It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Swiftsure Yachts co-founder, colleague, sailor and friend, Brad Baker (1964-2022). Brad passed away peacefully on Friday, September 30. He was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a rare form of brain cancer nearly four years ago. Fittingly, his last sail was just two days prior to his […]
Swiftsure Yachts is proud to announce the showing of a 2022 Garcia Exploration 45 at the United States Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Maryland from October 13-17, 2022. The showboat, Scout, was completed in Garcia’s Cherbourg, France shipyard in 2022 and moved to Southampton, UK, where she was put on a transportation ship and delivered to […]
Presented by the Northwest Yacht Brokers Association (NYBA) and recognized as the largest floating boat show on the West Coast, Swiftsure Yachts will once again be at the Lake Union Boats Afloat Show in Seattle. Come by Slip 39 at South Lake Union to say hi to the Swiftsure crew and step aboard a beautiful […]
Spokane, Washington based sailors Dave and Rae Ann Duer are loyal to the Hallberg-Rassy brand. They purchased a new HR 34 from Pete McGonagle in 1999 and had it shipped to Singapore where Dave was working. They sailed this boat in SE Asia and then shipped it to the USA and sold it soon after […]
SAM, a custom 1990 fixed keel Garcia 48-foot aluminum cutter, passed Cape Flattery, Washington in early September after a 13,000 mile loop of the North Pacific from San Francisco and Baja California onward to the Hawaiian Islands, Dutch Harbor and then to Kodiak Island, Juneau, Haida Gwaii and western Vancouver Island. Along the way, SAM’s […]
In 2021 Swiftsure Yachts helped find new homes for nearly 100 boats! The Swiftsure Yachts crew would like to thank all of the clients we worked with in the past year — you’re truly the ones that make this happen. Now more than ever before, we’re finding that our team approach, collective expertise and quality […]
The United States Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Maryland is once again on the horizon and Swiftsure Yachts will be showing the dynamic Allures 45.9. Running from October 14-18, we’ll be located on Dock D and invite you to stop by, say hello and tour this finely crafted world cruiser. Designed and built to be at […]
The Grand Large Yachting group (parent company of Allures Yachting and Garcia Yachts) has launched the 2021 edition of its “Blue Water Sailing Webinars”, in association with the English magazine Yachting World. For the return of this digital meeting place for blue water sailing enthusiasts, a total of 6 free sessions (exclusively in English) are […]
Last month, Allures Yachting’s new 51.9 took to the water for the first time. Sailing off of Cherbourg, France in a fresh breeze, she sailed well on all points and came into her own with the furling Code Zero flown off the bowsprit. The 51.9 is the culmination of 15 years of development that began with […]
Billed as the “World’s Biggest Offshore Race”, the Fastnet Race is an infamously grueling test of sailors’ seamanship and racing skills and the mettle of the yachts they race on. Considered to be a “bucket list event” by many avid racers, we’re excited to have Swiftsure’s own Brad Baker set to participate in this year’s […]