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There were at least eight determined and energetic crew out on Adela's bowsprit and its netting. They were frantically trying to unhank and retrieve the remains of the Nol jib which, with very little time before the race start, had suddenly torn from leech to luff. But very quickly they managed to remove it and replace it with a No2 jib, just in time for us to surge across the start line off Fort Charlotte near the entrance to Antigua's English Harbour.
Adela was back where she belongs, on a Caribbean racecourse in brisk tradewinds, and it was game on! Adela will be a familiar sight to so many. Signposted by her spinnaker emblazoned with the huge 'A' logo, she has been a stalwart of superyacht regattas in the first two decades of this century.
Built by Pendennis Shipyard and launched in 1995, she is a near replica of a 1903 schooner (originally of the same name but later renamed Heartsease) which was designed by William Storey and built by Fay & Co in Southampton. The main differences are that the newer version - whose design was updated by Gerard Dykstra - is of steel construction instead of composite, has a modern underwater profile and more beam, and is Bermudan rigged instead of gaff.
At the time of Adela's launch her main mast was easily the longest carbon spar to be built, her foremast almost certainly the second longest, and her 471m² triangular mainsail was the largest ever produced by North.
In 2000, Pendennis literally cut Adela's hull in half to allow her length to be extended by 3.6m. This was to provide better crew quarters but did also, of course, improve her sailing performance by increasing the waterline length and by further separating the rigs. She now has a hull length of 46.0m, a length over spars of 55.5m, and a displacement of 270 tonnes.
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THE NEXT CHAPTER
THE ARCHETYPAL SCHOONER CRUISER-RACER IS BACK ON THE CARIBBEAN CIRCUIT. NIGEL SHARP JOINED ADELA'S CREW FOR ITS FIRST REGATTA IN FIVE YEARS, THE ANTIGUA SUPERYACHT CHALLENGE
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ZEMI FORM MEETS FUNCTION
MALCOLM MCKEON DELIGHTS IN THE CHANCE TO RACE HIS OWN DESIGN BALTIC 110 ZEMI AT THE ST BARTHS BUCKET.
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PEGASUS TAKES OFF
MIXING NEW AND PROVEN IDEAS, PEGASUS HAS CREATED A SHORTHANDED FAST BLUEWATER YACHT WITH A MARKED DIFFÉRENCE, AS TOBY HODGES DISCOVERS ON A TWO-DAY TEST SAIL
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A LONG WAY ROUND
THE OCEAN GLOBE RACE WAS ALL ABOUT BRINGING BACK THE SPIRIT OF THE EARLY WHITBREADS. ELAINE BUNTING FINDS OUT HOW THE CREWS FARED
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THE BIG OCEAN CLEAN
AN AMBITIOUS PLAN IS SETTING OUT TO REMOVE PLASTIC FROM THE WORLD'S GREATEST OCEAN
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RING OF FIRE
A MEMORABLE PASSAGE FROM FIJI TO AUSTRALIA FOR KATE ASHE-LEONARD
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HALF WAY HEAVEN
A FINAL PACIFIC PASSAGE FROM FRENCH POLYNESIA TO NEW ZEALAND TAKES THE SWAN 37 ELIXIR HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD
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THE ENDLESS OCEAN
THE PACIFIC IS THE WORLD'S BIGGEST OCEAN, BUT WITH SO MANY OPTIONS HOW DO YOU PLAN A ROUTE ACROSS? CRUISERS SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES
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NIKKI HENDERSON
ALL YACHTS SHOULD HAVE THE MEANS TO GO ALOFT AT SEA AND A CREW MEMBER WILLING AND ABLE TO DO SO
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MATTHEW SHEAHAN
IT’S ALL SMILES FOR THE AMERICA’S CUP TEAMS AS THE BRAND NEW AC75 BOATS HIT THE WATER. BUT THE SERIOUS BUSINESS STARTS SOON...