GREEN FLASH
“Every boat has a soul,” says Yann Dabbadie. From America’s Cup racers to the superyacht builds he project manages at Southern Wind Shipyard, each yacht he has had a hand in has emerged with a distinctive character. So, what is the soul of Morgana? He laughs: “She is wild!”
Morgana will slip along as meek and quiet as an otter but set her in full canvas in a stiff breeze and she’ll bite your head off. The sharp lines of the striking Nauta and Reichel/Pugh 30-metre fully custom yacht hint at the latent power that ripples through this “performance cruiser”. At the touch of a few buttons beside the wheel, her owner can simply engage prey drive and this easy-mannered, comfortable boat will transform into a house-trained predator.
Late last year, when was launched from the Southern Wind yard in Cape Town, the build team got its first taste of what this sophisticated cruiser could
