Friends
www.arcticwandering.com
Gary Ramos of S/V Arctic Wanderer is endeavouring to be the first person to single-handedly circumnavigate the Arctic. Wow! Follow his trip through his writings and photographs.
www.bethandevans.com
On Beth Leonard and Evan Starzinger’s site you can find information on where they’ve cruised and where they’re planning to go; descriptions of their two boats, Silk and Hawk; articles they’ve written; cruising tips; photographs; and you can purchase Beth’s three books.
www.boreal-yachting.com
Based in Tromsø, Ivar and Emely are located in the perfect place for a cruise of this beautiful area, and have three sailboats available for charter.
www.cleanwakeproductions.com
Lane and Kay Finley, through their company Clean Wake Productions, produce DVDs that show what needs to be considered when making the cruising dream a reality, with an emphasis on safety and protecting the environment. Though we have never met them in person, we consider them friends in spirit!
www.expeditionsail.com
Kate Ford and Hamish Laird have many years of experience sailing in the high latitudes. They have built a very cool aluminum boat. Follow their voyages and even join them if you wish.
www.explorenorth.no
Jon Amtrup is a true adventurer, a sailboat racer, and a high latitude sailor. You can benefit from his experience by using his company to charter a boat, either bare boat or with a skipper, or benefit from his expertise as you plan an expedition of your own.
www.highlatitudes.com
High Latitudes is a yacht consultancy and management service, specialising in remote destinations, run by Richard Haworth and Luke Milner, who have spent many years exploring the world’s most inaccessible places. We partner with Luke and Richard to provide guide and voyage planning services to boats heading north.
www.jonathanadventuresailing.com
Mark van de Weg has done an incredible amount of high latitude voyaging; visit his site to read about and see photographs and videos of his adventures and to find out how he can help you realize your dream to sail the North.
www.northanger.org
Keri and Greg are very intrepid adventurers who mix sailing, climbing and photography in their journeys to both the northern and the southern high latitudes. If you want to push your envelope, Keri and Greg are the people to talk to.
www.northcapesail.no
Gunnar and Bjørg have lived and sailed in North Norway for 30 years. Now they are going to share their experience with others by offering their sailboat for charter. If you want to visit the most northerly point in Norway in a sailboat, visit their site.
www.polaris-sail.de
Though their site is in German, Michael and Martina’s photographs of winter sailing in Norway and summer sailing in Svalbard are worth looking at. They also have a very cool unpainted aluminum boat.
www.site.voila.fr/fredoya
Fred, Fredo and their kids are building a new aluminum boat. There are lots of pictures on their site of what is going to be a great high latitude boat.
www.wave-action.com
Colin and Louise have just had a new aluminum voyaging boat built (an Ovni by Alubat in France), incorporating what they have learned in 15 years of professional offshore sailing. Colin is the European Correspondent here at Attainable Adventure Cruising.
Their web site provides access to some of their work— photography, film, journalism, marine eco-tourism and environmental consultancy—as well as information on their sailing plans and their boat.
