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Adele is a custom sailing yacht launched in 2005 by Vitters Shipyard and most recently refitted in 2015.
Vitters Shipyard is a well established and respected custom yacht builder situated in Zwartsluis, The Netherlands. The facility opened in 1990 and has delivered an impressive list of yachts, working with top designers, up to 75 meter in length.
Adele measures 54.64 metres in length, with a max draft of 4.80 metres and a beam of 9.50 metres.
Adele has an aluminium hull with an aluminium superstructure.
Her exterior design, naval architecture and interior design is by Hoek Design Naval Architects.
Performance and Capabilities
Adele has a fuel capacity of 23,400 litres, and a water capacity of 8,000 litres.
She also has a range of 6,500 nautical miles.
Accommodation
Adele accommodates up to 10 guests in 2 cabins. She also houses room for up to 7 crew members.
Other Specifications
Adele has a hull NB of 3052.
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Adele Boards a Yacht with Boyfriend Rich Paul in a Classy All-Black Outfit
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Even a summer holiday in Italy won't stop Adele from making a fashion statement in an all-black outfit. This past Saturday, the Grammy Award–winning singer was photographed boarding a yacht with her boyfriend, sports agent Rich Paul, off the Sardinian coastline of Porto Cervo. Adele wore a monochromatic ensemble, composed of a clingy long-sleeved blouse, high-waisted wide-leg trousers, and strappy sandals. She accessorized with a handbag and pair of chunky gold hoop earrings.
Meanwhile, Paul looked suave in a black button-up featuring colorful flowers in teal, hot pink, orange, and yellow. Coordinating with Adele in black pants, he additionally paired the look with sunglasses, a pendant necklace, and a watch.
Last week, the couple was seen sailing around Porto Cervo in style. At the time, Adele wore a flowing, multicolored tunic dress and oversized black sunglasses. Accessories included a stack of gold bracelets by Van Cleef & Arpels and a tote bag by Saint Laurent . Paul looked equally as stylish in a bomber jacket featuring pink, blue, white, and yellow stripes. He also wore wiry glasses and white pants.
The "Easy on Me" singer opened up about how Paul has helped her step out of her comfort zone in a recent interview for BBC Sounds' Desert Island Discs .
"I think now that the relationship that I'm in, he's like, 'If you want to go to that restaurant, you should go and try the food at that restaurant, and if you want to go to this birthday party, then you should be going. You can't miss out on these things, what's the worst that could happen?'" she said.
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Adele Boards a Yacht with Boyfriend Rich Paul in a Classy All-Black Outfit
Their romantic Italian getaway continues.
This past Saturday, the Grammy Award–winning singer was photographed boarding a yacht with her boyfriend, sports agent Rich Paul, off the Sardinian coastline of Porto Cervo. Adele wore a monochromatic ensemble, composed of a clingy long-sleeved blouse, high-waisted wide-leg trousers, and strappy sandals. She accessorized with a handbag and pair of chunky gold hoop earrings.
Meanwhile, Paul looked suave in a black button-up featuring colorful flowers in teal, hot pink, orange, and yellow. Coordinating with Adele in black pants, he additionally paired the look with sunglasses, a pendant necklace, and a watch.
Last week, the couple was seen sailing around Porto Cervo in style . At the time, Adele wore a flowing, multicolored tunic dress and oversized black sunglasses. Accessories included a stack of gold bracelets by Van Cleef & Arpels and a tote bag by Saint Laurent . Paul looked equally as stylish in a bomber jacket featuring pink, blue, white, and yellow stripes. He also wore wiry glasses and white pants.
The "Easy on Me" singer opened up about how Paul has helped her step out of her comfort zone in a recent interview for BBC Sounds' Desert Island Discs .
"I think now that the relationship that I'm in, he's like, 'If you want to go to that restaurant, you should go and try the food at that restaurant, and if you want to go to this birthday party, then you should be going. You can't miss out on these things, what's the worst that could happen?'" she said.
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Adele - 55m sailing yacht
VITTERS' 3RD-LARGEST YACHT
ADELE is an impressive 54.6m sailing yacht. She was built in the Netherlands by Vitters and completed and delivered in 2005. Five years after planning started. She was last sold in 2007 and had a 10 million refit in 2016 by Royal Huisman’s Huisfit division in the Netherlands.
Adele is among the top 10 per cent by LOA in the world. She is one of 37 sail yachts in the size range of 50-55 m, and the 3rd-largest yacht built by Vitters. As for the largest yachts in the world rankings, Adele is positioned at 685th.
Hoek Design Naval Architects is responsible for her sophisticated design, (the exterior design, naval architecture, plus interior design), along with 38 other yachts. She has 2 tall masts that allow for many combinations of sailing, and also make her well stabilized , to tackle all winds.
Adele is one of the fastest sailing yachts in the world. She has a top speed of 13.5 kn, and a cruising speed of 11.0 kn. At a cruising speed of 10.0 kn she boasts a max range of 6500.0 nm, powered by a single Caterpillar 3412E DITA diesel engine. Her gross tonnage is 338.31 GT with a beam of 9.5 m and a draft of 4.8m. Adele can carry 23,400 liters of fuel, plus 8,000 liters of water on board.
Her accommodation allows for 10-12 guests in 5 cabins, (1 owners suite, 2 double and 2 twin cabins), plus a crew of 8 who can take care of the guest's every need, ensuring complete comfort on board.
Adele currently sails under the flag of the Cayman Islands, which is the second most popular flag state when it comes to superyachts, with 1,249 registered yachts in total.
This luxury superyacht was designed for world exploration and is known to be an active superyacht. We believe that the current owner and his wife use her extensively, and sail for 2 months of the year somewhere around America and 2 months of the year in the Bahamas. Here on the left she was spotted in the UK during September 2021.
Her original owner was Jan-Erik Österlund, who in 2008, launched a book called Exploring with Adèle after sailing her to more adventurous places in the world, where normal yachts wouldn’t explore. According to Jan-Erik and his wife, their most memorable journey was their visit to Antarctica.
Adele has won 3 prestigious awards, which is a stunning result and a credit to the designer, owner, build team and everyone involved. The awards are as follows:
The international Superyacht Society Award: "Best Sailing Yacht Over 36 metres"
ShowBoats International Awards: "Best Sailing Yacht over 40 metres"
World Superyacht Awards: "Best Sailing Superyacht 51 metres and above"
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I had always been an explorer in my heart. I read everything a young boy could read about adventurers, from Shackleton in Antarctica and South Georgia, to Heyerdahl and his Kon Tiki. The combination of scientific research and hands-on adventure that they provided appealed to me.
My previous sailing yacht, Swedish Caprice , an eighty foot sloop, was built at a small Swedish yard. Together, over more than fifteen years, we sailed around most parts of the globe, and I spent about three months a year aboard. We visited many of the places familiar to blue water cruising yachtsmen – the Pacific Islands from Micronesia to Tahiti; the Far East, from Timor in the south to Luzon in the north, Phuket in the west to Irian Jaya in the east. We saw Madagascar, the African Coast, the Seychelles and Maldives in the Indian Ocean, Alaska and Mexico and the classic cruising areas of the Caribbean and the Mediterranean. But, in time, I came to yearn to go further, to explore the wilder, more dangerous places where few yachts travel.
I started planning Adèle in 2000, but it would be five years before she was built and launched. She was to be a yacht that would explore high latitudes and low temperatures as well as being at home in the tropical seas. The archetype to do this is the motor explorer yacht, with high bow, reinforced hull and tenders placed amidships – but this wasn’t what I wanted. Exploring the seas should be intimately related to sailing, and a sailing yacht is about beauty, speed and adventure. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and to me it lies in the classic lines of yachts like the old Prince of Wales’s Britannia and Kaiser Wilhelm’s Meteor, or the America’s Cup yachts of the thirties – long overhangs, low freeboards, a flush deck and tall masts.
But could this be combined with a modern rig, modern engineering and a seaworthy hull? I didn’t know until I met Andre Hoek, the brilliant Dutch naval architect who shares my passion for photography, sailing and sailing yachts. Andre was a driving force in the creation of Adèle – while always being able to listen and to pick up ideas from his colleagues or from me.
Andre showed me his vision of a large superyacht constructed from the latest materials, filled with the latest technology – but built to classic lines. It was a far cry from the many superyachts that looked like motorsailers. I knew that this was exactly what I wanted. Adèle was to become the first Hoek superyacht, and she was to have several followers from his drawing board over time.
Adèle had to be longer than I had originally anticipated, to get the accommodation required, but she carries her classic heritage so gracefully, it was worth it.
When you are exploring, function is as important as form and she was meant to be fast, with a dreamy, easy motion through all but the roughest seaway. We tested the designs in both the Delft tank facility and the wind tunnel in Southampton., opting for a short fin keel with a heavy bulb because it was less vulnerable than a winged keel, which if damaged would be impossible to repair in far away waters.
The ketch configuration was chosen to give Adèle more possible sail combinations, making it easier to balance her in all conditions. And it allowed for a much safer sail plan in big seas – with just mizzen and headsails set she could sail downwind in the roughest weather with no danger of dragging the main boom and causing a potentially catastrophic broach. When the wind dropped, full mainsail and mizzen staysail would produce an enviable amount of horsepower for Adèle to glide along in the lightest of airs with her easily driven hull. And if all that were not enough, a sloop design would have necessitated a single mast so tall that it could not pass under the Bridge of the Americas over the Panama Canal.
Other decisions were just as practical – we fitted mechanical steering. In the modern era, Adèle was probably the largest yacht so equipped, but it is a big contribution to safety in out-of-the-way places. It gives a true feeling of her motion in the sea when you have Adèle’s reaction through her rudder back to your hands. For similar reasons, we shied away from in-boom furling, because the consequences of a failure would be disastrous far from big yards and sailmakers. Instead, we chose old-fashioned and seaman-like reefs, but with both reefline and halyard on synchronised captive winches to make it easy to shorten sail. And again, it wasn’t only safety concerns that dictated this, but also the fact that a traditionally reefed mainsail or mizzen stands better and makes it possible to sail higher – closer to windward – and faster.
From Concept to Launch
It took several years of hard work by a team of naval architects and designers from Hoek Design and other consultants, to move from a simple vision to the thousands of drawings that are necessary to build a large yacht. Adèle grew in size in the process – originally 173 feet and ending up at 180 feet. Andre and I travelled around to meet yacht owners, captains, crew and builders at different yards to get comments, advice and criticism of the plans. Using their valuable help and experience we modified several aspects of Adèle , particularly the interior. For instance, and perhaps understandably, neither Andre nor I had fully understood the importance of the size of the laundry room area. I’m happy that we extended that – now that I know that we ran the two washing machines for around ten hours a day, every day (with the exception of stormy weather at sea) during our two years of exploring.
Vitters yard in northern Holland converted the hull to the finished product, and a year and a half later – exactly on time and as planned – she was ready. It was time for a party. Adèle was the biggest yacht Vitters had built, a step into the unknown for Andre Hoek, and both had emerged triumphant.
Adèle was put on a barge heading for her new and natural home – the ocean. The keel was fitted, the masts stepped, the sea trials commenced and the crew moved aboard. It was a spring launch ahead of those sea trials, a new birth for the summer – but like any adored new born, she would have to get a little older and get some life under her keel before she could be christened.
Sailing Adèle
Adèle is a powerful yacht and carries a large sail area both upwind and downwind which, together with her narrow hull, gives her an impressive speed even in light air.
Her ketch rig is more versatile than a sloop allowing for a wide range of sail combinations that can be controlled safely in heavy weather. Her mainmast is as tall as possible whilst still allowing passage beneath the Bridge of the Americas in the Panama Canal. Including antennae, the tip is 63.6 metres above the waterline.
Using computer models and wind tunnel testing, Adèle was designed to be sailed with all sails set (genoa or yankee, staysail, main and mizzen), a total sail area of more than 1,500 m2. Sailing close-hauled the staysail doesn’t contribute that much, but neither does it create drag. In smooth water she sails close-hauled at an apparent wind angle of around 25 degrees, but in rough conditions with large waves that can increase to 35 degrees.
On a beat into the wind we would reduce sail at around 15 knots of wind speed, starting with a reef in the genoa and then in the main and mizzen. Reaching in light winds (6 to 12 knots) Adèle slices through the water about a knot faster than the true wind speed and this can, in good conditions, increase to two knots faster than true wind speed. As the wind creeps further aft the apparent wind is reduced so the mizzen staysail can be set. Designed as a reaching sail and therefore relatively flat, it substantially improves per-formance in light air and is easy to set, trim and furl. Ideal angles are between 60 and 120 degrees apparent.
Just like no sailing yacht can sail straight into the wind, neither does Adèle sail straight downwind. Adèle’s speed means that she generates her own wind (assuming the true wind isn’t coming from straight behind) and we would normally be more efficient sailing at a downwind angle of a maximum of 130 degrees to the wind. Conversely, that means that we have to gybe downwind as well as tack upwind, and our sailed distance increases.
Adèle’s spinnaker is asymmetric and designed, like most modern fast and large sailing yachts, to be carried without a spinnaker pole. At 1,500 m2 it was certainly one of the largest spinnakers ever made (and probably still is), and the expanse of red and white sail cloth is a fantastic sight. But I have to admit that it is a handful to hoist, sheet and take down! Used in moderate conditions, together with the mizzen staysail on a beam or broad reach, Adèle sports an impressive 2,700 m2 of canvas.
The main and mizzen are furled via traditional slab reefing systems with ‘Park Avenue’ booms (very wide booms), lazy jacks from boom to mast and full length battens in both sails. The main boom is 18m long and 1.35m wide.
The first design was based on in-boom furling for the main and mizzen, but the decision was taken that as Adèle would be sailing in remote areas, a reefing system that would require a minimum amount of maintenance on the sails would be preferable.
The lazy jacks and full-length battens give much better control of the sail, and of course the mainsail has a better profile giving higher upwind speed. To simplify reefing we instead developed a reefing sys-tem where the first reef is taken on a captive winch that is synchronized with the (also captive) halyard winch. Although it works like a push-button automated reefing system, nothing replaces the vigilance of the crew.
Sailing upwind we take in a reef in the main by staying close-hauled and letting out the main boom, while the foresails and mizzen continue to work. That is one of the advantages with two masts. The process is then repeated the other way, when we take in a reef in the mizzen.
Both the main and mizzen are stowed on the booms by the help of a car system on the mast, where every second car goes to port, with the following one to starboard, helping the process of folding the sails and reducing the stacks of the cars (which is of considerable height anyway).
After the main or mizzen is hoisted, the top of the sails are locked in position by special locks on the masts that take all the tension. The halyard winch can then be released and the pressure on the mast is reduced. Cunningham, outhaul and boom-vang are adjusted hydraulically to assure optimal shape of the sail in all conditions.
The genoa and forestaysail are both carried on Rondal hydraulic furlers, and the sails are strength-ened at the natural reefing points (see table). In heavy weather the sails are reduced in several steps depend-ing upon the weather conditions, the sea and the wind angle.
The staysail and genoa are hoisted with the halyards taken to any of the mainmast winches. The halyards can then be tensioned by a hydraulic ram for each sail, placed at the mast.
In storm conditions, Adèle is designed to carry a reefed mizzen and staysail. During the crossing to Cape Horn we found that downwind we benefited from having only the mizzen and headsails hoisted, because heavy seas can induce a rolling, where the main boom could dig into the water with very negative consequences. On my previous yacht, an 80 foot sloop, we lost two booms that way. On Adèle , we take down the main in those conditions and sail safely with mizzen and genoa. We can still do more than 12 knots even in moderate winds.
Rig and winches
The masts and booms are made of carbon fibre. All standing rigging was stainless steel rod. A carbon fibre spar is carried at the forward end of the main mast for hoisting and lowering the large tender.
We have a crow’s nest with seating for two persons on the main mast, which can be hoisted and lowered via a hydraulic captive winch controlled from deck or from the crow’s nest itself. It goes to just below the inner forestay (~40 m above the waterline).
The spreaders are angled backwards. That means that in normal conditions we don’t have to set the running backstays, but we always set them on ocean crossings, in rough conditions or when motoring.
Adèle had 12 hydraulic captive winches (where the line automatically is rolled up on the winch drum) and 10 hydraulic normal winches plus a couple of snub winches. Adèle also has two anchor winches forward and one for the stern anchor aft.
All upwind sails are sheeted to captive winches. The mizzen staysail is sheeted through the mizzen boom and back to a winch at the mizzen mast. The spinnaker is sheeted to the big primary winches placed either side of the mizzen mast. Those winches also handle the running backstays. They back-wind to pay out the sheet (or running backstay) safely, and can also be used as back-up winches for the yankee, if the captive winches should fail. This never happened to us, and the forces are so strong that we would have to be very cautious using them.
Living Aboard Adèle
Adèle’s sheer size allows for elegant lines and low freeboard, as well as living spaces that are big enough for a large group of guests on deck or in her comfort-able interior.
The deck is the focus of living on Adèle . Not just the place from where she is sailed, it is also an area to watch the world go by, an area to sit and read, eat or drink. It turned out that even in Svalbard and the Antarctic we had most of our breakfasts and lunches in the cockpit, although our dinners were below in the deck house.
The main cockpit is the focal point for sailing and socialising and can comfortably embrace forty or so guests. The fixed bimini overhead has windows for viewing the mainsail from the helm, and side windows can be rolled down in foul weather. There are four,
L-shaped sofas around the edge, and twin tables just forward of the helm stations. These are ideal for coffee, or a meal for just a few friends, and, combined with a central table that seats ten and is popular for dinner, it is a very adaptable area.
There is a natural inclination for everyone to look at the central electronic chart console between the wheels. Along with the digital instruments showing speed, course and wind, it enables captain, crew, owner and guests to follow the progress, and leads to much discussion.
Just aft of the side entrances to this cockpit are a pair of outboard-facing benches (where Lasse and I spent much time watching albatrosses in the far South Seas). There are also seats in the pushpit, large enough for two to sit for a cosy chat. Combined with benches in front of both the main and aft deck houses, the seating allows all aboard finding private areas to enjoy the sailing or relax with a book. The pulpit has a large triangular seat from where the power of Adèle is really appreciated, looking aft at her 290 tonnes cut-ting through the seas.
There is a second owners’ cockpit aft, with two large armchairs facing diagonally aft and a big half-round sofa looking forward. We often took our drinks in that cockpit with our guests before dinner in the main cockpit. And if there were only a few guests aboard we sometimes had dinner aft as well. Aft of this cockpit is another relaxation area for sunbathing or catching the occasional fish with our rods!
The main deck house is the major interior social centre, with the dining table to port, opposite low sofas to starboard, and navigation and communication equipment at two desks forward. There are two sepa-rate computers, which both have a complete chart system. One is used for immediate control, with a repeater on deck. The other system, on the port side, is used for planning our passages. We can analyse a course and look into a possible harbour for the night without interfering with the system with which the watch is navigating Adèle through the immediate obstacles. The computers are able to communicate with each other and a new route can be transferred from the planning to the navigation/control computer.
Also to starboard, and half a level down from the main deck house is the captain’s office, where there is a third computer for communication and weather forecasting. Beyond that is the control room with access to the engine room.
Descending forward from the main deck house is the main saloon and the library, which also served as my office, where I kept in contact with the outside world, wrote this book and edited the photos. To port in the saloon is a plasma screen for watching tv or dvds, or even the chart. To starboard is a wood-burning fireplace in front of two sofas and two more armchairs.
Forward of the saloon on the port side are two guest cabins and aft of the deck house are two further guest cabins, four in all.
Forward of the forward guest cabins you enter the domain of the crew – the galley, the crew mess, four crew cabins, each with its head and shower, and the laundry room, always busy with a contingent of around 18 people present on many of our voyages.
Going aft past the two aft guest cabins, you enter the owner’s suite, where Jennifer and I not only had a bedroom with a sofa and a writing desk but also a bathroom with Jacuzzi, a dressing room and a private sitting room in the aft deck house with sofas, bar, a writing desk for Jennifer and a plasma screen.
But Adèle has three deck houses – the third is forward, with a little sitting area accessible from the forward guest cabins or the crew area. Sometimes appreciated by guests who wanted to withdraw and still watch what was going on, it was mainly used by the crew as a social area, especially in heavy weather. Many times I found my Jennifer playing scrabble with Georgina, our bosun, in that deckhouse, or saw Claire, our chef, getting a well-deserved nap in rough weather.
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Adele and Rich Paul were taking it easy as they sailed on the Sardinian coast
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Adele continued her summer getaway with boyfriend Rich Paul on the Sardinian coastline of Porto Cervo on Saturday.
The Grammy-winner, 34, went for a chic and casual look aboard a yacht with friends, opting for a v-neck black top with high-waisted black pants. The look was completed with minimal makeup, a sleek bun and chunky gold hoops.
Flip flops and a dark shade of nail polish for a sleek mani-pedi brought the whole "summering on a boat" vibe together.
In contrast, sports agent Paul, 40, opted for a bright floral button-down of bold blues, pinks and oranges.
Adele was also seen wearing a stack of three four-leaf clover Van Cleef & Arpels bracelets, worth $4,000 each, with a set of rings on the fourth finger of her left hand.
She sparked engagement rumors with Paul in February when she arrived at the BRIT Awards wearing a gorgeous diamond ring. She's since played it coy when asked about their potential marriage plans.
"As if I would ever tell anyone if I was or wasn't. It's lovely though, isn't it?" Adele said of her ring on The Graham Norton Show in February after the talk show host pointed out the jewelry.
The "Easy On Me" singer and Paul have been publicly dating since July 2021 , when they were seen together at an NBA Finals game between the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns.
The singer explained, "I was blessed with him and he's just the best. I definitely approached it all with grace, and I think that really paid off," Adele recently told BBC's Desert Island Discs about her relationship with Paul.
Big plans may just be in the chanteuse's future — amid swirling rumors that her previously canceled Vegas residency will start in November, she has also discussed the possibility of having more children.
During her One Night Only concert special on CBS in November, the singer sat down with Oprah Winfrey , where she revealed that she's open to expanding her family in the future.
"I'm definitely open to it," Adele told Winfrey. "I would like more children. It wouldn't be the end of the world if I didn't because I have Angelo, but yeah, I think so."
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She also spoke about her hopes for her son Angelo, including how she simply wants him to be a "good and happy person."
"I don't expect anything of him," she explained. "I don't care what his career is, as long as he's passionate about whatever it is that he does and that he's happy."
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ADELE is a 54.6 m Sail Yacht, built in Netherlands by Vitters and delivered in 2005.
Her top speed is 13.5 kn, her cruising speed is 11.0 kn, and she boasts a maximum cruising range of 6500.0 nm at 10.0 kn, with power coming from a Caterpillar diesel engine. She can accommodate up to 12 guests in 5 staterooms, with 8 crew members waiting on their every need. She has a gross tonnage of 338.31 GT and a 9.5 m beam.
She was designed by Hoek Design Naval Architects , who also completed the naval architecture and designed the interior. Hoek Design Naval Architects has designed 40 yachts, created the naval architecture for 40 yachts, and designed the interior of 33 yachts for yachts above 24 metres.
ADELE is in the top 10% by LOA in the world. She is one of 38 sailing yachts in the 50-55m size range.
ADELE is currently sailing under the Cayman Islands flag, the 2nd most popular flag state for superyachts with a total of 1402 yachts registered. She is known to be an active superyacht and has most recently been spotted cruising near United States of America. For more information regarding ADELE's movements, find out more about BOAT Pro AIS .
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- Name: ADELE
- Yacht Type: Sail Yacht
- Builder: Vitters
- Naval Architect: Hoek Design Naval Architects
- Exterior Designer: Hoek Design Naval Architects
- Interior Designer: Hoek Design Naval Architects
- Refits: 2016
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54.64m / 179'3 | vitters | 2005 / 2015.
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Special Features:
- Impressive 7,485nm range
- ABS (American Bureau of Shipping) ✠A1, Yachting Service classification
- Award winning
- Sleeps 10 overnight
The award winning 54.64m/179'3" sail yacht 'Adele' was built by Vitters in the Netherlands at their Zwartsluis shipyard. Her interior is styled by design house Hoek Design and she was delivered to her owner in June 2005. This luxury vessel's exterior design is the work of Hoek Design and she was last refitted in 2015.
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She is also capable of carrying up to 7 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience.
Range & Performance
Adele is built with a aluminium hull and aluminium superstructure. Powered by 1 x diesel Caterpillar (3412E-DITA) 12-cylinder 1,000hp engines running at 2100rpm, she comfortably cruises at 13 knots with a range of up to 7,485 nautical miles from her 23,400 litre fuel tanks. Her water tanks store around 8,000 Litres of fresh water. She was built to ABS (American Bureau of Shipping) ✠A1, Yachting Service classification society rules.
| Length | 54.64m / 179'3 |
| Beam | 9.5m / 31'2 |
| Draft | 4.8m / 15'9 |
| Gross Tonnage | 289 GT |
| Cruising Speed | 13 Knots |
| Built | | (Refitted) |
| Builder | Vitters |
| Model | Custom |
| Exterior Designer | Hoek Design |
| Interior Design | Hoek Design |
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Adele Awards & Nominations
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S/Y Adele
| Length | 54.64m / 179'3 |
| Builder | |
| Exterior Designer | Hoek Design |
| Interior Design | Hoek Design |
| Built | Refit | 2005 | 2015 |
| Model | Custom |
| Beam | 9.5m / 31'2 |
| Gross Tonnage | 289 GT |
| Draft | 4.8m / 15'9 |
| Cruising Speed | 13 Knots |
| Top Speed | - |
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Stunning photography and account of 180ft ketch Adèle's summer in the Pacific
After her launch in Holland in 2005 and a maiden cruise to the fjords of Norway, the 180ft ketch Adèle spent last summer in the Pacific. Here her owner Jan-Eric Österlund and photographer Rick Tomlinson paint a stunning picture of the remote island groups of French Polynesia
The sheer size of the Pacific is sometimes difficult to comprehend for those who have not experienced this vast ocean. The absorption of some simple facts might help – it’s larger than the Atlantic and Indian Ocean combined, larger than Europe and Asia put together and covers virtually half the globe.
And pacific it was when Adèle made her crossing to French Polynesia in April 2006. The rhumb line distance from Galapagos to Marquesas is around 3,000 miles, 20 per cent longer than the distance from the Canaries to Barbados. We managed it in 13 days but we sailed 3,500 miles at an average of 11.2 knots, which, for Adèle, is not particularly fast. We sailed a good deal of the way, sometimes with everything up including the mizzen staysail (but not the spinnaker – too much work with a limited crew) but we motor-sailed very effectively, consuming about 65lt an hour at 1,500rpm which gives us 10 knots.
Apart from my wife Jennifer and myself we were a crew of eight, including our captain Andre Engblom, and in the Marquesas we were to be met by two more guests, John and Lise Keil. We met only two yachts en route to the Marquesas, both of them barely moving – we worked out that, at three knots, they would have taken 40 days to reach the island group! Neither answered our VHF calls and one yacht looked so deserted that we decided to go up to her. The yacht was sailing with two poled-out headsails and no main – she was rolling heavily and covered in barnacles. When we got close a dog emerged wagging his tail and barking, followed by a young lady who crawled from under a tarpaulin. They were on their way to Nuku Hiva. We exchanged greetings and bade them farewell. We caught one tuna on the approach to the Marquesas, which provided us with nice sushi, but otherwise the sea seemed empty. Crew and guests spent a considerable amount of time communicating with friends and businesses via e-mail.
Towering mountain spires
The spectacular island group of the Marquesas is volcanic and geologically young, the rich soil and warm climate encouraging extraordinarily lush foliage, which blankets the land. Anchorages are abundant, but we often found the swell creeping into what looked like a sheltered spot so the kedge was laid to keep us bows-to the swell. It also made landing tricky on beaches which were often swept by breaking waves.
We arrived in Tahauku Bay on the south side of Hiva Oa on 29 April and three of us walked to the main village of Atuona in search of the Gendarmerie. We found the gendarme cutting his front lawn and he asked us to return after the weekend!
Atuona is where Gaugin is buried. He built a house here, calling it the House of Pleasure, probably to provoke the local clergy. He lived there with a 14-year-old local girl before dying on the island two years later. There’s a small museum in his honour.
We were keen to visit Iipona where pae paes, or meeting platforms, have been excavated in one of the best archaeological sites in the islands. The Polynesians mounted tikis, or stone statues, on these platforms and one of the largest – 2.7m high – can be seen here. With their large heads and enormous round eyes, the statues represent a chief or a warrior and were worshipped.
After visiting Tahuata where Alvaro de Mendana anchored in 1595 to make the first European discovery of the islands, we headed for Motane and then continued to Fatu Hiva.
Heyerdahl’s haunt
I was intrigued with Fatu Hiva because Thor Heyerdahl of Kon-Tiki fame spent a year here honeymooning with his first wife. He wrote an interesting book about the difficulties young people faced on the island (just prior to World War II). I had read the book as a young boy and brought a copy with me to find a couple of places he described.
Being the most south-easterly island, Fatu Hiva receives more rain than anywhere else. The upside is that it is also the lushest. A walk to a waterfall was hard going in the high humidity but we crawled over boulders to reach the fall and the lovely pool below it.
We’d met Lorena, a local, at the start of the walk and we were invited to dine with her husband and father. Breadfruit, bananas, curried chicken and vegetables were typical local fare, but the highlight was the conversation with Lorena’s deeply religious father, who proffered his views on island life.
1,150ft waterfall
There is enormous scope for hiking on the islands. It took us five hours to cover the 17km from our anchorage in the Bay of Virgins on Fatu Hiva to Omoa, the island’s main village further south. We had to negotiate the ascent to a ridge before our descent to Omoa, taking us into the clouds and on the way we were able to pick wild peppers, guava, pomelo and mango. Boarding Ika, our large tender, in Omoa was tricky with a big swell, which required some skilful boat handling by first mate Mark.
We also managed to reach Waipo waterfall which at 1,150ft (350m) is one of the world’s tallest – so tall, in fact, that we couldn’t see it in its entirety. It was only in the afternoon, when we flew by helicopter over the site (for a photo shoot) that we were really able to appreciate the beauty and scale of the fall.
No ordinary ordination
We were lucky to be on Nuku Hiva when a local priest was due to be ordained, only the second ordination of a Marquesan. More than 1,000 people congregated from other islands, along with two bishops and a representative of the Pope in attendance. After the ordination in Taiohae’s beautiful cathedral, a feast of local delicacies baked in banana leaves ensued and the celebrations continued the following day in another village.
We anchored off Taipivai to watch more groups perform and were aware that this was where Herman Melville (author of Moby Dick) stayed in 1842, having jumped ship from the whaler Achushnet aged just 23. With Tobias Greene, he lived for a month with the Taipivai tribe and described his experiences in his book Typee. This was not only an adventure story of desertion and living with cannibals, but gave one of the first descriptions of life in a Marquesan village.
Melville criticised the church, missionaries and French colonial power (the French annexed the Marquesas in 1842) for destroying much of the original culture. But criticism of the church wasn’t so easily accepted by the American public and Melville was forced to rewrite part of his book and tone down his views on missionaries.
Our final island in the group was Ua Pou, one of the most impressive, with its mountain spires towering to almost 4,000ft (1,200m). It seemed an appropriate last port of call in the Marquesas before we set sail for the Tuamotus.
The low-lying islands
Although the Tuamotu archipelago lies only 500 miles from the Marquesas, the islands are completely different in form despite also being the remnants of volcanic activity. They are all low-lying, formed of coral reefs, or atolls, which have grown on one-time volcanic islands. Much older than the Marquesas or indeed the Society Islands further west, the Tuamotus have slowly sunk beneath the surface, leaving the coral to do its magnificent work.
What this offers is superb cruising within the barrier reefs in relatively shallow water between 10m and 40m deep, with excellent anchorages and an abundance of marine life.
It took us two days to reach Makemo and we enjoyed some glorious sailing in up to 20 knots. It was important to arrive at slack water to navigate the passage through the reef safely, so during the last night we took a reef in the main to slow us down.
In Puheva village there were no supplies to buy, but Clare, our chef, had stocked well in Nuku Hiva. But we could buy an ice cream on our walks and enjoy a beer and a pastisse at the local bar!
Motoring inside the 25-mile lagoon required a good lookout for bommies or coral heads. We couldn’t sail after 1500 because of the angle of the sun and the need to ‘eyeball’ navigate through the coral. We sent the tender ahead, so her soundings could be sent back to the yacht but, although electronics may be good, there is no substitute for a human lookout 40m up in the crow’s nest.
We decided on an evening barbecue on one of the motus. Clare had prepared duck, tuna fish and spicy sausage and Anne prepared a rum punch. An almost full moon cast its light across the party. A night swim, the moon above us, 29°C air temperature and only the surf on the reef breaking the silence – this must be close to Paradise!
In the morning the entire Makemo lagoon was mirror-calm and with the morning haze one could barely distinguish between the sky and the surface of the water.
As we headed for the western pass of the lagoon, pilotage was made even more difficult as cloud was reflected in the calm water. We crawled forward at four knots with one tender in front checking for bommies. Again the tender came in very useful to check the passage through the pass, her sounder sending back information to Adèle’s helm station and navigation centre.
One of our guests, Claes, was flying out of Fakarava, an atoll 100 miles away, on 14 May but we couldn’t make the passage in a day. We needed to arrive in daylight, so we stopped at Tuanake. There was no more than a small boat pass on this atoll, so an expeditionary party boarded Kina, our other tender, and set out for the lagoon.
Negotiating the pass was difficult – we had to pick a wave which would carry us through. Once inside we had to slow down quickly because the depth was barely a metre. But the coral formations were wonderful, with a lot of colourful fish, and we enjoyed fabulous snorkelling in the shallow water. Moray eels, huge clams, lots of fish we were unable to identify and coral of every type was thriving on the nutrients being brought through the pass.
We rejoined Adèle with some difficulty as the swell rose and fell along her topsides and we then motored slowly north to Fakarava. We spent a couple of days here. We saw only one car! Claes caught his plane home and the rest of us headed for Rangiroa to the north-west, sailing under a cloud-covered sky and in breeze which at times reached 18 knots in the squalls.
We sailed along the atolls of Toau and Apataki before tacking to lay Rangiroa. Although the Tuamotus are known as the ‘dangerous islands’, satellite navigation kept us safe and we could use the protection of the reefs to enjoy fast, calm night sailing.
Rangiroa was the first place to resemble civilisation since leaving Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas and we anchored off a beautiful hotel. We also enjoyed some great diving here, where one of the crew filmed a manta ray underwater and we later enjoyed a drift dive through the pass. The clarity of the water was extraordinary, allowing us 55m deep visibility. We got down to 35m, where there were plenty of shark, manta ray, Napolean fish and barracuda.
We left the Tuamotus through the Tiputa pass. Lise, one of guests, had commented on the absence of dolphins, but as we began our passage Andre shouted “dolphins!” and they were soon playing in our bow wave. We cleared the lagoon at the western extremity and set sail for Tahiti, which we expected to reach the following day.
The islands of love
Adèle approached the Society Islands from the east but it was, of course, from the west that the original explorers, settlers and culture originated. Although Tahiti was visited by the first Europeans in 1767 – Samuel Wallis reached the island aboard the Dolphin, followed in 1769 by Captain James Cook – long before they arrived the Polynesians had completed a remarkable feat of exploration and discovery in the South Pacific.
The Melanesians had populated New Guinea, the Solomons, Vanuatu and finally Fiji between 30,000 and 5,000 years ago, but they had never reached further east. Then less than 4,000 years ago a new people and culture, the Polynesians, started an emigration wave from present day Indonesia and possibly the Philippines and the east Asia mainland.
In less than 100 years they had moved 3,000 miles, their superior boatbuilding skills key to this evolution. Their sailing canoes had developed from designs with two outriggers, still commonly used in the Philippines today, to a single outrigger more adept at handling large waves, to a vessel with two similarly sized hulls – thus the catamaran was born!
And with the catamaran they took the next big leap from Tonga and Samoa to what is now French Polynesia, a journey taking them across 2,000 miles of open ocean. Interestingly, they settled the Marquesas first and then backtracked to Tahiti, the Society Islands, Hawaii in about 500AD and then New Zealand in about 900AD.
After weeks of sunshine, our arrival in Tahiti was met with thunder and lightning as if the Viking God Thor himself was up there causing a commotion. Adèle’s size meant we had to embark a pilot, a charming and cheerful man who offered his wealth of knowledge of Tahiti, French food, other yachts and whatever else we asked him.
His light touch on the joystick brought Adèle inside the reef and safely to Marina Taina where we would remain for ten days. Because of the height of our masts (203ft/ 62m) we also had to gain permission to pass either end of the airport runway but this was granted with little fuss.
Papeete was the first decent-sized town we had been in since leaving Quito in South America more than six weeks ago. One pleasure was being able to buy ‘real’ newspapers. Aboard Adèle we are able to download news and print out our own papers, but it isn’t quite the same as reading the real thing.
Everyone took time off in Tahiti. Jen and I went to see my daughter in California and we had new guests. Sandford and Geraldine Henry, Philip and Florence Hands and Annika and Rick Tomlinson, the photographer, were aboard. Katarina Kiss was also with us, although unfortunately her husband was stuck in Kazakhstan and couldn’t join us.
A surprise start to our adventure was the arrival of a dance troupe, who performed traditional Polynesian dances on top of our deckhouse much to our delight and to that of the crews of surrounding yachts.
Stunning peaks
Shortly afterwards we set sail for Moorea which, with its stunning peaks and two bays in the north, is one of the most beautiful islands in the Societies. From Opunoho Bay we visited the temples at Belvedere and the meeting platforms or maraes similar to the pae pae seen in the Marquesas. We also saw ancient archery platforms from which male nobility used to have competitions, firing their arrows into a cleared range. The Polynesians never used the bow and arrow in anger – instead they used spears and clubs to kill and maim their enemies, who would then be sacrificed on the maraes.
The 90-mile passage to Huahine was undertaken under power and as we entered the pass that led to the lagoon there were great views of rays and turtles in the shallows to starboard from our vantage point in Adèle’s crow’s nest. Spinner dolphin could be observed in the deeper water.
On Raiatea we used the tenders extensively to explore shallower parts of the island and took them both to visit Marae Taputapuatea, the most important marae in all French Polynesia. It was the focal point of religious ceremonies, where the main shrine was dedicated to Oro, the god of war.
Many human sacrifices were performed in honour of Oro and excavation has revealed more than 5,000 skulls on the temple site. Despite these rather gruesome facts, one wonders at the wisdom of the work of missionaries whose task it was to convert the population to Christianity. The missionaries may have stopped cannibalism but at the same time destroyed a culture, parts of which were very attractive.
Authors like Herman Melville and Robert Louis Stevenson drew attention to this in the 19th Century and criticised the missionaries for their zealousness and lack of understanding of the culture.
We left Raiatea, returned to Tahaa and then headed for Bora Bora where we prepared for a special date: 06/06/06. Would the numbers have a symbolic effect, we wondered? But for the Swedes aboard it was also our National Day and an important one to celebrate. Dinner started with salmon roe and Swedish schnapps which got everyone going!
Walking, visiting a local school and spectacular dives kept us busy in Bora Bora although a diving encounter with a number of black tip reef sharks and a couple of 3m long bull sharks was interesting. They were probably well fed on the reef but we learned later that they can be quite aggressive and are responsible for a lot of attacks on humans. We were lucky!
This part of our Pacific adventure was now drawing to a close, Jen and I returned to Europe and our guests departed. We were to return just two weeks later to sail in Samoa, Wallis and Futuna, Fiji and Vanuatu for the rest of the northern summer.
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Similar yachts New listings Adele Laughs It Up While Vacationing On A Yacht With Rich Paul: PhotosThe 'Easy On Me' singer looked to be having an incredible time in Sardinia with her handsome beau and a group of friends.  Adele is living her best life this summer! The superstar singer was spotted aboard a luxury yacht in Sardinia on Wednesday, July 20. Rocking a chic black shirt, sparkling gold earrings and designer sunglasses, Adele looked to be having a ball with a big group of friends and the special man in her life: boyfriend Rich Paul .  While touring around on the Sardinian coastline of Porto Cervo, Adele was all smiles and laughter. She threw up her arms in the arm at one point after sipping on what appeared to be a glass of vino. In another snap, Rich was walking around the deck decked out in a colorful matching ensemble of shirt and shorts as he sported a pair of mirror glasses. The fabulous excursion comes only a few weeks after Rich hinted at the possibility of expanding his brood , which already includes three children from a past relationship. “As a young dad, growing a business, it was pretty tough,” the sports agent told E! . “But now looking as an older dad, if I was to have more kids, I’m looking forward to being a different dad.” Meanwhile, Adele, who shares nine-year-old son Angelo with ex Simon Konecki , “wants more children” with Rich after they moved in together , according to one source who spoke EXCLUSIVELY with HollywoodLife . “Adele wants to have more children in the next year and add to her family,” the insider explained. “She did not buy an 8-bedroom house for just her and her son! She believes that she has found ‘the one’ in Rich and sees herself growing old with him.”  “This house purchase is the first step in that and, ultimately, she wants to get remarried and have her happily ever after,” the source added. “She is going to miss certain aspects of living in the UK, but she is very much looking forward to starting the next chapter of her life now.” While the superstar pair have only been a couple for about a year — they were first spotted attending an NBA game together in July 2021 — children could definitely be in their future as a previous source told us that they are the “perfect couple.” “Anybody who knows Adele knows that it would take an equally strong man to even peak Adele ‘s interest, but that’s very much who Rich is,” the source EXCLUSIVELY shared. “ He may not be known to some because he ‘s been behind the scenes, but he ‘s a very powerful man in what he does, and how he carries himself.” Adele Takes A Yacht Ride As She And Boyfriend Rich Paul Continue Their Vacation In Italy On Saturday, Adele and boyfriend Rich Paul continued their summer vacation in Porto Cervo, Sardinia. The 34-year-old Grammy winner wore a v-neck black blouse with high-waisted black leggings for a stylish yet laid-back appearance while out on a yacht with friends. A sleek bun, big gold hoops, and minimal makeup complemented the ensemble. The entire “summering on a boat” vibe was completed with flip flops and a dark shade of nail lacquer for a sophisticated mani-pedi. Paul, a 40-year-old sports agent, chose to wear a vivid flowery button-down with vibrant blues, pinks, and oranges in contrast.  Along with a set of rings on her left fourth finger, Adele was also spotted wearing a stack of three $4,000 a piece four-leaf clover Van Cleef & Arpels bracelets. When she showed up at the BRIT Awards in February wearing a stunning diamond ring, she ignited engagement speculations with Paul.  Since then, when questioned about their future marriage plans, she has been evasive. Since being photographed together at an NBA Finals game between the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns in July 2021, the “Easy On Me” singer and Paul had been rumored to be dating. “I was blessed with him and he’s just the best. I definitely approached it all with grace, and I think that really paid off,” Adele recently explained to BBC ’s Desert Island Discs regarding her relationship with Paul.  ADELE Vitters Shipyard
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If you have any questions about the ADELE information page below please contact us . A General Description of Sailing Yacht ADELEThis sailing yacht ADELE is a superyacht of substantial proportions. This 55 metre (180 foot) luxury yacht was made by Vitters Shipyard Bv in 2005. Superyacht ADELE is a sumptuous yacht that is able to accommodate a total of 12 passengers on board and has around 9 crew members. The firm of naval architecture which delivered her plans and general arangement on this ship is Hoek Design. Hoek Design was also the one who saw out the overall interior design. S/Y ADELE combines the classic lines of yachts like the early 20th century J-class yachts, such as the Prince’s of Wales BRITANNIA and Kaiser Wilhelm’s METEOR with a contemporary rig and underbody ensuring fast ocean passages. The long overhands, low freeboards, flush deck and tall masts give the yacht beautiful lines. Her sheer size enables both elegance and comfort. New Build & Yacht Design relating to Luxury Yacht ADELEThe yacht's wider design collaboration came from Hoek Design. The professional naval architecture drawings are the work of Hoek Design. Sailing Yacht ADELE received her stylish interior designing from the interior design firm of Hoek Design. In 2005 she was actually launched with accolade in Zwartsluis and following sea trials and finishing touches was afterwards delivered to the yacht owner. Vitters Shipyard Bv completed their new build sailing yacht in the Netherlands. The core hull was crafted from aluminium. The sailing yacht main superstructure is made largely using aluminium. With a beam of 9.51 metres or 31.2 feet ADELE has spacious interior. A deep draught of 4.8m (15.7ft) limits the list of ports she can visit, taking into account their particular characteristics. Engines & Speeds On S/Y ADELE:The main engine of the ship produces 1000 horse power (or 736 kilowatts). Her total HP is 1000 HP and her total Kilowatts are 736. She is driven by a single screw propeller. ADELE has a/an efficient cruise speed is 13 knots which offers a range of 6500. Superyacht ADELE Has Accommodation:Bestowing space for a limit of 12 visiting passengers overnighting, the ADELE accommodates them in luxury. She also requires around 9 able yacht crew to run. A List of the Specifications of the ADELE:
Miscellaneous Yacht DetailsIn Sept 2009 ADELE sailed to Fort Lauderdale, in United States. This sailing yacht also cruised the waters within Broward County during October 2009. Heinen & Hopman is the company which installed the AC . ADELE features a teak deck. ADELE Disclaimer:The luxury yacht ADELE displayed on this page is merely informational and she is not necessarily available for yacht charter or for sale, nor is she represented or marketed in anyway by CharterWorld. This web page and the superyacht information contained herein is not contractual. All yacht specifications and informations are displayed in good faith but CharterWorld does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the current accuracy, completeness, validity, or usefulness of any superyacht information and/or images displayed. All boat information is subject to change without prior notice and may not be current. Quick Enquiry“Sailing yachts have long combined nature with manmade beauty.” - ED DUBOIS “I think that one of the best things about Vitters is a conscious effort to make each yacht better than the last one. And better, you can have a long discussion about what better means, but better really in terms of quality. They have achieved that. And the finished project always batted my expectation.” - NIGEL INGRAM  CHRONOS | From EUR€ 84,000/wk BAHRIYELI C | From EUR€ 19,000/wk PRANA | From US$ 126,000/wk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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When you consider that the yacht uses about 2.5 tons of water for a 'top to toe' wash including the rig, the deck and topsides, the need for constant fresh water is paramount. In good ...
Length 54.6m. Year2005. Adele. 2005. |. Sail Yacht. Adele is a custom sailing yacht launched in 2005 by Vitters Shipyard and most recently refitted in 2015. Vitters Shipyard is a well established and respected custom yacht builder situated in Zwartsluis, The Netherlands. The facility opened in 1990 and has delivered an impressive list of yachts ...
Adèle is arguably one of the most beautiful sailing yachts that ever crossed the oceans. She was my dream and became my reality together with Jennifer, my wife and the Captain and crew. Jennifer and I spent two years aboard her from her launch in 2005 until we sold her in 2007. During that time we sailed the corresponding distance of one ...
Meanwhile, Paul looked suave in a black button-up featuring colorful flowers in teal, hot pink, orange, and yellow. Coordinating with Adele in black pants, he additionally paired the look with ...
This past Saturday, the Grammy Award-winning singer was photographed boarding a yacht with her boyfriend, sports agent Rich Paul, off the Sardinian coastline of Porto Cervo. Adele wore a ...
She is one of 37 sail yachts in the size range of 50-55 m, and the 3rd-largest yacht built by Vitters. As for the largest yachts in the world rankings, Adele is positioned at 685th. Hoek Design Naval Architects is responsible for her sophisticated design, (the exterior design, naval architecture, plus interior design), along with 38 other yachts.
Adele received ShowBoat's awards for best sailing yacht over 50 metres. Adele had three tenders, one with an inboard engine, one with waterjet and one with a diesel outboard. ... Adèle is a powerful yacht and carries a large sail area both upwind and downwind which, together with her narrow hull, gives her an impressive speed even in light air.
The Dutch-built sailing yacht Adele and her chase boat Stargazer together in Newport, RI. The Dutch-built sailing yacht Adele and her chase boat Stargazer together in Newport, RI. Photo of the Day The 55m sailing yacht Adele in Newport. Written by Charl van Rooy. Tue, 18 Aug 2020 | 08:00. Loading... Newsletter. Subscribe ...
The 54.6m Vitters sailing superyacht Adèle has completed her refit at Royal Huisman and set off on a shakedown cruise to Norway. Adèle 's winter refit programme included an overhaul of various systems, electronics and equipment as well as touch-ups and repairs to her interior and a new teak deck. During the refit, the bright red hull was ...
Adele is a sailing yacht with an overall length of m. The yacht's builder is Vitters Shipyard from The Netherlands, who launched Adele in 2005. The superyacht has a beam of m, a draught of m and a volume of . GT.. Adele features exterior design by Hoek Design Naval Architects B.V. and interior design by Hoek Design Naval Architects B.V.. Up to 10 guests can be accommodated on board the ...
Adele continued her summer getaway with boyfriend Rich Paul on the Sardinian coastline of Porto Cervo on Saturday. The Grammy-winner, 34, went for a chic and casual look aboard a yacht with ...
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12. ADELE is a 54.6 m Sail Yacht, built in Netherlands by Vitters and delivered in 2005. Her top speed is 13.5 kn, her cruising speed is 11.0 kn, and she boasts a maximum cruising range of 6500.0 nm at 10.0 kn, with power coming from a Caterpillar diesel engine. She can accommodate up to 12 guests in 5 staterooms, with 8 crew members waiting on ...
Adele was captured wearing a Loewe x Paula's Ibiza print top and matching pants, a £1,825 ($2,186.13) set and carrying Saint Laurent's Rive Gauche raffia and leather bag, which costs £1,860 ...
Sleeps 10 overnight. The award winning 54.64m/179'3" sail yacht 'Adele' was built by Vitters in the Netherlands at their Zwartsluis shipyard. Her interior is styled by design house Hoek Design and she was delivered to her owner in June 2005. This luxury vessel's exterior design is the work of Hoek Design and she was last refitted in 2015.
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Adele is a 54.6 m / 179′2″ luxury sailing yacht. She was built by Vitters in 2005. With a beam of 9.5 m and a draft of 4.8 m, she has an aluminium hull and aluminium superstructure. She is powered by engines of 1000 hp each giving her a maximum speed of 14 knots and a cruising speed of 13 knots. The sailing yacht can accommodate 10 guests in 4 cabins. The yacht was designed by Hoek Design.
The superstar singer was spotted aboard a luxury yacht in Sardinia on Wednesday, July 20. Rocking a chic black shirt, sparkling gold earrings and designer sunglasses, Adele looked to be having a ...
On Saturday, Adele and boyfriend Rich Paul continued their summer vacation in Porto Cervo, Sardinia. The 34-year-old Grammy winner wore a v-neck black blouse with high-waisted black leggings for a stylish yet laid-back appearance while out on a yacht with friends. A sleek bun, big gold hoops, and minimal makeup complemented the ensemble. The entire "summering on a boat" vibe was completed ...
Adele is having some fun on vacation with boyfriend Rich Paul!. The 34-year-old 15-time Grammy winner and the 40-year-old sports agent made their way off of a yacht with a few friends to do some ...
This sailing yacht ADELE is a superyacht of substantial proportions. This 55 metre (180 foot) luxury yacht was made by Vitters Shipyard Bv in 2005. Superyacht ADELE is a sumptuous yacht that is able to accommodate a total of 12 passengers on board and has around 9 crew members. The firm of naval architecture which delivered her plans and ...
Adele and Rich Paul vacation aboard a yacht in Sardinia, Italy. The rarely seen couple was spotted vacationing with friends in scenic Porto Cervo. She was ...
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