Antigua and Barbuda: Antigua Basic Regatta 2024 is all set to welcome Adix, Jamie Botin’s beautiful 212-foot, steel-hulled schooner. The three-masted, gaff-rigged schooner measures 185 toes on deck with a beam of 28 toes and a draft of 16 toes.
The yacht weighs round 370 tons and has a sail space of over 18,000 sq. toes. Notably, the naval architect Arthur Holgate’s design was impressed by William Gardner’s legendary schooner Atlantic and the yacht was constructed by Astilleros de Mallorca in Spain in 1984 for Argentine businessman Carlos Perdomo.
Throughout its launch, the yacht was named Jessica after the title of the proprietor’s girlfriend, who was as soon as a secretary within the Nicholson workplace in English Harbour, Antigua.
In 1988, Australian entrepreneur Alan Bond purchased the yacht and renamed it Schooner XXXX to near-universal derision. Bond, who bankrolled Australia II, the boat that wrested the America’s Cup away from the New York Yacht Membership again in 1983, solely owned her for one yr.
Additional, the boat was purchased by Jamie Botin purchased in 1989 who additional employed Paul Goss because the captain. The title was modified to Adix and over the subsequent two years, adjustments have been made to enhance efficiency, look and luxury.
The keel of the yacht was reconfigured from a shallow full keel to a 16-foot deep, 43-foot lengthy fin keel with a skeg-hung rudder to enhance upwind efficiency. The transom was prolonged by 18 toes to enhance its look the place it received an all-new inside.
The yacht underwent a number of different refits over time and Goss, who remains to be its captain, stated “It’s been a gradual however fixed means of improvement which has led to the magnificent yacht she is right now.” Watching her lower by means of the waves on the Antigua Basic Yacht Regatta shall be a sight to behold.
Antigua Basic Regatta 2024 is all set to happen from April 17-22 2024 and on the race course, the wodden Cariacou boats will showcase their potential.
