Design


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or the past seven years, Southern Wind Shipyard has been developing, refining and perfecting its “Smart Custom” design and build process, which


combines the main advantages of semi- custom and full custom yacht production. Now they’ve enlarged and complemented their offering with a project of identical quality and similar performance potential, with a different range of benefits. Enter the Southern Wind 100X. In one sense, for the shipyard the 100X represents a return to its roots. Southern Wind forged its reputation 15 years ago with the launch of its first 100-footer, Farewell and the 30-metre segment has been the mainstay of its production ever since. With 23 yachts in that size bracket delivered since 2006, plus a further four


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just outside it, Southern Wind has built up a lot of knowledge and experience. Just like the iconic original SW100, of which 13 were delivered, the new SW100X will be a semi-custom model built with tighter parameters than the rest of the current Southern Wind fleet. In another sense, however, the 100X


is a step into the future. It’s set to be the most efficient and sustainable model that Southern Wind has produced, with some next-generation design features. Like the latest Smart Custom models in build, it offers the option of hybrid diesel-electric propulsion with full regeneration capability under sail. Smart custom production will continue


in parallel – the first SW108 Hybrid is currently in build, another SW96 is soon to start and there’s strong demand in the


pipeline. The occasional full custom builds will also continue – the most recent of these being Morgana, the Reichel/Pugh - Nauta 100 racer/cruiser launched last year – because Southern Wind sees these as a valuable way to keep a finger on the pulse of innovation.


The benefits So what benefits does the semi-custom build option deliver? First and foremost, efficiency. With two years of conceptual design, development and engineering work already completed and a wide range of pre-set options ready to go, a great deal of efficiency has been built in. The design loop with the client will


require less time because most of the work has already been done. The build processes are optimised for efficiency,


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