Antares Cape Horn Adventure

Take delivery of your new Antares 44i in Argentina and we'll include a trip to Cape Horn as part of your shake-down cruise.

Cape Horn, the ultimate sailing adventure, one of the last frontiers for cruisers, just got a little more accessible. We are now offering our new buyers the opportunity to sail around Cape Horn accompanied by both an experienced captain and with access to full technical support.

The idea behind offering this sailing opportunity was inspired by the location of our new building facility. While the design, marketing and sales offices remains in North America, the tooling for the Antares 44 was shipped to San Fernando, a suburb of Buenos Aires.

We see this synergy between the boat, the Antares 44i, our philosophy as builders of offshore catamarans, and the sailing legacy of the Argentinean builders – some of whom have already sailed to Cape Horn – as being advantageous to providing new owners offshore experience with the security of having local knowledge and technical support on their side. Who better to guide the new boat buyers on this quest for the nautical Holy Grail than the seasoned sailors who have already traveled to the last confines of the world?

In fact, one such experienced sailor is the general manager of the Argentinean building facility, Guillermo “Memo” Castro. While Memo’s resume relates a lifetime of building and managing experience, his sailing career is as impressive as his boat building portfolio. With two trips to Cape Horn and several South Atlantic crossings under his belt, it is no surprise that he was on board the first Argentinean vessel to sail to Antarctica in 1987.

While Cape Horn is the undisputed destination, the Valdez Peninsula, about 800 miles south of Buenos Aires, is the first leg of the trip. Tucking into Puerto Madryn, a well-protected natural port inside the Valdez Peninsula, gives plenty of opportunity for penguin spotting, sea lions, sea elephants and sailing with whales in one of the most fantastic natural reserves.

The ideal time for travel is late October to late January - by February, the weather begins to get cold.

Sailing a further 50 miles out of the port and into the open ocean, the next 900 mile leg due south takes the new Antares owners directly to Le Maire straights to the southernmost city in the world, Ushuaia.

The capital city of Tierra del Fuego gives access to one of the most beautiful cruising grounds in the world and is located between the Martial mountain range and the Beagle Channel is surrounded by an archipelago of breathtaking mountain ranges, glaciers and dramatic waterfalls.

Sailing south, with Isla Navarino to starboard, the Antares owners embark on the final leg of the journey and await the best weather window to round the Horn and join a group of elite sailors to claim their place in sailing around one of the world’s most exhilarating places.

Depending on your final destination – you can opt to sail back to Buenos Aires en route to the Caribbean or head into the Pacific to travel up the west coast. This sailing adventure will give you invaluable offshore experience during the maiden “shake-down” cruise.

Taking the multi-generational boat building experience and Argentina’s entrenched sailing culture, Antares has found the perfect marriage for our offshore-class catamaran. The benefits of this type of experiential-based program are clearly to the new owner’s advantage.

Contact us to find out how you can participate on this program when take delivery of your new Antares in Buenos Aires.