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Nordhavn Rendezvous: More than Ever Before

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…

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First Nordhavn 51 Cruises to Greece

Hull number one of Nordhavn’s new 51-foot blue-water cruiser just took a 600-nm shakedown run from Istanbul, near its factory in Turkey, to Rhodes in Greece, through some of the most beautiful cruising grounds in the world. Along the way, the new owners, Mark and Fiona Rammell, were able to try out their new boat on its first venture in what they plan as a multi-year exploration of the Med, the coast of England and then the U.S. before returning to their home waters in New Zealand. Rammell is a retired pilot for Air New Zealand, and he and Fiona…

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Nordhavn Splashes Much-Heralded 51-01

Lots of new boat buyers, particularly those who sign up for hull number one, go to far lengths to visit the factory as the actual construction goes along, to check on the progress, to make final decisions, or simply to become part of the process of creating a brand new yacht. But Mark and Fiona Rammell, who described themselves as lifelong Kiwis, have taken all this to an entirely new level. Mark, a retired Air New Zealand pilot, has created a series of videos of their new Nordhavn, hull number one of the 51 series, being built in Turkey. The…

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Nordhavn Fleet Heads to Sea of Cortez

A small fleet of five Nordhavns left the company’s headquarters on Dana Point, California, yesterday, starting a two-week cruise down the coast to Mexico’s Baja California and the Sea of Cortez. The boats are scheduled to stop in Ensenada, Turtle Bay, Cabo San Lucas, La Paz, and Laredo along the way, all prime cruising destinations for boat owners on the West Coast and around the world. The crews include many Nordhavn staffers, starting with  vice president Jim Leishman, who said the trip was good way to end the year. “It’s been a couple of very busy years for us,” he…

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Nordhavn Finishing New 51 in Turkey

Nordhavn is putting the final touches on its first new 51 long-range cruiser at its plant in Turkey. The 51 is a larger version of the well-received 41 that Nordhavn launched in the summer of 2020. Both the 51 and the 41 are the first Nordhavns to be built in Turkey, where a streamlined production process does not allow for the individual customization that’s available on other Nordhavns that are made in Taiwan and China. The new 51 has two staterooms and two heads, a flybridge and an elevated pilothouse, all representing upgrades from the 41. Powered by twin 160-hp…

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Nordhavn Launching New 71

Nordhavn just finished its first new 71, the company’s largest long-distance cruiser built for an owner-operator, and it’s scheduled to splash at its factory in Taiwan next week. (The 71 actually was set to splash this week, but a typhoon got in the way.) After that, the 71 will head for its new owners, a couple in Seattle who are fairly familiar with the brand. Indeed, they have already owned three Nordhavns in the past 20 years – a 50, 57, 68. They plan to cruise their new 71, named Luna, in the Pacific Northwest and up to Alaska. Nordhavn…

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Nordhavn Planning Versatile New 112 Yacht

Nordhavn just announced that it’s planning a new, versatile, 112-footer that will have all the amenities of a superyacht but at a size that’s manageable for a large group of owners. In a sense, the new Nordhavn is the Goldilocks of yachts, not too big; not too small. And just right for Nordhavn owners who look to the builder to fulfill their dreams of adventure and cruising the world. Nordhavn says the idea for the new 112 came Jeff Leishman, the company’s design director, when he saw a Nordhavn 120, the largest yacht in the Nordhavn fleet, docked next to…

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Nordhavn 76 Cruises to Fiji and Beyond

The Spirit of Ulysses, a well-travelled Nordhavn 76, just left Fiji on its epic 9,900 nm cruise from Fort Lauderdale to Perth, Australia, and things are going well so far. They are going so well, in fact, that the captain, Nikolay Alexandrov, just posted on the  yacht’s blog that the owner, Kris Townend, “is happy, great trip so far! He likes the boating life more and more, and his other job less and less.” Welcome to the world of blue-water cruising. Townend, an Australian, bought Spirit of Ulysses last February in Fort Lauderdale. Built in 2007, the boat had already…

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New, Unique, Nordhavn 96 World Cruiser

Wow! Take a look at the latest Nordhavn 96, a massive, powerful, blue-water cruiser that fulfills the company’s promise to take its owners to the corners of the world, or anywhere else they might want to go. The exterior lines, while impressive, are still recognizable as a Nordhavn. But take a look at everything else, inside and out, to see what can be done. The new Nordhavn, named New Journey, is hull #18 of the 96 series. It was delivered to its new owners last month. They didn’t waste any time, heading south to the Sea of Cortez and then…

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Spirit of Ulysses Starts One More Ocean Crossing

Spirit of Ulysses, an ocean-crossing 2007 Nordhavn 76, just transited the Panama Canal on its way from Fort Lauderdale to Australia. The Nordhavn’s latest trip will take two months and cover almost 9,900 nm before it reaches its newest home in Perth. It left Fort Lauderdale on May 2, stopped in Key West and then cruised on to Panama. Next stops: The Galapagos, Samoa, Fiji, and then Brisbane. Hull number eight of the 76 series, Spirit of Ulysses has already cruised the Pacific from Alaska to New Zealand, transited the Panama Canal to the Atlantic and then made a transatlantic…

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