Presented by the Northwest Yacht Brokers Association (NYBA) and recognized as the largest floating boat show on the West Coast, Swiftsure Yachts will be participating in the Spring Boats Afloat Show in Seattle on April 27-30, 2023. Our show boat this year is the beautifully appointed and well cared for 2008 Custom Gorbon Pilothouse 53 Full of […]
While assisting with preparations to a sailboat that I race on, the 2007 McConaghy-built Reichel/Pugh 55 Zvi, I got thinking that doing another trip across the Pacific Ocean would make a fun summer vacation. Zvi was signed up to race in the 2022 Pacific Cup and had just done the 2021 Transpac Race the previous year. Unfortunately, […]
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 […]
Sailing across the ocean has always been on “the list” but, for some reason, I wasn’t sure it would ever actually happen. It just seemed like such a far fetched and crazy idea, and how many people really do something like that? Well, it happened, and it was an awesome time, with an amazing group […]
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 […]
Don’t be alarmed…we’re talking about the Allures 39.9 Big Bear. Brian and Emily visited the Swiftsure Yachts sales dock on Lake Union during their Seattle stopover en route to northern cruising grounds. Brian ordered Big Bear in 2013 and spent two weeks testing systems and gear in Cherbourg, France before shipping her from Southampton, UK […]
We love it when our clients get to meet up and cruise in company throughout the world. This picture was sent to us by Michael and Jill Gallin on the 2017 Allures 45.9 Gerty in the historic port of Valletta on the island of Malta. They’re enjoying a second summer season in the Mediterranean after crossing the […]
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 […]