"It was a dream, a milestone I had always been aiming for and at the helm, you end up with the sensation of being on a big dinghy, which is incredible on a 30-meter yacht." Who better than the owners to speak about the Southern Wind sailing experience? Thank you to the owner of SW100 Grillo Parlante for sharing his dream and allowing us to bring it to life together.

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After sailing 32,500 nautical miles around the world I want to give a shout out to my two loyal and exceptional crew members. They never talk back to me, require feeding or fall asleep on watch. In a perfect world they would make cups of tea and wash the dishes but I can't complain. The Aries windvane has kept Fathom on course in all sorts of conditions from 5knots of wind to 50knots of wind, flat seas to tumbling waves, upwind and downwind. I couldn't have got this far without it and have spent many hours watching it do its business without complaint using no electricity and only the power of the wind, a truly fantastic piece of engineering. Secondly the Aquair 100 tow gen. The generator is mounted on the pushpit and the forward motion of the boat spins a metal propeller at the end of 20m of rope. In winds over 15kts the drag created is unimportant and in tandem with the solar panel it keeps the batteries full and the fridge going 24/7. Cheers to both! Check out my single-handed sailing circumnavigation 2 part film https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-TVP7dP56ezfWlLJSTVKhL0GkKdKIvLd My Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thomdarcy My Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/yachtfathom My website: http://www.thomdarcy.com #sailing #sailingaroundtheworld #solosailing #solosailor #singlehandedsailing #circumnavigation #Oceansailing #offshoresailing #bluewatersailing #sailingadventure #vancouver28

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Chi ha una barca sa bene di cosa parliamo… Per tutti gli altri è blasfemia 😱 Prendetela con un sorriso ragazzi, che a disperarsi ci sono già i marinai 😂 O sbaglio? Velisti e motoristi fatevi sentire 💪

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