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GREEN FLASH

“Every boat has a soul,” Yann Dabbadie says. 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 98ft 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 Morgana was launched from the Southern Wind yard in Cape Town, the build team got its first

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