest season comes after over a year since the series called time on Season 4, which aired back in July 2023. Gary’s position on the show has very much been up in the air since a production assistant accused the First Officer of making unwanted sexual advances. What were the allegations against Gary King? View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gary King (@king_gk) Shortly after Below Deck Season 4 wrapped, Gary found himself in the middle of quite the scandal . In August 2023, a woman on the production team spoke out to Rolling Stone about Gary’s alleged bad behavior. The production assistant also accused the show of covering up Gary’s sexual indiscretions. Samantha Suarez opened up about Gary crossing the line with her more than once when she worked in the makeup department. She went as far as to allege that during Season 4, Gary tried to force himself onto her. At the time, the cast was in Sardina filming back in 2022. At the time, Samantha explained that the cast and crew were put up in the same hotel. Part of her job description was to assist the talent manager with daily tasks. This included keeping the cast sequestered in their room due to the COVID-19 rules. Samantha explained that the entire cast, including Gary, were all disobeying the rules set by production. The victim told the outlet that she was given the task of walking a drunk Gary back to his room. She said, “There is no limit to alcohol consumption whatsoever, which I think poses a really big problem.” Gary King was accused of crossing the line As Samantha continued, the story seemed to get worse . According to the production assistant, Gary asked that she climb into bed with him. She claimed, “I was like, ‘I have to go—I need to go bring other people water and food,’ and he’s like, ‘No, no, please.” The assistant admitted she joked with him. She told him “that she would sit outside of his door to make sure he wouldn’t leave his hotel room.” As Samantha turned to leave, she claimed the Below Deck Sailing Yacht star moved behind her and “grabbed her and pressed her against his body, and refused to let go even though she says she tried to kick and elbow him.” After the article was released , Gary was canceled from the 2023 BravoCon lineup. While his co-stars attended the Bravo shindig, some spoke out in defense of Gary. Colin MacRae shared via People  “I had a chat with him after that all came out. I think he’s going through a really tough thing. I don’t think that’s a nice thing to go through for anyone. There were two people in that room, and only they know what happened.” The engineer refused to comment further, adding, “So, yeah, I feel for him.” Gary King could still be at risk of losing his job If Bravo had kept to the same timeline, Season 5 would have already been filming by the time the Rolling Stone article broke . This means that Gary was already fully immersed in the show and still the First Officer. But there could also be a reason for the extremely long wait for the premiere date. The network could have been waiting to see if the allegations were dropped or debating editing Gary out entirely. However, since Gary is happily promoting the new season on social media, I would wager that he will play a big part in the upcoming season. Gary has always maintained his innocence. The Below Deck Sailing Yacht star tried to acknowledge his Season 4 antics , which showed him in a love triangle with Daisy and Colin. He took to Instagram to note, “Contrary to what many of you may believe, I am still friends with Colin and Daisy. The last season of #belowdecksailing was not my best; having watched some episodes, I know that I have a lot of work and growing to do and will do everything to be a better person.” Gary sent a message to haters adding, “To all those people that constantly comment negatively and try bring me down, sticks and stones! You will not bring me down.” TELL US – DO YOU THINK GARY DESERVED ANOTHER CHANCE? The post Gary King’s Below Deck Sailing Yacht Scandal and Sexual Misconduct Allegations Explained appeared first on Reality Tea . Recommended Stories Amazon debuts project amelia, an ai assistant for sellers. Amazon sellers now have access to an AI assistant designed to help grow their business by answering questions about their metrics, and later, helping to resolve issues that arise. 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