The sail training barque Picton Castle, a square-rigger registered in the Cook Islands and based in Lunenburg Harbor, Nova Scotia, is about to depart its mooring and head off on its fifth circumnavigation. The 14-month, westbound trip will sail through the tropics under the command of its first and only captain, Daniel Moreland. Some 44 [...]
Sunreef Yachts said this week it will have the 70 Sunreef Power catamaran SEA BASS at the upcoming Miami Yacht and Brokerage Show next month. This will mark the yacht’s American premiere. It was launched last May and made its public debut at the Cannes Boat Show. SEA BASS is currently operating a charter yacht in [...]
Documentary filmmaker Sprague Theobald last week finished his wild and woolly northwest passage adventure with the arrival of his Nordhavn 57 Bagan in rainy Seattle. The months-long trip began in June in Newport, Rhode Island, and took the classic Nordhavn and its five-person crew through the ice-infested waters of the ever-warming Arctic Ocean. The trip will [...]
Heidi and Wolfgang Hass and Nordhavn company employees yesterday celebrated the second circumnavigation in their Nordhavn 46 Kanaloa, and their third overall, in a party at the company’s Dana Point, California headquarters. The couple arrived in Dana Point last week to complete the latest global tour, a three-year expedition. The Hass’s N46 has accumulated 4,839 [...]
