Malua

Adams Bluewater Cruising 42ft Yacht

This is the site of Malua an Adams 42ft yacht built in Australia by her master Harry Watson Smith.  After completing the vessel in 2004 Malua spent a summer in Tasmania.  The following summer Malua sailed to New Zealand then on to Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu and then back to Bundaberg and south to her home port of Bermagui.  In March 2007 Malua was shipped to Palma in Spain aboard a Seven Star vessel Erasmasgragt.

The crew has spent the five summers cruising the Mediterranean.  These pages have been extracted from the official web site of Malua www.malua.com.au

In 2012 -2013 we crossed the Atlantic and cruised the Caribbean and the east coast of USA.  In 2014 Malua passed through the Panama Canal on her way home in Australia.

Since then we have cruised Tasmania, New Caledonia and Fiji.  The next cruise stats in 2023 sailing north to revisit Queensland and the Barrier Reef.

This Adams Bluewater 42 has cruised the world, been rejuvenated on its return, and is ready to set sail into the sunrise tomorrow.  Constructed and approved into 2C survey (2004) it has a unique layout with an exceptional fit-out and a best-in-class inventory.  It will suit a single sailor or a couple to cruise the Australian coast or to return to distant international shores.
Internally Malua is spacious with portlights that open to give cross ventilation in the tropics.  All bunks have European style inner spring materesses and lea cloths.  The shower is engine heated while the toilet is like in an aircraft vacumn suction - so one press and into the holding tank.
Malua has been sailed single-handed all around the world.  Joe Adams, the Australian designer, produced a fast, sea kindly hull with moderate beam and sufficient volume to provide ample stowage for extended cruising without compromising performance.  The raised saloon and the internal layout gives her a spacious, open, airy and light interior which is remarked upon by all who come aboard.  The Myrtle wood work is exceptional as are all the electrical and sailing systems.