Sunday, August 4, 2013

NORTHWEST PASSAGE 2013 ARCTIC BOATS LIST AS OF AUGUST 4, 2013

NORTHWEST PASSAGE 2013 
ARCTIC BOATS LIST AS OF AUGUST 4, 2013

ACALEPHE (CA)
David Berger
Jean Gilles Lemieux

East to West NWP
13.9m x 4.18m x 2.3m
Nouanni 45 DI aluminum cutter rig sailboat

http://www.lemieuxarchitecte.com/
http://www.lemieuxarchitecte.com/?p=74
Tracker: http://www.lemieuxarchitecte.com/?p=66


ANNA (SWE)
Borge 
West to East NWP
10.5m Colin Archer steel ketch rig



ARCTIC JOULE (CA)
Denis Barnett
Paul Gleeson
Kevin Vallely
Frank Wolf
Inunvik to Pond Inlet
Cabin rowboat without a naval architect design, failed a capsize test on video
http://thelastfirst.com/
http://mainstreamlastfirst.com/
Tracker: http://share.findmespot.com/shared/gogl.jsp?glId=0iRTKLUZYPqVvo9fjJlhupoJlQx9xQgLG


ARCTIC TERN UK (GBR)
Les and Ali Parsons
43ft Bruce Roberts Steel cutter rig pilot house sailboat
East to west NWP
http://www.arcticternexpeditions.co.uk/wordpress/?page_id=24
Tracker: http://www.arcticternexpeditions.co.uk/wordpress/?page_id=27


ARKTIKA (FIN)
Gilles Elkaim
15 m x 4.44 m x 1.10 m (possibility to beach)
East to west NW Passage
Website: http://www.camp-arktika.org
http://www.camp-arktika.org/article-198-polar-exploration-ship-arktika

















BALTHAZAR (CA)
François Roberge
Inuvik to Nome?
10.5m welded steel sailboat
http://www.voilierbalthazar.ca/passage-du-nord-ouest
Tracker: http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0I85NqqxZDA2fRNAem0tsCUlifyaziNsE


BABUSHKA (FRA)
Sebastien Roubinet
Vincent Berthet
Attempting a world first record from Barrow Alaska to the North Pole to Spitzberg 1750 miles
Hybrid catamaran rig with cuddy cabin
http://www.sebroubinet.eu/english/home.html
Tracker: http://www.sat-view.fr/interface/interface.php?login=voiedupole


BERNARD EXPLORER (USA)
Bob Bernard (great-great nephew of Captain Peter Bernard HMCS KARLUK)
46 ft. motor sailboat
Research site on Banks Island near Sachs Harbour
http://canadianarcticexpedition.com/
https://www.facebook.com/SearchingTheCanadianArcticExpedition
Blog & Tracker: http://canadianarcticexpedition.com/cae-blog


DAX (SWE)
Martin Sigge
Bengt Norviksvägen
Richard Tegnér
10m x 3m
 ?
http://northwestpassage2013.wordpress.com

NOTE: Main engine problem forces cancellation of NWP on 20130814



DODO'S DELIGHT (GBR)
Rev. Bob Shepton
33 ft. fiberglass sloop - Westerly 33ft Discus built in 1980 
(2012 NWP returning on a west to east NWP 2013)
http://www.bobshepton.co.uk/
http://arcticmadnessblog.wordpress.com/
http://aaj.americanalpineclub.org/features/feature-aaj-2011/dodos-delight-by-bob-shepton/
http://www.richardnicolson.com/
http://www.richardnicolson.com/blog.html




EMPIRICUS (USA)
Jesse Osborn
50 x 9 x 6.5' 
West-to-east NWP
Blog: http://empiricusembarks.wordpress.com/
Tracker: https://share.delorme.com/jasonwilson



FAIRMONT's PASSION (USA)
Matt McFadyen
Cameron Webb
Inuvik to Resolute Bay?
17.5 foot Norseboat mfg rowboat
http://www.beyondthecircle.com/
https://www.facebook.com/beyondthecircle2013
Tracker: http://tracking.redportglobal.com/Anonymous/beyondthecircle


GITANA (USA)
Mike Johnson
44' Lapworth Schooner
Website/blog?
ETA Bellot Strait westbound 20130909 - wintering over in Cambridge Bay?



GLORY OF THE SEA (CA?)
David Frederick Collette
Johann Straumfjord Sigurdson
Manitoba, Hudson Bay, Greenland, Iceland?
50 foot aluminum exepdition cutter rigged sailboat
http://faraheim.com/
http://faraheim.com/category/expedition-diary/


HANNAH (?)
Gerard Dijkstra

17.58 x 4.74 X 1.80-3.50m Bestevaer 56ST Aluminum Pilothouse Cutter
West to East NWP

Website/blog ? http://svhannah.blogspot.com/


IKIMAYIA (CA)
Olivier Giasson
Sebastien Lapierre
Tuktoyaktuk to Igloolik
Tandem kayak
5.94m x 72.4cm x 34.3cm
http://www.revedeglace.ca/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/R%C3%AAve-de-Glace/342424112538131
Tracker: https://share.delorme.com/c436e43f67834116922e31fec36fc985


ISATIS (NEW CALEDONIA)
Janine and Jean Pierre Levie
14,25m x 4,39m x 2,60m aluminum cutter rig
Designer: Andre Maurique
builder: Pouvrot
No website


Traveling with LA BELLE EPOQUE

LA BELLE EPOQUE (AT) 
Jürgen and Claudia Kirchberger
Louis de Dumas
13m x 3.9m x 2m steel ketch with cutter stay
East to west NWP
http://www.fortgeblasen.at/segelpage/webside/english.htm
http://www.fortgeblasen.at/segelpage/material/nordwestpassage/eisprognose.pdf
Blogs: 
http://www.fortgeblasen.at/segelpage/webside/unterwegs%20auf%20langfahrt.htm
http://www.fortgeblasen.at/segelpage/webside/nordwestpassage1.htm
http://www.fortgeblasen.at/segelpage/webside/nordwestpassage2.htm
http://www.fortgeblasen.at/segelpage/webside/nordwestpassage3.htm
http://www.fortgeblasen.at/segelpage/webside/nordwestpassage4.htm
Tracker: http://www.winlink.org/dotnet/maps/PositionReportsDetail.aspx?callsign=OE5YCL


LADY DANA (POL)
Ryszard Wojnowski
Arctic Circumnavigation
14.3m x 4.5m x 2.0m steel sloop
http://arctic2013.pl/en/route/
http://arctic2013.pl/en/itinerary-of-the-voyage/


Lady M II (Marshal Islands)
Michael A. Ashcroft
164 ft Hakvoort
West to east NWP - turn around at ? and returned to Nome on 20130909



LE MANGUIER (FRA) (known as MANGO)
Philippe Hercher
Plans to circumnavigate Banks Island and winter over in Paulatuk or Ulukhaktok (HOW LONG IS YOUR CANADA VISA AND CANADA BOAT CRUISING PERMIT GOOD FOR? CHECK WITH CANADA CBSA AND IMMIGRATION ASAP)
21.1m x 6.5m x 3.4m ex-navy steel hull tug with stay-sails rig
http://www.navirelemanguier.com/
http://lemanguier.typepad.fr/le_manguier/


LIBELLULE (CHE)
Philipp Cottier
47' x 25' x 4' catermaran - details in process
East-to-west NWP


MICHAELA ROSE (GBR)
Harlan Crow, 64, Texas developer and the Crow Family was once the largest landlord in the United States.
Built in 1984, 49m/162ft. steel motor vessel gross tons 525, 2080hp, 3800nm range  @14kts, reported 16 passengers and 13 crew
West to east NWP - reported in Cambridge Bay 20130901



MORNING HAZE (DE)
Jochen Winter
East to west NWP - cancelled 20130802 - rudder damage
16.9m x 4.64m x 1.8/3.5m Gerard Dijkstra aluminum cutter
http://www.morninghaze.de/
Tracker: http://www.morninghaze.de/position-map



NOEME (FRA)
Owner & crew ?
14.5m x 4.1m x 2.62m HAKA 145bm cold molded epoxy
http://www.mhp-noeme.com/page-1-fiche-technique.htm


OCTOPUS (KY)
Paul Allen
126 m X 21 m superyacht
West to East NWP
Website/blog ?
Note: departed Bellot Strait 0200 hrs on 20130909 north in Prince Regent Inlet for Resolute Bay



PAS PERDU LE NORD (BE)
Nicolas Mouchart & Florence Lutje Spelberg
Caroff 12 m
East to west NWP
http://perdpaslenord.be/
perdpaslenordouest (at) gmail.com
http://www.arctic05.org/en/2013/06/exclusive-interview-pictures-a-belgian-aiming-for-the-arctic-northwest-passage/

20130904? Aground near Peard Bay - crew air lifted off - Re-floated around 20130907 and underway to Nome - details pending...


POLAR BOUND (GBR)
David Scott Cowper
Jane Maufe
First yacht in history to transit the original Northwest Passage via McClure Strait since discovery by Captain Robert McClure aboard HMS INVESTIGATOR in 1851
2013 Northwest Passage route to be determined at sailing - David's 6th NWP
48' x 18' x 6' custom aluminum expedition motor vessel with a single Gardner 8LXB 170bhp main engine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Scott_Cowper


ROWING ICE (FRA)
Charles Hedrich
Wales Alaska to Cambridge Bay to Pond Inlet to Atlantic Ocean Arctic Circle
21' cabin rowboat (See: http://www.expeditiontico.com/)
http://www.charleshedrich.com/
http://charleshedrich-nordouest.blogspot.fr/
https://plus.google.com/116430189753834685869


TARA (FRA)
Single-season Arctic Circumnavigation counterclockwise (West-to-east)
Including Northeast and Northwest Passages (NOTE: For a NWP TARA must cross BOTH the Pacific Ocean Arctic Circle (Bering Strait) and the Atlantic Ocean Arctic Circle (Davis Strait)
ETD 20130518 Lorient France ETA 20131206
36m x 10m x 1.5-3.5m aluminum expedition schooner motor-sailer
http://oceans.taraexpeditions.org
Tracker: http://oceans.taraexpeditions.org/carte/


TOOLUKA (NED)
Eef Willems, 
Length 14.15 metres 
http://www.tooluka.nl/
Alt website url: http://www.tooluka.nl/?taal=UK
http://www.tooluka.nl/CruisingWorld_aug2009.pdf



TRANQUILLO (NED)
Bart Veldink
Wintered off Pim Island destination unknown (NWP E5 2012)
56 ft. aluminum sloop, center board sailboat
https://twitter.com/BartVeldink


TRAVERSAY III (CA)
Larry Roberts and Mary Anne Unrau
45' 
Waterline steel cutter designed by Ed Rutherford
East to west NWP



DANGEROUS WATERS (USA)


Updates, corrections and new vessel details - please 




4 comments:

grnstogo@aol.com said...

any information on "Octopus"? Left Nome 2013-9-1 west to east.

Douglas Pohl said...

Just starting to transit west to east through Bellot Strait as of Noon on 20130909. Guess the cat is out of the bag.... lol

Unknown said...

Hei,

Looks like you have forgotten one boat. I'm captain of Arktika and we sailed the NWP (without any assistance and without much talk about us!) in 2013 from Isafjordur (Iceland) to Nome (Alaska) via Ammassalik and Thulé (Greenland).
Will we be admitted to your private club?
www.camp-arktika.org (french version)

Douglas Pohl said...

Hello Gilles
What is the url to your NW Passage details? (not the brochure for tourists)
Do you have a ship's log posted on your website?
A tracker url?
That is one impressive motor-sailer!
Standing by,
Doug

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