One-of-a-kind
sailing boat
Totally refitted and equipped
for autonomous expeditions for more
than a month, ready to safely accommodate crew of 10 to the world’s most remote waters.
Totally refitted and equipped
for autonomous expeditions for more
than a month, ready to safely accommodate crew of 10 to the world’s most remote waters.
Equipped by radar, watermaker, AIS, heating system, Starlink, washing machine.
Equipped by radar, watermaker, AIS, heating system, Starlink, washing machine.
- Full length 50ft
- The draft 2.0 meters
- Main set of 4 sails plus the gennaker
- Cruising speed 7 knots
- 5 cabins for 2 persons each
- 2 WC with shower
- Fully equipped kitchen
Equipped by radar, watermaker, AIS, heating system, Starlink, washing machine.
The yacht
Expedition Yacht: Ocean-Going Vessel for Arctic Waters
Interior
Season 7 (SPRING / 25)
consists of 4 stages
But our project isn't just about those on the boat. The team on land is an equally important part of our story. All the organizational processes, external communication, partner interactions, and much more - that's what the invisible part of the Xploration team does.
On board Perola do Mar, we sail with a crew of 10:
Before each voyage, we meet everyone personally through a video call. This helps align expectations and ensures the crew dynamics work well together - because remarkable voyages are shaped by remarkable crew.
- a captain,
- a wizard (first mate responsible for comfort and care),
- and 8 crew members joining us for the journey.
Before each voyage, we meet everyone personally through a video call. This helps align expectations and ensures the crew dynamics work well together - because remarkable voyages are shaped by remarkable crew.
After several years of sailing in the area of Durban port and Cape Town, she travelled extensively from Cape Horn to Caribbean and up to Greenland. Being owned by Greeks and then Italians, she moved to the Mediterranean, and ended up her first big chapter near Rome, where she was staying in the river to Tiber while desperately needing major repairment.
History and refit
of the yacht
The boat was engineered by a yacht designer Dudley Dix as a steel 2-masts schooner with Marconi rig, and built in 1990's in South Africa by
an entrepreneur Alan O'Gorman. She was named Perola do Mar and never changed her name since her first launch.
The boat was engineered by a yacht designer Dudley Dix as a steel 2-masts schooner with Marconi rig, and built in 1990's in South Africa by
an entrepreneur Alan O'Gorman. She was named Perola do Mar and never changed her name since her first launch.