ARIA DI MARE is a wooden yawl designed for unlimited sailing and represents an excellent combination of aesthetics and technology. The beauty of her lines is enhanced by the materials used: solid mahogany and laminated wood for the hull, stainless steel for the metal parts, and spacious and very comfortable wooden interiors for two couples and a sailor in the aft cabin/sail locker.
Modern technology ensures comfortable manoeuvring and sailing in all seasons and weather conditions, allowing to steer even from the internal wheelhouse in the deckhouse.
Certified in category A by Udicer-Nautitest, the boat is safe for blue waters sailing and any weather conditions, and the stability and characteristics of the variable pitch propeller engine allow her to easily tackle rough and contrary seas.
The mobile centreboard allows the draught to be limited from 3 m to 1.50 m, enabling access to shallow waters. A retractable larch bowsprit brings the overall length to 18 m and allows for sailing even in light winds, much to the delight of the sailors on board.
The boat has been equipped with an unsinkable device that guarantees maximum safety for the crew on board.
A modern heating system ensures a pleasant temperature inside, both in equatorial climates and at high latitudes.
HISTORY
In 1993, the legendary 40-foot yawl Finisterre, design #1054 by Olin Stephens from 1954, famous for its regatta victories and for her voyages and enterprises documented by National Geographic Magazine, was purchased by an enthusiastic Italian yachtsman and shipped from Antigua (WI) to Italy.
The boat underwent a complete restoration in 2003 and continues to be maintained by her owner, who in the meantime has developed the idea of building a larger Finisterre, a boat inspired by the lines and marine characteristics of that masterpiece, but 54 feet long on deck, 16.60 m, to offer greater comfort and allow and to keep sailing without limits even in old age.
In 2013, the dream came true, and ARIA DI MARE was built by master shipwrights Attilio and Renato Perin, trained in the craft of shipbuilding at the oldest shipyard in the world, Il Cantiere Navale Camuffo in Portogruaro: 18 generations of shipbuilders since 1438.
The current owners restored and renovated her in 2024, and since September 2025, ARIA DI MARE has been awaiting a new owner.
CONSTRUCTION AND ACCOMODATION
Wooden hull with solid mahogany and laminated structures glued with resorchinic glue.
Mahogany marine plywood bulkheads, stainless steel centreboard case and pivoting centreboard, cast lead ballast in stainless steel case. The draught varies from 1.50 to 3 m with the centreboard down.
Displacement 20 t, including 6 t of ballast.
INTERIORS
Two comfortable double cabins, a cosy saloon, two bathrooms with electric toilets, fully equipped galley, internal wheelhouse in the deckhouse.
One crew cabin, currently adapted for sail storage.
EQUIPMENTS
Volvo 130 HP engine with two alternators for 12 and 24 volts.
Easy adjustable propeller (2024).
Mast and boom in aluminium painted with white epoxy in 2024, mizzen mast and boom in Douglas fir, restored and painted white with epoxy in 2025.
Retractable bowsprit in larch replaced in 2025.
Electric and manual stainless steel winches for mainsail sheets, jib furling; two-speed manual winches for genoa sheets and flying sheets.
Internal and external hydraulic steering.
SAILS
Self-tacking jib with manual or electric control.
Mainsail and mizzen with battens, electrically hoisted with quik system.
Manual and electric mainsail and mizzen halyard with boatswain's chair for electric radio-controlled hoisting to the top of the mast.
- Mainsail 75 m²
- Mizzen 19 m²
- Genoa 97 m²
- Jib 44 m²
- Storm jib 22 m²
- Gennaker 200 m².
Tanks
3 mm stainless steel diesel 500 litres.
3 mm stainless steel fresh water 600 litres.
Cool and warm air conditioning.
Hot water system from engine or electric boiler.
14 x 100 amp gel batteries, 1 x 12 volt engine battery and 13 x 24 volt service batteries. Replaced in 2025.
2 x 1500 Watt stainless steel windlass, with stainless steel anchor and 60 m of 10 mm chain.
2 bow thrusters, one at the bow and one at the stern, 1.5 KW, with radio control.
Instrumentation
Compass, internal and external GPS, radar, echo sounder, wind gauge, autopilot, radio, etc.
Water-proove exterior and interior cushions.
Sun awning for cockpit and navigation.
Complete winter cover.
Approved for transporting 12 people.
Work carried out in 2024
- Complete exterior hull
- Replacement of aluminium main mast and boom
- Replacement of shaft seal gaskets
- Replacement of former MAX PROP propeller with new Easy MAX PROP model
- Fairing and overhaul of mobile centreboard
- Complete engine service
- Replacement of service and engine batteries
- RINA inspection
- AIS installation
- Safety equipment
- Life raft.