Wolf Kloss - SIM Expeditions - Santa Maria Australis

SV Santa Maria is a 48 foot sloop built in Germany, and the emblem of the company. SIM Expeditions founder Wolf Kloss sailed endlessly with SV Santa Maria from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean, Cape Horn, and in an impressive pioneering feat, to Antarctica.

Designed by German yacht builder Reinke, and designed and equipped for high latitude sailing, SV Santa Maria has completed multiple trips to Antarctica & Cape Horn, among many destinations. She has been prepared specially for the rough local conditions. The steel construction (5mm), collision bulkhead, and two additional bulkheads forward and aft of the engine room, heavy rigging, enclosed wheelhouse, roller furling Genoa and staysail, and an inventory of specially reinforced sails make SV Santa Maria well suited for this area.

As important as the equipment may be to guarantee success, in the end it's the spirit of the crew that make SV Santa Maria what she is; she is designed not for luxury, but for expeditions to the extreme.