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TWO NORSEBOATS TO GO THROUGH NW PASSAGE IN 2010!

The two man team of Kev Oliver and Tony Lancashire will be returning to the arctic mid August to complete their expedition eastwards through the NW Passage in a NorseBoat 17.5.  Follow their journey at www.arcticmariner.org.  And they may well cross paths with another NorseBoat 17.5, this one on the deck of an expedition motor yacht that left Lunenburg harbour July 2 heading east to west through the NW Passage.

NorseBoat Limited sponsored the first annual Victoria-By-The-Sea Small Craft Festival, held July 3, 2010 in one of the most picturesque seaside villages on Prince Edward Island, located in eastern Canada.  This celebration of small watercraft drew boat owners and tourists from as far away as Norway.  NorseBoat had one 12.5 and two 17.5 sailing and rowing cruisers, and one of their new Norse Faering 19.5 kit boats.  This informal gathering of small boat enthusiasts had all the classic ingredients for a fun filled day on and near the water: a variety of small craft, good food and drink at the village’s local establishments, good weather, and warm water (PEI has the warmest ocean water north of Virginia),  Make plans to join us next year on PEI!

NEW NORSE FAERING 19.5 KIT BOAT DISLAYED AT MYSTIC SEAPORT WOODEN BOAT SHOW

NorseBoat displayed their new Norse Faering 19.5 Kit Boat at the east coast’s largest wooden boat show, held at Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT late June 2010.  The beautiful lines and easy lapstitch construction method drew a geat deal of interest from the crowd of attendees.  The Faering has three rowing stations and an easily handled sail rig.

NORSEBOAT 21.5 CRUISER

NorseBoat Limited began construction of their NorseBoat 21.5 Cruiser January 2010.  Naval architect Mark Fitzgerald collaborated with NorseBoat owner Kevin Jeffrey on the design of this high-performance cruiser with classic lines.  The new 21.5 has NorseBoat’s signature fully battened mainsail with curved gaff, a pivoting carbon mast, self-tacking jib, and optional lightwind drifter with roller furling.  The self-draining cockpit seats six comfortably and has abundant storage lockers.  The boat has a ballasted foil-shaped stub keel with centerboard which gives stability, modest size centerboard, shallow draft and usable cabin space.  Cabin and Open versions available.

2009 ARCTIC MARINER EXPEDITION A SUCCESS!  Tony Lancashire and Kevin Oliver, Royal Marines from the UK, made a historic voyage through the arctic’s Northwest Passage to raise awareness and funds for the charity Toe In The Water.  They left Inuvik in the Northwest Territories of Canada on July 24, 2009.  On September 5, 2009 they safely reached Gjoa Haven, a small hamlet in the newly formed Canadian territory of Nunavut.  They travelled over 1400 miles on their journey and encountered a wide range of conditions, from beating to windward in choppy conditions in the Beaufort Sea to being becalmed in ice floes to sailing steadily at 6 knots with strong following winds.  Here’s one of their daily blog messages:

Location: 69.23.1N 119.03.5W
Pressure: 1016 Mb
Wind: NW 2-3

7 August, 2009
“We spent the night weaving through a thick ice field. Some very tight squeezes. We've been sailing downwind throughout the night at about 6 kts. It's been cold and hard going. A Coastguard ice breaker gave us weather reports, ice details and fresh food, which was welcome. We'll try to RV with the ship again tomorrow as well. The sun is shining and we've done 80 miles in 20 hours; we're currently about 12 miles offshore.”

    We are proud to have sponsored Kevin and Tony on their Arctic Mariner Expedition.  You can visit their website for details of their voyage and to make donations to Toe In The Water at http://www.arcticmariner.org   See article in Above & Beyond Magazine.

    The boats were built of spruce strip planking and epoxy, with one layer of glass cloth on the outside of the hull and ash frames and a partial second layer of spruce planking on the inside of the hull.  Movie set designers completed the finish work of the boats to make them look like well worn whaling boats from the nineteenth century.  

    NorseBoat received the contract in July 2009 because of their ability to build high quality small boats with classic lines within tight budget and time constraints.  

IN MARCH 2009 A NORSEBOAT 12.5 was installed as the tender on a 65 ft. power yacht in Aventura, Florida.  The owners wanted a tender that matched the elegant lines of their new yacht, and ideally one that could be sailed, rowed, and motored equally well with a crew of up to four on board.  The NorseBoat 12.5 was a perfect fit.  Sea trials were conducted in the Bahamas February 2009. 

A 1200 MILE NORSEBOAT ODYSSEY was completed in 2007 by NorseBoat 17.5 owners Gary and Connie Hoffman of Idaho.  They navigated the Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee Rivers during their two month trip.  Their next adventure was bicycling in eastern Australia where they met and sailed with Ian Jackson, NorseBoat’s agent Down Under.