SAGITTARIUS
Model: Custom One Off
Year: 1971
Design: #2058.1
Builder: Carlini fratelli, Rimini
SAGITTARIUS - Naples
Originally built for Giogio Carriero and a member of the 1973 Italian Admirals cup team with Tarantella (S&S) and Naîf (Carter) . She is a sister ship of Morning cloud II owned by sir Edward Heath, design 2058 and built by Carlini in Rimini, Italy. The hull is Grand Bassam mahogany on locust frames and a 5.5t lead keel for 11t displacement. She has been in our family since 1973, lying in Antibes, and has been kept in racing trim constantly except for the duration of cruises in Greek waters.
We had IOR and IMS racing fun and currently she is racing in the classic circuit in the Mediterranean. Usually most successful against the wind, we sail her with a small 1973 HOOD storm spinnaker when it is blowing; it is safer... A 9-month refit, mainly a new deck and respray of topsides was performed in 2010 at her birthplace, same yard, with the works supervised by Stephano Carlini, son of the original builder and owner of the boatyard.
You can read more about Saggitarius and her refit on the site here:
