Born in 1948 in Stockholm, from the Swedish architect Knud Reimers' hands, Agneta is without a doubt one of the most beautiful yachts existing in the circuit of the classics. With her hull made of varnished mahogany and her rigging of "bermudian" yawl, characterized by two masts of unequal length on which are set the recognizable triangular sails to their dark brown color, Agneta displays a line and elegance. The interior amenities of Agneta are a real symphony in the most varied uses of the woodworking. It marries teak, pear-tree, mahogany and spruce, giving to the whole an incomparable style.

Agneta became famous by the owner who loved it for more than 20 years, the Italian manufacturer Gianni Agnelli, but also by her charts: she is a sailboat that goes fast, that has led the hard way in regatta and taken back some trophies.

After Agnelli era, Agneta joined the waters of Sardinia in 1981, at the time of her acquisition by the count Dona Delle Rose, before becoming later the property of the Italian architect Giuseppe Andolina. At this time, the boat went back along the Adriatic to Rimini, in the Carlini yard, to undergo a session of restoration there. Twenty years passed and the owners followed each other but Agneta is still there.

It is in May 2000 that D&B services enters in the history of this fabulous unit, first while achieving the sale, then assuring the follow-up and the coordination of the different actors of the biggest refit that Agneta ever knew. Agneta becomes then the property of a German business-man, Mr Engels, limitless passionate of classic yachts, and former owner of Parsifal

Indeed, hardly the season of the regattas 2000 finished, Mr Engels restores to give back to this mythical yacht her glory and her superb of yesterday. Since November 2000, Agneta is taken to pieces and "powders her nose" in the yard of Beaulieu, on the French Riviera.

The general structure of the Yacht, her layout, her technical equipment, her interior and outside aesthetics, woods and various metals that compose her, all is inspected down to the smallest details until the last bolt, replaced, restored with the noblest materials and the most advanced technologies, while preserving the respect of tradition.

So Agneta will come back to us for the season 2001, decorated with its most beautiful attires: A new teak deck and roofs, a new spruce mizzenmast, and a new boom. As far as the quality is concerned, aluminium will be replaced by bronze or stainless steel, and the winches by models of the last generation. Inside, although remaining intact in her design, the interior will be improved distinctly in terms of material and the equipment.

The hydraulic and electric installation will be renovated entirely, the engine will be replaced. New kitchen equipment, new bathrooms, new bedrooms, new tapestries and other textile ornaments, and new varnishes on the totality of the volume will finish the renewal of Agneta.

There is no doubt that Agneta is in good hands, ready to take a new departure, in an "Olympic" shape, thanks to her recovered youth.

If you also are one of these classic yachts enthusiasts, come to discover Agneta all along the Prada challenge, around Mediterranean.