Samoa 28 Terrius latest news.

The Samoa 28 class is beginning to show its face. Now there are two boats sailing:
Sirius, belonging to Daniel D’Angelo, launched last year in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Bernardo Sampaio’s just launched Terrius, built in Ubatuba, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

We developed this design to be a boat for those who want to live aboard for long periods or to venture in long distance passages and can not find adequate crafts of that size to fit these requirements. As a matter of fact the Samoa 28 stock plan is becoming to be one of our champions in sales for home-building (see the sites of the Samoa 28 Baleia, Caprichoso, Furioso and Sirius in our list of links). Since the class is still very young, it is not so well-known yet. However this is changing quickly, especially after Sirius impressive performance in the Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Punta del Leste, Uruguay, ocean race in which she took part this year, when she showed to be very fast and sea-worthy in heavy wind conditions.

That our builders are excited about the possibility of soon being sailing, this is unquestionable. One of them, Raphael Haddad, acquired the Samoa 28 plans in October 2009 and now, in spite of the construction not being finished yet, made the inscription to participate in one of the most famous annual open sea races in Latin America, the Recife to Fernando de Noronha Regatta, which will take place next September. We wish Raphael good luck in his endeavour and will be delighted to know that he made it, and that a member of the class had already participated on this fantastic race to one of the most beautiful ocean islands in the Atlantic Ocean.

One of the Samoa 28 builders, Ubiracy Jardim, is another among the many amateurs constructing a boat of the class who is excited with the progress of his work. Luis Gouveia, from B & G Yacht Design, flew from Singapore, where the office is temporarily operating, to Rio de Janeiro in a New Year visit to his family. On that occasion he went to visit Baleia, just to see how the work was going on. At that time Ubiracy had just concluded planking the hull with the core strips. Now the boat is ready to be turned upside, and, what a fantastic hull he made!

In January, 2010 Luis Gouveia came from Singapore, where the office is temporarily established, to Rio de Janeiro, in a visit to the family. On that occasion he paid a visit to Baleia, taking his daughter Juliana with him. Now, the hull is already finished, ready to be turned over. (See in our links page: Samoa 28 Baleia)

Besides Baleia, various other Samoas 28 have their hulls already finished, some of them being very close to their launching day, so we are quite sure that in the near future other interesting news from the class will be published, probably the first of them being the inauguration of Ruthwutte. That will be a feat to commemorate and will constitute a great incentive to other Samoa 28 builders.
For the time being we are going to tell you what Terrius owner, Bernardo Sampaio, had to say about his brand new sailboat:

Last minute fitting out before launching. With such a well-built Samoas 28 in the water we may expect an increase in popularity for the class in the short run…

In May, 15, my Samoa 28 Terrius was inaugurated. It was an overwhelming emotion seeing the boat entering into the sea. It was like the birth of a son. Our friends invited for the occasion were stunned with its good looks and the spaciousness of its interior layout. We already tried her in short outings and the boat seems to glide in the water with the elegance and smoothness of a swan. We are still tuning the rig and making the last adjustments in the installations.

When stationed in the mooring, some passers by enquired us about her design and if she is a thirty-three footer, and got quite amazed when we said she is only twenty-eight foot long.
We are learning about her quite slowly, since our spare time is very limited, considering the many tasks we left to be done with the boat already in the water. We are making the last adjustments in the electrical, plumbing, installing a bimini, and so on…

We went out for a short sail with practically no wind. Even though we reached two knots in the GPS, having the boat heavily loaded with full tank capacities and four persons as crew. Either under engine,or sailing, the boat seems to slide effortlessly. About the interior space, every time I look forward from the aft cabin I become astounded with the volume of the arrangement. My mooring neighbors most frequent question is invariably about her size, if she is 32 or 33 feet long. Telling them the actual length brings to their faces, as I mentioned above, an expression of incredulity. Storage space is plentiful. My wife is in love with the galley and is enjoying tremendously to prepare meals on board.

We tried a day out with five adults to the anchorages near Anchieta Island. The boarding scoop aft is fantastic, either when bringing our stores aboard, or to climb aboard after plunging into the sea. As soon as I have other news, especially when we have a more consistent sailing experiences, I’ll inform you about.
Regards
Bernardo

The moment of truth. Terrius entering into the sea.

These are our first news about Terrius. We will be proud to publish fresh news about her here in this section in the near future. At any rate, we don’t think we could be luckier when designing a 28 foot cruising sailboat suitable for amateur construction. Bernardo’s e-mail was very rewarding.

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