fleet roll call
Nautical miles cruised: 35,000 (plus a 15year circumnavigation under sail). Cruising grounds: West-about circumnavigation, Dana Point to Dana Point, California, via Mexico, the South Pacific, Indian Ocean, Cape of Good Hope, South Atlantic and North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, Panama. Favorite destination: We’re currently on our third trip around the world, so that question is hard to answer because there are so many incredible places. One of the best is the coastline of Mozambique, South Africa, and Namibia. Cruising around this part of the world is challenging but the scenery and wildlife are hard to beat. Cruising plans: From Chagos Archipelago to Southern Seychelles, Majotte, Mozambique, and on to South Africa, where we will stay awhile. Why Nordhavn: We love cruising in Kanaloa very much. She is so comfortable and feels like a very safe “little ship” in every condition. So many people who have visited over the years tell us this is “5-Star cruising.” Thank goodness the guys at PAE had an open ear to all our changes. When you get older, you don’t want to use a sun-shower or a folding oven on top of the stove. We love cooking and have impressed some friends with $50,000 kitchens in their homes.
Nancy and Ron Goldberg Duet Nordhavn 46 #50 Nautical miles cruised: 8,000-plus since
2000. Cruising grounds: Chesapeake, the Keys, Intracoastal Waterway, offshore from Maryland to Florida, Bahamas. Cruising plans: The Bahamas. Why Nordhavn: We feel very comfortable that our boat will take care of us in almost any conditions. With a boat like Duet, when we discuss far off destinations, it’s not a question of “if” but a question of “when.” Why cruising: Our favorite thing about cruising is the people we meet and hence the friends we gain. The statement, “It’s the journey, not the destination,” really applies to cruising. We also like the self-sufficiency, (although some days we’d give our right arm for 162
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someone else to do the work) and get great personal satisfaction from achieving something new, like our first overnight passage. Site: mvduet.homestead.com
Mac and Carole Baade Venture Forth Nordhavn 46 #52 Nautical miles cruised: 10,000 since
1998. Cruising grounds: West Coast, Baja California, Sea of Cortez, Mexican west coast. Favorite destination: Puerto Vallarta, La Paz and San Carlos, Sonora. Cruising plans: Remain in Mexico for the foreseeable future. Why Nordhavn: A seaworthy and reliable and comfortable vessel with long-range capabilities. Why cruising: We enjoy the adventure and the camaraderie of the cruising lifestyle.
John and Dulcie Harris World Odd @ Sea Nordhavn 46 #57 Nautical miles cruised: 10,000 in five
years. Cruising grounds: East Coast from Rhode Island to Florida; Atlantic crossing with Nordhavn Atlantic Rally 2004, Mediterranean. The Mediterranean from Spain to Turkey and then to London, England. Favorite destination: Horta, Azores, Cagliari, Sardinia, and Saint Peter Port, Guernsey. Cruising plans: We plan to sell our Nordhavn 46 in Europe and buy a new boat in 2008. Why Nordhavn: Always gets you there, wherever “there” is. Why cruising: Seeing new places, the people there.
Bill and Ellen Bane Satchmo Nordhavn 46 #65 Nautical miles cruised: 19,000 as owners of two Nordhavn 46s since 2002. Cruising grounds: Satchmo crossed the Atlantic in the Nordhavn Atlantic Rally in May/June 2004, followed by a summer of the Spanish Balearics, Corsica, French Rivera, and Barcelona. 2003/04: a shakedown cruise from Florida to British
Virgins and back. 2002/03: Maryland, the Bahamas. No boat or boating experience prior to 2002. 2006: Italy (Rome, Sardinia, Sicily), Tunisia (Kelibia, El Kantaoui, Monastir), Greece (Ionians, Peloponnese, Crete, southern Cyclades, Saronics, Athens, Evia, Sporades, Thasos, Kavala, Limnos, Lesvos), Turkey (Ayvalik, numerous Aegean anchorages, Kemer). Cruising plans: Eastern Med Yacht Rally (Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel), and then probably Greek Islands and/or Turkish coast; winter in Turkey. Why Nordhavn: Exotic beachfront property, people, scents, sounds, and sights, painlessly delivered by Nordhavn quality. Why cruising: As wanderers who value safety and comfort, we think Satchmo’s tight-fisted captain (of Scottish ancestry) appreciates the bargain price of beachfront property on the hook. The first mate loves the luxury of anticipating “always a distant anchorage.” It actually is what you imagine it could be.
Danny and Kristine Fletcher Failte Nordhavn 46 #69 Nautical miles cruised: Unknown; owned seven years. Cruising grounds: Brownsville to Clear Lake, Texas, via the Intracoastal Waterway and the Gulf of Mexico. Cruising plans: Kentucky Lake, Key West, East Coast to Maine. Why Nordhavn: Quality and safety. Why cruising: Retiring in June 2007, will be moving aboard full time and cruising.
Russ and Donna Sherwin Four Seasons Nordhavn 46 #70 Nautical miles cruised: 26,000 since
2000. Cruising grounds: San Francisco to Sea of Cortez, Mazatlan, La Paz, Santa Rosalia, Loreto, Mexico three times, Northwest and Alaska twice. Favorite destination: Glacier Bay, Alaska. Cruising plans: Back to Mexico for 2007 and spring 2008, then probably back to the Northwest and Alaska. Thinking about cruising the Columbia River. Why Nordhavn: It is one tough boat; very solid, seaworthy and has performed flawlessly with only minor peripheral www.circumnavigatormag .com