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The intrepid Mike Johnson is undoubtedly the only 'Latitude' advertiser who's sailed around Cape Horn and through the Northwest Passage.
run by Washington-based offshore experts John and Amanda Neal, who have about a zillion ocean miles under their belts, and never seem to tire of sharing their knowledge — and their sturdy Hallberg-Rassy 46 Mahina Tiare III — with 'student' sailors of all stripes. Beginning in May, their 2017 schedule of two-week-or-longer voyage legs begins in the Shetland Islands, with the big sloop arriving at Panama by year's end. That's a relatively tame schedule for this pair of intrepid voyagers, though. They are also intimately familiar with rugged high-latitude sailing, as well as island-hopping through the South Pacific. See their comprehensive site for details: www.mahina.com. Speaking of high latitudes, one rugged sailor who can't seem to get enough
of glaciers, penguins and truly remote sailing is world-renowned adventurer and four -time Whitbread Round the World veteran Skip Novak. But he graciously welcomes mere mortals to join him aboard either of his purpose-built, high-latitude expedition vessels, Pelagic and her larger cousin Pelagic Australis. This year's calendar finds them in the familiar waters of Antarctica, the Falklands and South Georgia. Other recent expedi-
Not all adventure charters take place in high latitudes. The big sloop 'Isbjorn' can often be found racing in the tropics.
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The vintage bark 'Europa' may not have all the amenities of a cruise ship, but she travels to many remote landfalls in classic style.
tions have taken Skip's clients to the South Sandwich Islands, Norway, Spitsbergen, Iceland, Greenland, Labrador and Arctic Canada. Learn more at Skip's website: www.pelagic.co.uk. Another purveyor of adventure-sailing opportunities whom you may recall reading about in Latitude is tireless globetrotter Mike Johnson, who most recently sailed his schooner Gitana east to west through the Northwest Passage, then south through the Bering Sea. He only takes two paying crew at a time, though, so contact him well in advance. Email him at cfays@earthlink.net. Lest you assume that all adventure travel occurs in high latitudes, let us assure you that many such programs are scheduled in temperate and tropical