2013 ARCTIC BOAT LIST - COMMENTS WITH MORE DETAILS APPRECIATED - SEE BELOW

2013 ARCTIC BOAT 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

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

BALTHAZAR (CA)
François Roberge
Inuvik to Nome?
10.5m welded steel sailboat
http://www.voilierbalthazar.ca/passage-du-nord-ouest
Tracker1:http://www.findmespot.com/mylocation/?id=DCDfE
Tracker2: 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
loa x b x d ?
http://northwestpassage2013.wordpress.com

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

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

GITANO (USA)
?

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/

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 (DE)
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
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/

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/

MALTESE FALCON (MALTA) (rumored NWP)
Elena Ambrosiadou
289' x 41' x 20' Dyna-rig computerized 3-mast automation furlers
Website: http://www.symaltesefalcon.com/
Tracker: http://www.symaltesefalcon.com/tracking.php 

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

Website: ?

Tracker: ?

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 150hp 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 (?)
http://traversayiii.blogspot.com/

RUMORS???

Not any more... the crew is driving towards Inuvik... look out rowers! 


DANGEROUS WATERS (USA)

Personal Water Craft (i.e. jetskis)
http://www.dangerouswaterstv.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DANGEROUSWATERSTV

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