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The design challenge presented by Adela was to incorporate every conceivable modern yacht system and convenience into the original interior without losing the charm and elegance of the original W.C. Storey design.

Today, Adela cuts a classic profile blending traditional fittings with modern technology within her sumptuous interior as well as on deck. Custom made blocks and winch, concealed state of the art communications and a modern climate control system all provide the comfort and convenience one would expect on a modern superyacht.

BUILDER J.G.Fay & Co, Southampton

YEAR OF BUILD 1903

FORMER NAME Heartsease

TYPE Sailing Yacht - Schooner

NAVAL ARCHITECT Gerard Dykstra (Restoration)

EXTERIOR STYLING Gerard Dykstra (Restoration)

INTERIOR DESIGN Gerard Dykstra / Pendennis (Restoration)

CONSTRUCTION Steel

LOA 50m pre-remodel / 55.5m (182.09ft) post-remodel

BEAM 7.90m (26ft)

DRAFT 4.80m (15.75ft)

DISPLACEMENT 250 tonnes

PENDENNIS REFIT YEAR 2006, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017

PENDENNIS REFIT LOCATION Pendennis Falmouth, Pendennis Palma

PENDENNIS REMODEL YEAR 2000

PENDENNIS REMODEL LOCATION Pendennis Falmouth

PENDENNIS RESTORATION YEAR 1995

PENDENNIS RESTORATION LOCATION Pendennis Falmouth

AWARDS Winner: Best Sailing Yacht 36m+ - Showboats Magazine 1995

Racing in the 2009 St Barth's Bucket regatta (photography Cory Silken)

De-stepping Adela's mast in Falmouth during the 2009 refit

The main salon, following an update by Pendennis' Interior Design team during the 2012 refit (photography Cory Silken)

Adela was the overall winner of the Pendennis Cup in 2010

Leading the fleet off the start line in the 2012 Pendennis Cup

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55.11m  /  180'10 | pendennis | 1995 / 2015.

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Special Features:

• Full-beam master cabin for superior comfort
• Lloyds Register classification
• Sleeps 8 overnight

The 55.11m/180'10" classic yacht 'Adela' was built by Pendennis in the United Kingdom at their Falmouth shipyard. Her interior is styled by design house Dykstra & Partners and she was completed in 1995. This luxury vessel's exterior design is the work of Dykstra & Partners and she was last refitted in 2015.

Guest Accommodation

Adela has been designed to comfortably accommodate up to 8 guests in 4 suites. She is also capable of carrying up to 11 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience.

Range & Performance

Adela is built with a steel hull and steel superstructure, with teak decks. Powered by 1 x diesel Lugger (6170A) 640hp engines, she comfortably cruises at 10 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 12 knots with a range of up to 1,200 nautical miles from her 17,916 litre fuel tanks at 10 knots. Her water tanks store around 9,232 Litres of fresh water. She was built to Lloyds Register classification society rules.

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A Summary of Sailing Yacht ADELA

The sailing yacht ADELA is a 55 metre 181 (foot) impressive steel boat which was produced from the keel up at Pendennis and designed in the office of Wc Storey and Dijkstra & Partners. The sizeable twin masted schooner ADELA is a particularly distinctive United Kingdom made superyacht which was launched to celebration in 1995. The naval architect responsible for her design details with respect to the yacht was Wc Storey and Dijkstra & Partners. Her interior styling was created by Dijkstra & Partners / Pendennis. She is a modern twin masted schooner.

Classic sailing schooner ADELA is a predecessor of the J-class America's Cup class. She was originally built combining conventional materials and present technology, including lightweight sails, to produce a classic performer.

The Building & Yacht Design with respect to Luxury Yacht ADELA

Wc Storey was the naval architecture company involved in the technical vessel composition for ADELA. Her interior design was realised by Dijkstra & Partners / Pendennis. Wc Storey and Dijkstra & Partners is also associated with the yacht general design work for this boat. In 1995 she was actually launched with triumph in Falmouth and post sea trials and detailing was thereafter passed on to the new owner. Pendennis completed their new build sailing yacht in the United Kingdom. Her main hull was built out of steel. The sailing yacht main superstructure is fabricated largely with teak. The total length of the luxury yacht on deck is 49.74 (163.2 ft). With a beam of 7.9 m / 25.9 feet ADELA has reasonable room. She has a fairly deep draught of 4.75m (15.6ft). She had refit maintenance and modification completed in 2006.

The Range & Speeds - Engineering Figures On S/Y ADELA:

Installed with one LUGGER diesel engines, ADELA will attain a maximum speed of 12 knots. Coupled to the ADELA engines are a single screw propeller. She also has an economical range of 1200 miles whilst motoring at her cruising speed of 10 knots. Her total HP is 640 HP and her total Kilowatts are 471. Regarding bow thruster maneuverability she was fitted with Hps.

The Guest Accommodation Offered On Superyacht ADELA:

The noteworthy luxury yacht sailing yacht ADELA can accommodate up to 8 people and has 7 crew.

A List of the Specifications of the ADELA:

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Around Sept 2009 ADELA cruised to Cascais, in Portugal. This sailing yacht has navigated the area encompassing Lisboa during Sept 2009. Heinen & Hopman is the firm which installed the air conditioning system . Her deck material is predominantly a teak deck.

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Sail Yacht Adela

Adela is a sail 55.50m  (182'1"ft) built by pendennis shipyard and launched in 1995. this luxury vessel's sophisticated exterior design and engineering are the work of dykstra naval architects..

This luxury yacht has a steel hull , a beam of 7.90m  (25'11"ft) and a 4.80m  (15'8"ft) draft .

Adela Accommodation

Adela offers accommodation for up to 8 guests . She is also capable of carrying up to 9 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience.

Adela is currently not available for Charter on Superyachts.com. Click here to view similar Yachts Available for Charter.

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A week in the life of a superyacht

• August 9, 2010

YW talks to the final members of Adela's crew as they prepare for the start of the Pendennis Cup

The Stewardess:

The crew mess is certainly living up to its name this morning. I’m told Carrie, the stewardess, is somewhere around here, but I was never any good at hide and seek. Sure enough, she pokes her head out from under the huge pile of polo, rugby and t-shirts. “Good morning, had a nice nap?” I ask; she doesn’t seem too fazed by the situation, “Oh, it’s like this every time we race.”

She wiggles herself free and is doing marvelously well to stay so calm, considering the fact that over 30 extra race crew will be arriving onboard on Sunday afternoon for the pre-race practice. She spurts the logistics involved in getting well over 40 people kitted out with the Adela uniform: “I began designing and ordering the rugby shirts two months ago. As soon as our Captain gives me a idea of who will be racing, I begin the huge task of clothing them.”

Each team member needs a race t-shirt as well as a rugby pullover due to the cooler racing climate. On top of that, they need spare sizes, extra uniforms for visitors, friends and guests; soon Adela’s got an order for over 200 articles of clothing; “in one year alone Adela spends over €30,000 on uniforms for regattas.”

One of Carrie’s, and the second stewardess Jess’s largest tasks, on top of preparing the crew’s uniform, is the interior maintenance of a classic re-build like Adela. All the French polished mahogany in the guest areas has to be maintained and every six months, it has to be refinished; Carrie has to organise flying in French polishers especially from France for this huge task. After this, she moves on to the silver fittings; “I get everything polished properly before our owners and guests come on boards. Taps, soap trays, light switches, cupboard handles, every single finger mark need to be polished away.”

It doesn’t end there, after the polishing is concluded, Carrie cling-films the freshly polished silver to prevent tainting the area with dust, or wear and tear of any kind, be it a water splash, fingerprint or salt-air stain. This is then removed only five minutes before the owners arrive.

Once the owners are onboard, Carrie caters for their every need; she looks after guests, helps unpack the owner’s suitcases and organises dinner reservations at various restaurants. In short, she has to ensure that everything is perfect for the duration of the owner’s stay and make sure they feel as much at home as possible.

Although, with such consideration to the owner’s pleasure and comfort, it’s easy to forget that in seven days, Adela will be racing on UK waters against six other superyachts, each competing for the Pendennis cup. “Yes, it’s a fine balance, we have to be able to go from pure luxury to locking down all the furniture in place and heading out to race in only a few hours; it’s these final few days of pressure I love as we all come together, crew and owner, to give Adela the best possible chance of success in the Pendennis Cup.”

The First Mate

Will Miner, the first-mate, is looking to the skies; he’s on deck and the masts protrude high towards the sun. The upcoming day’s weather is vital; tomorrow is the pre-race day when over 30 professional crew arrive in the morning from all over the world, eager and fresh, ready to begin time-trials and sail tests. The first-mate will organise all these people, and despite being thoroughly experienced on Adela, I ask him if he is naturally a bit apprehensive; “Oh, this next week will be absolutely hectic; I really don’t have time to think about my own emotions and anxieties. I’m here to reassure the rest of the crew, make sure everyone knows what they are doing, are comfortable in their roles and that everything is safe.”

Of course, when you’re travelling at 13-14 knots on potentially choppy seas, there is little room for error; Will’s job is to eliminate this completely. He has to make confident and educated decisions and everyone looks to him for answers and I notice he rarely gets a minute alone; someone is constantly firing some question or another his way. I overhear him discussing sail configurations, looking at weather updates, whilst taking calls from the engine room about various minor repairs and also contemplating the crew arrangement for the week; “we’ll have 50% of professional race sailors, combined with 50% local sailing teams, it can be a difficult combination to manage and merge.”

“Adela is not as easy boat to sail,” he informs me, “unlike the new modern aluminium designs, which have push-button, roller-furling sails, Adela requires every crew member for every manoeuvre.” Yet he is adamant about efficiency, “it’s vital each member understands their role to ensure safety and success whilst racing, and of course, the sails make a difference too;” He jokes, “we’ve just got a couple of new spinnakers arrived onboard this week…” he paused and smiles, “but they’re the Captain’s babies really, so I’ll let him tell you all about those…”

The Captain

It’s Sunday, but with all the activity going on it doesn’t feel like it in Falmouth Marina. With only one day to go until Adela will be competing, the deck is alive with crew. The Captain, Greg Perkins, is taking a few minutes of peace and quiet, although admittedly, with me. We’re stood close to the beautiful varnished teak and stainless helm. Greg is very much the father figure of the boat; stern when he needs to be, comforting at others, calm but clearly in control; it’s obvious he has earnt the respect of his fellow crew over years of experience. Greg returned to Adela after working there before following the retirement of Steve Carson.

Greg is keen to get the very best out of Adela; two brand-new spinnakers have arrived this week in time for the Pendennis Cup. Greg fires facts at me from memory “the new spinnaker, the red one, is 25% larger than the one it is replacing, that will be the largest kite the boat will have ever have sailed with at over 1000m2. Then our second spinnaker is a reaching kite made of heavier cloth and is flatter so we can sail closer to the wind, and all in all gives us at present, 2000m2 of sail to play with at any one time.”

He happily continues, “on top of our new spinnakers, we’ve currently got a new staysail and yankee under construction, along with a new mainsail arriving in winter.” Some of the current sails are between 7-10 years old, and are no longer suitable for racing; they are losing their shape and becoming brittle. Greg is all about the competition and achieving the most from Adela, keeping her on top of her game, so to speak.

Over the next few days Greg will be keeping a close eye on the weather, both physically, and through forecasts. “Yes, I use hour-by-hour forecasts, which come from different sources, so I can assemble an overview of all possible conditions prior to racing, to make an informed decision. You have to use intuition and make your sail choices once underway.”

Each racecourse is released on the morning of each day, so Greg will want to predict what possible course and conditions they could be racing under, and then discuss sail configurations. “It’s difficult to change the headsails, so we try and look ahead and stick with one.” A sail can weigh anything up to 600kg, so changing it whilst sailing is an option they would rather avoid. With a 465m2 mainsail and another 4 sails to manipulate once out there, there is no doubt that the adrenaline will be pumping.

“In a sense, it all comes together last minute; we can talk tactics through and through, but once you’re out there with the breeze through the rigging, the specifics go overboard, and for most of us instinct takes over. This week will be fantastic, I can’t wait to try out our new spinnakers”

Although it is easy to get wrapped up in the pre-regatta hysteria, Greg is always looking towards improvement and the future and this winter he’s got a huge refurbishment schedule. The host of the race, Pendennis, is also playing host to the refit, when Adela will spend four months in their workshops as they fit a new engine, re-spray the entire rigging, all the generators get reconditioned and a huge paintjob of the entire hull.  

S/Y Adela Wins 13th Superyacht Challenge Antigua

Five days of racing off the south coast of Antigua culminated in the 182-foot Dykstra S/Y Adela winning the 2024 edition of the Superyacht Challenge Antigua . The Gosnell Trophy, presented by Arthur and Page Gosnell, was given to Greg Perkins, who skippered Adela.

While superyachts race to win their class, there is no mathematically chosen winner. All of the competing yachts and the race committee vote for the yacht that has competed in the Spirit of the Regatta, both afloat and ashore. Voting was unanimous for S/Y Adela.

We bought Adela in 2020 and we have not been able to race her due to Covid , so Adela has been out for four years.” commented Adela’s owner to Superyacht Challenge Antigua. “This is the first time I have been in this environment and it has been fantastic. The spirit of the team, their passion, the history, and the philosophy of Adela is wonderful.”

The Rebecca Trophy was awarded to Namuun, a 108-foot Hoek designed sloop skippered by Tom Aiken. Toby Allies and Mike Carr from Pendennis Shipyard presented the trophy to Aiken on St. Patrick’s Day.

Superyacht Challenge Antigua’s Co-founder Stan Pearson sadly passed away weeks before the start. His burial was at sea, flanked by superyachts. His memorial was held in Nelson’s Dockyard with hundreds from the sailing community in attendance. A deep-water mark has been named “Stan” in his memory, and three cheers were given for him during the prizegiving.

“Stan will always be remembered for his tremendous work, love and enthusiasm for sailing,” wrote Superyacht Challenge Antigua.

Co-founder Paul Deeth has confirmed the dates for the 14 th edition of the Superyacht Challenge Antigua are March 4-11, 2025.

Read more about the Privateer Class, Corsair Class, Buccaneer Class, and more during the Challenge here !

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