Boats For Sale in Buford Ga - Meta

A rare opportunity for beautifully maintained robust aluminum expedition vessel purpose built for high latitude cruising.  Regularly updated with another set of improvement are about to start.  Perfectly positioned in BC, Canada for continued expeditions whether north or south.

Adak was built in France in 1998 for high-latitude cruising. META built the hull to a Joubert-Nivelt design using its Strongall method, with no conventional framework: the welded plate carries the loads, from 20 mm on the bottom to around 11 to 12.5 mm on the topsides and deck. Many aluminum boats that have worked in ice show a pattern of dents. Adak came out of a season in Alaskan waters with no sign of impact or hull deformation.

In 2015 she was bought by Ross Field, a Whitbread Race winner and veteran of five circumnavigations. He gave her a major refit at Berthon in Lymington, UK, including the John Deere engine, sails and watermaker, and in 2017 sailed her to West Greenland on an attempt at the Northwest Passage. Shipped to New Zealand in 2020, she received an updated including a full B&G electronics upgrade and the Fischer Panda generator.

Following another update she departed New Zealand in 2026 on 9,300 nm voyage via New Caledonia, the Marshall Islands and the Aleutians to Alaska and British Columbia. Her motoring range is exceptional: at 8 knots she burns about 8 l/hr, giving roughly 2,000 NM from 2,000 l of fuel, enough to work high-latitude coasts where the wind is light, contrary or blocked by ice.

Adak was bought in 2026 for the Ice Frontiers project. After a successful first season, the project now needs a larger expedition vessel. This is not a distressed sale: a winter refit is planned and a 2027 season in the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea is scheduled. If she goes under contract, the refit and 2027 plans will be adapted to the buyer.

The asking price is for the vessel as she stands. Refit costs incurred after November 1, 2026 are passed on to the buyer at cost, supported by invoices. After closing, the buyer may change or cancel any refit work not yet completed, and the owner is willing to keep managing the refit on the buyer’s behalf.

Name........................................................ Adak 

Year........................................................... 1998

Builder....................................... META, France

Designer..................................... Joubert-Nivelt

LOA............................................. 53’ (16.26 m)

Beam.......................................... 15’3” (4.65 m)

Draft............................................... 8’2” (2.5 m)

Displacement......................... 37,500 lbs (17 t)

Hull                     Welded Aluminum (Strongall)

Deck.................................... Welded Aluminum

Steering...................... Wheel, emergency tiller

Keel................................. Fin keel, fully welded

Rudder............................................. Skeg-hung

Engine................................ John Deere 150 hp

Generator...................... Fischer Panda 10 kW

Fuel......................................... 528 gals/2,000 l

Water.................... 79 gals/300 l + watermaker

Hot Water................................................... Yes

Holding Tank.............................................. Yes

Flag............................... UK (Part 1 registered)

CONSTRUCTION

• Optimized for high-latitude adventures
• Built by META using its Strongall method: thick welded aluminum plate with no internal ribs or stringers, so hull and deck work as one structure
• Graduated plate: 20 mm bottom, 18 mm next strake, approx. 11 to 12.5 mm topsides and deck
• Plate spreads impacts instead of denting between frames. No sign of impact or hull deformation at her October 2026 haul-out after a season in Alaskan waters
• Fully welded fin keel with skeg; nothing bolted on to be lost
• Skeg-hung rudder, cable steering to quadrant, emergency tiller
• 8 cm continuous foam insulation lining the hull to below the waterline; warm and dry in cold water
• No internal frames to work around, so hoses, wiring and new equipment are easy to run

COCKPIT

• Single helm station
• Bimini (to be replaced by a welded aluminum doghouse in the winter refit, see below)
• Hot and cold cockpit shower
• Swim ladder and davits

INTERIOR

• Interior fitted in solid wood
• 3 double cabins plus 2 single quarter berths; sleeps 5 to 8
• 2 manual heads, 2 showers
• Headroom 6 to 7 ft in cabins and saloon
• Workshop with freezer
• Redundant diesel heating: Eberspächer heater and Refleks 60M heater with 30 l day tank
• Bed linen included

GALLEY

• ENO two-burner gas cooker with oven, certified April 2026
• Refrigerator in galley, freezer in workshop
• 2 aluminum gas cylinders
• Standard kitchenware included

MECHANICAL

• John Deere 4045TFM50, 150 hp diesel, installed 2016
• Approx. 2,400 hours (Nov 2026)
• Shaft drive, PRM 750A gearbox, Max-Prop 3-blade feathering propeller
• Cruise 8 kn at approx. 8 l/hr, max 11 kn
• Range approx. 2,000 NM under power at 8 kn
• 2,000 l fuel; fuel can be transferred between tanks
• Engine serviced March 2026; fuel tanks emptied, cleaned and inspected March 2026
• Fischer Panda 10000i 10 kW generator

ELECTRICAL + PLUMBING

• Fully Ready for extended Off-Grid Adventures
• 24 V DC house system
• New 2026 house bank: 4 x 6 V AGM Deep Cycle 11,040 Wh (equivalent to 920 amp-hrs at 12 volts).
• Separate engine and generator battery
• Mastervolt charger, Victron Phoenix 800 W inverter, Victron BMV 712 monitor
• Watt&Sea 300 W hydrogenerator, D400 wind generator, 2 x 200 W solar blankets
• 220 V shore power with galvanic isolator
• Wiring in place for a dive compressor
• Watermaker: Spectra Cape Horn Extreme, 50 l/hr, with Z-Ion cleaning
• 300 l water in 2 tanks
• 50 l hot water tank (Ventus, 240 V)
• Holding tank on starboard head
• Salt water deck wash in chain locker

INSTRUMENTS

• Full B&G suite, upgraded 2022-23
• B&G Zeus 3 chartplotter plus Zeus 2 backup
• B&G Halo radar
• B&G autopilot: NAC-3 computer (plus spare), H5000 Edge processor, T3 ram (plus spare ram)
• B&G GPS compass and Precision-9 compass
• B&G WS320 wireless wind sensor, P319 depth transducer
• B&G AIS
• B&G V50 VHF with H50 wireless handset
• Icom M94D handheld VHF with GPS and AIS
• Starlink high-performance dish with PredictWind DataHub
• Fusion Bluetooth stereo

SAILS & CANVAS

• New North Sails Radian Ultra mainsail, genoa and staysail on order, delivery spring 2027
• 2016 North Sails genoa and staysails kept as spares
• Three reefs in the main
• Spinnaker included
• Bimini

RIGGING

• Aluminum cutter rig with inner baby stay – a great robust expedition and offshore configuration.
• Standing rigging replaced 2026
• Dyneema running rigging (2017)
• Furlex furlers on genoa (2025) and staysail (2026)
• Carbon fibre spinnaker pole
• Manual winches

DECK GEAR

• Rocna 55 kg primary anchor and folding spare anchor
• 100 m chain
• Windlass with chain counter and remote control
• Stern anchor with anchor roller
• Shore lines: 2 x 80 m and 2 x 100 m floating
• Mooring lines, fenders, boat hook
• AB Lammina 3 m aluminum RIB (new tubes 2022) with Suzuki 15 hp 2-stroke (2024), on davits

SAFETY

• Ocean Safety 8-person liferaft, serviced April 2026
• Ocean Signal rescueME EPIRB, battery to 2036
• 4 offshore lifejackets with tethers, 1 coastal lifejacket, 3 foam PFDs
• 2 CO2 and 3 foam extinguishers, serviced April 2026
• Manual bilge pumps (cockpit and forward); new electric bilge pumps aft, midships and forward (2026)
• Drogue, MOB equipment, offshore flare kit (2026)
• Hydraulic rigging cutters, offshore first-aid kit

WINTER 2026-27 REFIT

• At Philbrooks Boatyard, Sidney: work January to March 2027, recommissioning and trials April 2027
• Welded aluminum doghouse over the companionway, roof extended over the cockpit table, open aft with roll-up canvas panel
• New watertight companionway door
• Welded aluminum stern arch, with no stainless-to-aluminum contact on the hull
• Engine air intake moved into the doghouse and engine-room exhaust to the stern arch
• Mainsheet and traveller moved to the doghouse roof; winch sheets led to the cockpit
• Independent second autopilot
• Remote throttle and autopilot controls for docking and ice navigation
• Isolation transformer; shore power reworked for both 120 V and 230 V
• New breaker panel, AC outlets on inverter, USB ports in cabins
• Rig check repairs and hardware renewal by Blackline Rigging, Sidney
• Keel and hull interior inspection (corrosion and epoxy coating); antifouling patched or redone as needed
• Scope may change; final work list and invoices available to buyers

MAINTENANCE + DOCUMENTATION

• Full survey including hull, February 2026
• Antifouling March 2026; deck last painted 2016
• 2026 expedition track: predictwind.com/tracking/SV-Adak
• Photos and blog posts at IceFrontiers.com
• Her 2017 Greenland voyage is told in Wild Seas to Greenland by Rebecca Hayter (2021)

Listed by Max Shaw at the Port Sidney Marina office of Yacht Sales West