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Links to Adventures at Sea
Quick Links to Swiftsure Adventures
The Baker Family's Perry 48 "Capaz" Website
Pete McGonagle's Perry 51 "Charlotte" Website
Scott Fuller's Apogee 50 "Scoots" Website
The Gifford Family's Custom Stevens 47 "Totem" Website
The Bryson's Outbound 46 "Mazu" Website
The Dennehy Family's Beneteau 44CC "Salt and Light" Website
The Taco Traveler's Taswell 43 "Chemistry" Website
Arkady and Iwona Glabek's Cal 2-46 "Ariel" Website
Santa Cruz 52 "Voodoo Child" Racing Website
John and Lauren Kutchka's HR 42 "Velocity" Website
Dan and Debbie Taylor's Cruising/Liveaboard Website
The Kruka Family's Hallberg Rassy 46 "Kewa" Website
Cordill Family's Perry 48 "Capaz" Website
John and Shirlee Forbes' Scpetre 41 "Solstice" Website
Here She Goes Again: Capaz
New Capaz Website
Brad and PJ Baker are the proud new owners of Capaz! The boat changed hands from the Cordill family to the Baker family at Ko'Olina in Hawaii. Brad will be bringing the boat back to Seattle the end of June. The journey to cruising has kicked into high gear for the Bakers and you can follow our preparations to leave, our departure and the adventure on our website.
Pete McGonagle and His Family Abroad Charlotte
Charlotte Website
Follow Pete, Kirsten and Alden as they voyage on Charotte starting on the East Coast and ending where the winds will take them.
Scott Fuller Living the Dream Aboard SCOOTS, an Apogee 50
Sail SCOOTS Website
Sail SCOOTS is the virtual home of SCOOTS, the Apogee 50 that has converted ex-Swiftsure Yachts partner/founder Scott Fuller, from a boater who plays the (boat ownership) field into a sailor committed to a long term relationship with just one special boat. This summer Scott is sailing from Hawaii to the South Pacific and back. His web site records each day of his passage as well as the interior refit of Scoots. Sailscoots.com is entertaining, insightful and certain to encourage folks to cut the dock lines.
The Gifford Family's Custom Stevens 47 Totem
New Totem Website
Jamie, Behan, Niall, Mairen, and Siobhan have officially moved aboard and are looking forward to their departure late summer of 2008. Their first boat a Hallberg Rassy 352 became just a little too tight with the birth of their third child, Siobhan. The search started and in the spring of 2007, THE boat was found in San Francisco. Ryan was a part of the crew that brought Totem up the coast to Bainbridge Island where Jamie has been doing a pretty major re-fit on the boat. Follow the Giffords as they head south.
Mel and Elaine Bryson's "Mazu Adventures" Website
Mazu Adventures Website
Mel worked with Ryan to sell his Hunter 41DS DREAMS over the summer of 2007. That was the first major step toward his new Outbound 46 MAZU. Mel has worked with Outbound's builder Phil Lambert every step of the way including a trip to China to see the boat as it was being built at the boatyard. Hull #34 was delivered in early May 2008. As the Mel prepared the boat to go cruising, Elaine decided to try her hand at blogging and is having great time sharing their adventures with friends and family.
The Dennehy family's Voyage aboard Salt and Light, a Benneteau 44 CC
Salt and Light Website
Three kids and two parents, one boat. Rennie and Denny had a plan. They were ready to sell their house and go. When they came to Swiftsure Yachts all they needed was a boat that would fit their family and their budget. Brad helped them find the right boat with the added bonus that it was already on the East Coast! Follow the Dennehy family as they set sail from South Carolina heading to points south in the Carribean. Want to know how to cruise with kids? They are doing right now and they have a fun blog where you can follow their exploits.
The Taco Traveler and his Taswell 43 Chemistry
Chemistry Website
Sean Anderson came to a spot in his life where changes were happening and he took the opportunity at that point to find a boat. He knew what he wanted and Ryan helped him find it in the form of a Taswell 43.
The Glabek's Cal 2-46Ariel
Ariel Website
Arkday and Iwona Glabek were ready to embark upon the cruising life. Cindy found the boat that would suit their purposes and fit their budget. This couple has a vast reserve of do-it-yourself spirit which they chronicle on their website.
The Saga of the Dinghy Sailor's Race to Maui Continues
Chapter Two
Voodoo Child Competes in the 2006 Vic Maui Race
Follow the crew of VOODOO CHILD, Brian Duchin's Santa Cruz 52, as they prepare for and win the 2006 Victoria to Maui race. Swiftsure Yachts partners, Brad Baker and Pete McGonagle along with Swiftsure Yachts team members PJ Baker and Ryan Helling were part of this VOODOO CHILD team.
John and Lauren Kutschka's Voyage on the Hallberg Rassy 43 "Velocity"
Velocity Voyage Website
The Swiftsure Yachts partners have played an important role in the realization of Lauren and John's dream of voyaging to the South Pacific. Pete worked with them to determine the boat that best suited their needs and then supported them every step of the way as their new Hallberg-Rassy 43 became a reality. They have journeyed far since the boisterous first sail they shared with Pete on Seattle's Lake Union. Scott joined VELOCITY on a windy trip from Seattle to San Francisco. Today John and Lauren are cruising the South Pacific.
The Kruka Family's Voyage on the Hallberg Rassy 46 KEWA
Kewa Website
After enjoying the beauty of the San Juan Islands with his family, Will Kruka headed south to San Francisco onboard Kewa the Hallberg Rassy 46 he purchased from Swiftsure Yachts. The trip down the coast gave promise of wind but relied far too much on the iron jenny. However, successfully boarding an Albacore tuna filled the freezer while surviving a boarding by the US Coast Guard brought a clean bill of "boat" health. Now completing upgrades on KEWA, the Krukas plan on heading south with the Baja HaHa.
The Cordill family's Voyage aboard CAPAZ, a Perry 48
CAPAZ Website
The opening line of the Cordill's web page is "Live with no regrets." Tod, Juli, Jake and Zach are doing just that. After purchasing CAPAZ from Swiftsure Yachts and spending the next year transitioning to life aboard, they left for Mexico and points beyond. They are now in the South Pacific. Check out their web site for a great narrative description of their Pacific crossing.
John and Shirlee Forbes aboard their Sceptre 41 SOLSTCE
SV Solstice Website
John and Shirlee made the first step in the transition from land to sea when they sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge and turned right after purchasing their Sceptre 41 from Swiftsure Yachts in 2005. Now full time liveaboards, their web site gives good insight (as well as great photographs) and a thoughtful approach to joining the ranks of full time voyagers.
Dan and Debbie Taylor's Cruising/Liveaboard Website
Double Reef Website
Dan Taylor knew what he wanted when he contacted Pete at Swiftsure Yachts. He wanted a solid sailboat that would be a suitable Northwest liveaboard and future world cruiser. He had his eyes fixed on a very nice 1983 Enderlein designed Hallberg-Rassy 42 Ketch. Pete flew with Dan to a very Frozen Charlevoix, MI to inspect and purchase SEQUEL. Pete also joined Dan for "Sequel's" maiden Northwest voyage across the Straits of Juan de Fuca to her new home in Friday Harbor. Dan's website chronicles his adventures with some wonderful photos and introspective blogs.
On Passsage.com: A Resource for Voyagers
SV On Passage Website
Onpassage.com is a one-stop resource for cruising yachts worldwide; it provides information for the experienced blue water sailor as well as for those who are planning their first passage.
Mahina Tiare Exhibitions Offshore Cruising Seminars and Voyages
Mahina Tiare Exhibitions Website
For the past 15 years Mahina Tiare Exhibitions have been teaching and sharing knowledge with sailors who have a passion for learning and adventure. If ocean voyaging on your own boat is your goal, joining John Neal and Amanda Swan Neal for an instructional passage aboard Mahina Tiare is the best thing you can do toward realizing your goal of ocean cruising.
Seven Seas Cruising Association
SSCA Website
If you are planning or dreaming about a blue water voyage the SSCA is a great organization to join. The statement which follows describes their vision.
"For as long as mankind has memory, man has been entranced by the sea. The need to know what lies beyond the next wave and over the far horizon is all pervasive. Ask any group about their fantasies and someone will tell you of a vision of tropical blue skies, balmy breezes, ever-gentle waves and sailing to exotic ports. Those who are living the dream, those who are planning for the day they can release all the ties to the workaday world to sail off to seek paradise and those who only dream of such adventure all join together in an organization called the Seven Seas Cruising Association."
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