{"id":1209,"date":"2026-08-21T14:29:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/charpentiers\/navasana\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T08:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T12:39:13","slug":"navasana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/en\/charpentiers\/navasana\/","title":{"rendered":"Navasana"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navasana-2.jpg\" alt=\"Le sloop Navasana sous voiles\" class=\"wp-image-1187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navasana-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navasana-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navasana-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navasana-2-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-image__caption\">Navasana under veils.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Kind<\/strong> \u2014 Carriacou and Petite Martinique sloop<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Launching<\/strong> \u2014 2008<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Length<\/strong> \u2014 40 feet \u2014 approx. 12.2 m<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Shipwright<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"\/en\/charpentiers\/alwyn-enoe\/\">Alwyn Enoe<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Place<\/strong> \u2014 Windward beach, Carriacou<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Original name<\/strong> \u2014 Ocean Nomad<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Restoration<\/strong> \u2014 2023, Woodstock Boatbuilders, Antigua<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Owner<\/strong> \u2014 Aidan McCauley<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Current base<\/strong> \u2014 Antigua<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Navasana began as an abandoned boat. Started on Windward Beach as Ocean Nomad, the sloop remained unfinished for over two years, by the roadside, under the sun. It took a daring gamble to launch it, followed by a complete restoration fifteen years later to restore its beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A sloop forgotten on Windward beach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The boat was commissioned from Alwyn Enoe by Todd Orrell, a luxury yacht skipper then working in Europe. The hull and deck took shape, then the money stopped coming in. Construction ceased. For over a year, no one touched the boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ocean Nomad has become a local curiosity. Tourist minibuses stop to photograph it. Taxi drivers jokingly ask Alwyn if he ever plans to finish it. The neighbor jokes that she was going to set up a snack bar in the shade of the hull. For the Enoe family, who see the wood aging and Alwyn&#039;s sons without work, the boat is a heavy burden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">February 2008: an unusual agreement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In November 2007, Eli Fuller, from Antigua and owner of Adventure Antigua, commissioned his own sloop from Alwyn Enoe. This boat would become Spirit of Zemi. Discover this boat: <a href=\"\/en\/charpentiers\/spirit-of-zemi\/\">Spirit of Zemi<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after, Todd Orrell contacted him. The two men reached an agreement: Eli Fuller would pay for the completion of the work and operate the boat for five years for his sailing trips. Todd Orrell retained the right to sail it in the Antigua Classic and for a few days each year. At the end of the five years, the boat would revert to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On February 20, 2008, in Windward, Alwyn Enoe read the new contract while sitting in the hull. The next morning, work resumed. With him were his sons Chris and Terry, and his nephew, nicknamed &quot;Juice&quot;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March \u2013 April 2008: five weeks to finish<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal seems impossible: to finish the boat and sail it to Antigua for the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, which starts on April 17. On the island, many consider the idea insane. Even the shipyard workers don&#039;t believe it&#039;s possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the beach, a large fire melts lead in a mold borrowed from a shipwright in Petite Martinique. More than 450 kilos of ballast are poured, cut in half, and fixed under the greenheart keel. The stainless steel fittings arrive from Antigua in Eli Fuller&#039;s suitcases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cargo ship that was supposed to be used to step the mast has left for Trinidad. Ocean Nomad needs to be towed to Harvey Vale, where a crane building a dock agrees to lift the mast for 300 EC dollars. The rudder won&#039;t fit in its well: Terry Enoe dives with an adze and cuts the keel underwater. The next day, the boat is hauled out of the water for a final repair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first voyage to Antigua was made with a bare interior: exposed frames, sandbags for ballast. At night, crickets could be heard chirping in the hold. The sloop arrived three days before the regatta and set off with the deck paint still fresh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2008 \u2013 2013: Adventure Antigua\u2019s sloop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Six more months of work are needed to finish the boat: greenheart wood flooring above the lead ballast, engine, North Sails from Antigua. At the end of 2008, Ocean Nomad began offering day trips departing from Jolly Harbour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April 2009, Ocean Nomad won the Traditional class at the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, with Eli Fuller at the helm. A few weeks later, in May 2009, the sloop was one of eight boats competing in the very first West Indies Regatta, in Saint Barth\u00e9lemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2010, as stipulated in the agreement, the boat was entrusted to Todd Orrell for the Antigua Classic. Until at least 2013, Adventure Antigua continued to offer the boat for charter, with captain and crew, during the regatta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2023: The Renaissance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Years passed and the boat deteriorated. In 2023, a new owner, Aidan McCauley, entrusted it to the Woodstock Boatbuilders shipyard in Antigua for a restoration using traditional methods. The sloop returned to the sea under a new name: Navasana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The restoration respects traditional techniques while adding modern equipment: electric windlass, depth sounder, navigation lights and North Sails, including an asymmetric spinnaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>British Virgin Islands artist Aragorn sculpted the copper mermaids on the bow and created the transom. He is the same artist who, in 2007, paddled the Kalinago canoe Gli Gli to St. Barth. Discover the artist: <a href=\"\/en\/aragorn\/\">Aragorn<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Antigua Classic 2023, Navasana received the Best Refit award.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navasana-3.jpg\" alt=\"D\u00e9tail du travail d\u2019Aragorn sur Navasana\" class=\"wp-image-1188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navasana-3.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navasana-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navasana-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navasana-3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024-2025: The most beautiful of sloops<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For its first Antigua Classic in 2024, Navasana received the Woodstock Trophy, awarded to the most beautiful restoration in the fleet. The sloop also won the Concours d&#039;\u00c9l\u00e9gance for traditional boats in both 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We keep the tradition alive, and we love sailing on board.<\/p>\n<cite>Aidan McCauley, owner of Navasana, Antigua Classic 2025<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2025, with the future of the West Indies Regatta uncertain, Navasana is the only Carriacou sloop to make the journey to Saint Barth\u00e9lemy.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navasana-4.jpg\" alt=\"Navasana au mouillage\" class=\"wp-image-1189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navasana-4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navasana-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navasana-4-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">April 2026: From dismasting to victory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In April 2026, during the Antigua Classic, Navasana dismasted mid-race. Aidan McCauley immediately announced that repairs had begun and that the boat would resume racing on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dismasting ruined Navasana&#039;s chances at the Antigua Classic that year. But the following week, the sloop won the West Indies Regatta in Saint Barth\u00e9lemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The name, the mermaid, and the spinnaker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Navasana is a yoga posture. In Sanskrit, the word means &quot;boat pose&quot;: nava, the boat, and asana, the posture. Seated in balance, with legs and torso raised, the body forms a V shape, like the hull of a ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The boat&#039;s logo is a mermaid in this pose. It is printed large on the spinnaker, the sail hoisted downwind.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navasana-spinnaker-sirene.jpg\" alt=\"La sir\u00e8ne du logo de Navasana, en posture du bateau, imprim\u00e9e sur le spinnaker\" class=\"wp-image-1277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navasana-spinnaker-sirene.jpg 584w, https:\/\/westindiesregatta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navasana-spinnaker-sirene-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The boat&#039;s logo: a mermaid in a pose of <em>navasana<\/em>, printed in giant format on the spinnaker.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Instagram<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/navasanasloop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@navasanasloop<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Eli Fuller, Adventures in Antigua blog, March 1, 2008: <a href=\"https:\/\/antiguaisland.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/adventure-antigua-sailing-part-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Adventure Antigua \u2013 Sailing Part 2<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Eli Fuller, Adventures in Antigua blog, March 10, 2008: <a href=\"https:\/\/antiguaisland.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/adventure-antigua-sailing-part-4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Adventure Antigua \u2013 Sailing Part 4<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Eli Fuller, Adventures in Antigua blog, April 1, 2008: <a href=\"https:\/\/antiguaisland.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/rushing-to-finish-our-yacht-in.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rushing to finish our yacht in Carriacou<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Eli Fuller, Adventures in Antigua blog, April 20, 2008: <a href=\"https:\/\/antiguaisland.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/what-crazy-few-months.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">What a crazy few months<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Eli Fuller, Adventures in Antigua blog, October 2008: <a href=\"https:\/\/antiguaisland.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/status-report-on-our-classic-yacht.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Status report on our Classic Yacht<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Eli Fuller, Adventures in Antigua blog, March 13, 2010: <a href=\"https:\/\/antiguaisland.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/less-than-five-weeks-before-antigua.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Less than five weeks before Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Caribbean Compass, June 2008: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caribbeancompass.com\/online\/june08compass_online.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Antigua Classic 2008 results (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Jeannie Kuich, All At Sea, June 1, 2009: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allatsea.net\/2009-antigua-classic-yacht-regatta-the-tall-the-small-the-old-the-new\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">2009 Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Ellen Lampert-Gr\u00e9aux, All At Sea, July 1, 2009: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allatsea.net\/west-indies-regatta-showcases-traditional-sailboats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">West Indies Regatta Showcases Traditional Sailboats<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Gilly Gobinet, All At Sea, November 1, 2009: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allatsea.net\/an-antiguan-adventurer-eli-fuller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">An Antiguan Adventurer: Eli Fuller<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Adventure Antigua, April 6, 2013: <a href=\"https:\/\/adventureantigua.com\/want-to-charter-a-classic-yacht-for-antigua-classic-yacht-regatta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Want to charter a Classic Yacht for Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta?<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, Facebook, June 11, 2025: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguaclassics\/posts\/1112764224214075\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Navasana \u2014 a stunning rebirth of a Carriacou sloop<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>MySailing, April 18, 2025: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysailing.com.au\/caribbean-sailing-at-its-finest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Caribbean Sailing at its Finest<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Caribbean Sailing Association, April 22, 2025: <a href=\"https:\/\/caribbean-sailing.com\/a-spectacular-end-to-a-great-regatta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">A Spectacular End to a Great Regatta<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Afloat, April 18, 2026: <a href=\"https:\/\/afloat.ie\/sail\/events\/racing-update\/item\/71004-classic-yachts-shine-at-antigua-classics-regatta-day-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Classic Yachts Shine at Antigua Classics Regatta Day 2<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/navasanasloop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@navasanasloop<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navasana a d\u2019abord \u00e9t\u00e9 un bateau abandonn\u00e9. 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