Nordhavn 57 northwest passage book

The vessels are ranging from 40 to 120 feet 37 m in length. The northwest passage in a nordhavn soundings online. A good introductory resource is the usa todays the weather book. We usually dont cover superyachts, but ive been fascinated by the northwest passage ever since my friend sprague theobald cruised across it on his nordhavn 57 with his family in 2009. Bagan transits the northwest passage filmmaker sprague theobald has completed a fivemonth voyage from newport, rhode island, to seattle that saw bagan, his nordhavn 57, transit the treacherous northwest passage across the top of the americas. Friends who had moved from a similar boat to a nordhavn 57. The international hydrographic organization defines the northwest passage in relation to known points of reference. Walkthru tour of nordhavn 76 inside passage iii for more information on nordhavn 76 inside passage iii, please go to. This is the farthest north any nordhavn has ever gone. Passage making trawlers, yacht owners testimonials yacht finders. Nordhavn is a trade name of a line of oceangoing trawler styled motor yachts designed and produced by pacific asian enterprises, inc. Browse a wide selection of nordhavn trawlers for sale.

This is not a boat whose appearance belies her functional characteristics. Atop this flat surface is a custom teak book rack aft and outboard. Third circumnavigation in all, second under power in nordhavn 46, east to west. Overbuilt and exceptionally beefy, the nordhavn 52 is ready to take serious cruisers anywhere they can dream of. It was 2009, when my family and i set out aboard bagan, my 57 nordhavn for the infamous northwest passage that elusive route through the arctic. The flybridge is now one integrated piece with sleeker angles that work together with the pilothouse roof and a deck extension, leading all the way aft over the. Nordhavn yacht owners are known as intrepid explorers are very tightly bound by their adventures. See more ideas about expedition yachts, boat and trawler yacht. Dec 06, 2012 walkthru tour of nordhavn 76 inside passage iii for more information on nordhavn 76 inside passage iii, please go to.

Compare prices on nordhavn, read specifications and descriptions and see nordhavn images from our global listings. Nordhavn claims that as long as the 52 remains watertight, the ballast and other design considerations allow her to right herself even if flipped completely over. Via the northwest passage, after starting far inland and portaging to the sea, in a quick 329 days, west to east. A film is being made and tv rights are up for grabs, evidently. See trailer of arctic passagemounting an expedition through the nwp and making a worldclass documentary at the. Over the years more than 300 men died in pursuit of this holy grail and some of the best arctic tales have come from its quest. Skagway is pretty much the end of the northwest passage. Nordhavn yachts has been designing and building superior, seaworthy yachts. Call us to view a nordhavn or to list your yachts with us, 206 6590710. With a big thanksgiving dinner tucked away in our bellies, we packed up the leftovers and headed out in yes please to enjoy the rest of a fourday weekend holiday. The single 173 hp lugger 668t diesel engine in our test boat was surrounded by big guardrails, yet there was ready walkaround access. Jim leishman, cofounder of pacific asian enterprises, was the writer responsible for revising the bible of the cruising world, voyaging under power, and he and his partners stick to their formula to ensure each hull provides.

Nordhavn is the trade name of a line of motor vessels designed and produced by pacific asian enterprises, inc. My wife and i were in rhode island for the sendoff party for sprague theobalds assault on the northwest passage with a nordhavn 57. The beautiful nordhavn 86 zembra returns to the brokerage market after two years of cruising from the us to the mediterranean and northern europe. A nightmare scenario, obviously, but still, thats good to know. Sprague theobald on his beloved bagan, a 57 nordhavn.

Motor yacht long range cruiser shogun built by manufacturer nordhavn in 2012 available for sale. Uncategorized and tagged anacortes, live aboard cruisers, nordhavn, nordhavn 40, northwest passage, sweet t, trawler living on september 12, 2017 by mmyssell. Nordhavn 57 makes it to northwest passage gateway boattest. Our nordhavn 35 owner profile is an adventuresome couple who are moving over from sail, or downsizing from a larger power yacht. Posts about nordhavn 40 written by mmyssell sweet t voyages of a nordhavn 40. Our search technology instantly finds nordhavn for sale from our database of thousands of luxury and exotic yachts. The material published here has been excerpted and highly edited for reasons of space from the blogs of sprague theobald as they appear on his website. We didnt buy the nordhavn with the express purpose of traveling around the world, but we did hope to cross a few oceans. Nordhavn owners are making exemplary passages outside of u. In 20, the company celebrated the delivery of its 500th nordhavn yacht. Search all used nordhavn yachts for sale on todays market with seattle yachts our. Today, most of copenhagen harbours traditional activities are situated in nordhavn, including ferry berths, a container terminal, marina, and industrial companies.

Nordhavn yachts for sale luxury yacht brokers worth. Nordhavn 57 began has transited the northwest passage from east to west. Nordhavn currently offers trawlers in a variety of sizes from 40120 feet. Mv bagan 2009 nwp recalled in new book the other side of ice. Walkthru tour of nordhavn 76 inside passage iii youtube. In 2016 they completed a fouryear trip around the world in their nordhavn 52, dirona. Inside passage yacht sales is dedicated to making the boating lifestyle real for you.

Theobald wrote a great book about his adventure, transiting some of the most dangerous and often frozen waters on the planet, called the other. Ocean passage with training wheels in february of 2010, we took delivery of our second boat, a nordhavn 52, that we also called dirona. This fall theobald and crew completed an 8,500mile, 412month transit of the northwest passage, arriving nov. Nordhavn 40 sweet t voyages of a nordhavn 40 page 4. The nordhavn 47s engine room has full standup headroom. Trawler, custom yachts, super yachts, custom mega yachts, custom luxury yachts, luxury yacht builders, mega yacht builders, new yachts for sale, custom yacht builders, luxury yachts for sale, luxury yacht sales, passagemaker, motorsailer, sportfisher, trawlers and motor yachts for sale, yacht brokerage, circumnavigation, nordhavn atlantic rally, medbound, nordhavn around the world, nordhavn 75. The pilothouse includes two dutch doors port and starboard which lead out onto the portuguese bridge.

They have been cruising under power since 1999 and moved aboard fulltime in 2009. Outside you can go up and aft to port to the boat deck and flybridge, or out the starboard door make a quick turn to the foredeck or aft to walk along the covered side. Nordhavn yachts has been designing and building superior, seaworthy yachts since its inception and has earned its. Unexplored anchorages on british columbias inside passage. In addition to passage making trawlers, nordhavn builds a highly acclaimed 56foot motorsailer and a 75foot extended range sportfisher. You only need one short glimpse of the nordhavn 52 to know exactly what she is about. Passage making trawleryacht testimonialsyacht finders. May 04, 2017 ocean passage with training wheels in february of 2010, we took delivery of our second boat, a nordhavn 52, that we also called dirona. Nordhavn yachts are a widely popular and successful long distance cruising vessel, but it wasnt until the 1970s that the predominant view in yacht cruising circles would change from feeling that transocean crossings and longrange passages could only be made successfully in sailing yachts. Theobald and his crew followed the same path as the doomed franklin expedition.

There are times when a company or individual goes above and beyond what is expected of them. She is a meaty, heavy vessel built to take people around the world and. Jun 15, 2017 we usually dont cover superyachts, but ive been fascinated by the northwest passage ever since my friend sprague theobald cruised across it on his nordhavn 57 with his family in 2009. First production powerboat to circumnavigate twice. New england premiere, shown at the newport jane pickens theater this coming friday.

Nordhavn recently introduced a 52foot coastal cruiser. In september 2005, nordhavn yacht northwest opened its doors on lake union in seattle. It covers an area of more than 2 km today, most of copenhagen harbours traditional activities are situated in nordhavn, including ferry berths, a container terminal, marina, and industrial companies. This week we follow the intrepid crew as it pilots the nordhavn 57 from greenland to beechy island on famed lancaster sound, gateway to the northwest passage. A sailor and his familys harrowing and inspiring story of their attempt to sail the treacherous northwest passage.

From november 3, 2001 to june 30, 2002, a 40foot 12meter stock nordhavn made history as the smallest production powered vessel to circumnavigate the world. We stayed in a hotel in newport, and they just drilled us on the costs. She cruised the west coast, alaska and the whole caribbean. If you are looking to buy a yacht shogun or need additional information on the purchase price of this nordhavn, please call. Shogun nordhavn buy and sell boats atlantic yacht and ship. There were always four monster cruise ships docked in this tiny town while we were there.

Jennifer and james hamilton are authors of waggoner companion guide cruising the secret coast. She is truly loaded with all that is required for ocean cruising. Writer and filmmaker sprague theobald has released his documentary, the other side of the ice, which shows his transit of the northwest passage from newport, rhode island, to seattle, washington, on his nordhavn 57 bagan in the summer of 2009. He will discuss the eerie signs they encounter of the lost expedition. Sweet t voyages of a nordhavn 40 voyages of the nordhavn 40 sweet t menu skip to. Our first dirona anchored in smith sound in northern british columbia. Nordhavnen, or nordhavn, is a harbour area at the coast of the oresund, founded at the end of the 19th century in copenhagen, denmark. The n 52 still looks like a nordhavn, but the added hull length helped the design grow into itself with the same beam 16 1 and a reshaping of the pilothouse and flybridge.

With northabout back in the water the following year, the pacific northwests snowcapped mountains and lush forested islands lured cunnane and crew to the inside passage for two seasons of cruising. Aboard his nordhavn 57, bagan, hole in the wall productions became the first production powerboat in history to complete the northwest passage. Friends who had moved from a similar boat to a nordhavn 57 encouraged us to get a safer and stronger vessel. The 63s updated styling, particularly the superstructure, is the product of an enlightened design philosophy that takes into account female sensibilities and acknowledges that most of todays yacht purchases are his and her decisions. After our twelfth year of cruising the pacific northwest and the inside and. By late 2011, wed made two major offshore passages. The workmanship throughout the 63 is finished to contemporary megayacht. Jun 16, 2017 with the northwest passage completed, they hauled northabout for the season and returned to ireland. Aroha, nordhavn 8607 is simply stunning inside and out. The film captures scenes of haunting beauty as the boat passes through a remarkably desolate. Trawler, custom yachts, super yachts, custom mega yachts, custom luxury yachts, luxury yacht builders, mega yacht builders, new yachts for sale, custom yacht builders, luxury yachts for sale, luxury yacht sales, passagemaker, motorsailer, sportfisher, trawlers and motor yachts for sale, yacht brokerage, circumnavigation, nordhavn atlantic rally, medbound, nordhavn around the.

Mexico, san juan islands in pacific northwest, and then the. Sprague theobald, an awardwinning documentary filmmaker and expert sailor with over 40,000 offshore miles under his belt, always considered the northwest passagethe sea route connecting the atlantic to the pacificthe ultimate uncharted territory. The coastal cruiser is built to the same high standards as all other nordhavn trawlers, but with a semidisplacement hull and mile cruising range. Our nordhavn 35 owner profile is an adventuresome couple who are moving over from sail, or. Indeed, ever since a norhavn 40 circled the world in 2002, nordhavn owners have been among the most adventuresome of them all. First, the nordhavn 68 migration has made it to svalbard, norway, at 80 degrees north the fourthhighest spot in the world. Nordhavn 47 moonrise was commissioned in florida late 2003. With the northwest passage completed, they hauled northabout for the season and returned to ireland. Sprague theobald, an awardwinning documentary filmmaker and expert sailor with over 40,000 offshore miles under his belt, always considered the northwest passage the sea route connecting the atlantic to the pacificthe ultimate uncharted territory.

Jamesedition makes it easy to find nordhavn yachts youre looking for, we feature nordhavn for sale by dealerships around the world. Alltime great video of cruising through the arctics. Contrary to the douglas book there is only one mooring buoy. This is a documetary film maker doing the northwest passage in a 57 nordhavn. The douglas book we use rarely fails us, but it is 20 years old and. The exhaust leads straight up a stack instead of into the water, freeing valuable space inside the boat. Chronicles the voyages, big and small, of larry and jamie mccullough aboard their 59 foot nordhavn, coastal pilot dubbed independence. Jun 16, 2017 this fall theobald and crew completed an 8,500mile, 412month transit of the northwest passage, arriving nov. Twitter whatsapp share on facebook email for nearly 500 years mariners dreamed of finding and traversing the northwest passage.

This tedious and demanding process was a first for pae and helped bring the companys skills and abilities to a higher level. Northwest passage archives cornell sailing publications. We use the book exploring southeast alaska, by the douglasss. This is the site to track them, and monitor for picture and video updates. This is an extract from jimmy cornells latest book 200,000 miles a life of adventure. It was 2009, when my family and i set out aboard bagan, my 57 nordhavn for the infamous northwest passage that elusive route through the arctic sea that connects the atlantic and the pacific oceans. She is handcrafted by the same yard that builds our largest nordhavns, the 57, 62, 64 and 72 the 35 shares the same skilled workers and a lot of the same hardware. Nordhavn is a brand of motor vessel from pacific asian.