The largest gathering of Nordhavns ever assembled is meeting at a Nordhavn rendezvous in Poulsbo, Washington. More than 60 of the iconic long-range cruising boats are at the rendezvous, and owners of a dozen more came by car and plane. This year there are 18 different models in slips at the Poulsbo Marina, from a 35 up to a 96.
The rendezvous, a weekend of educational seminars, dinners, dock parties and story-telling, started on Thursday, May 9 and runs through Sunday, May 12. It was organized by Nordhavn and Jill and Don Bernard, who own a Nordhavn 47, Slow Burn (pictured). “A rendezvous is the perfect vehicle for a Nordhavn owner,” she said. “It encourages camaraderie and friendships, which are the foundation of the Nordhavn lifestyle. In general, Nordhavn owners really love to see each other.”
There is no doubt that Nordhavn owners like to get together to share their spirit of adventure and pride of ownership. And this is the start of the boating season in the Pacific Northwest, when many Nordhavns will head north into the San Juans, the Inside Passage or Alaska. Indeed, a seminar at the rendezvous will deal with cruising in Alaska.
The first Nordhavn owners rendezvous was in 2018, and it was organized by Kevin and Alison Jeffries, the owners of Red Rover, a Nordhavn 55. Nine boats came.
For its part, Poulsbo is easy to get to; it’s only 13 air miles from Seattle, basically just behind Bainbridge Island on Liberty Bay on the Kitsap Peninsula. A popular boating and tourist destination, it was settled by Scandinavian immigrants in the 1880s because the snow-capped Olympic Mountains to the west reminded them of home. The Poulsbo Marina, the site of the Nordhavn rendezvous, is a modern, full-service marina with 130 transient slips. It’s just a block or two from the historic district downtown.
Read more at http://nordhavn.com and see a video of last year’s rendezvous below:
