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Consider the latest Hermes Speedster model from UK-based Seven Seas Yachts as a Porsche 356 for the sea—but with a futuristic twist. While the body pays homage to the German marque’s early, now iconic “bathtub” design, power is delivered from a silent, zero-emission 100 kw electric motor juiced by a 30 kwh battery pack.

Seven Seas has been building the Speedster at its Greek facility since 2017, with the original boats powered by a 155 hp Rotax engine. While that conventional powerplant remains an option, eco-conscious buyers can still count on speed, with the electric Speedster E (priced at $269,000) capable of hitting 36 mph. Throttling back to a more sedate 6 mph, meanwhile, gives the boat a run time of up to nine hours.

Design cues inspired by the classic Porsche Speedster include a cut-down, chrome-framed windshield, bucket seats, chrome-ringed retro gauges in a leather dash, twin-grated air intakes on the rear sun pad and a 356-style folding cloth top. The boat’s elegant profile is so proportionally correct that it could be mistaken for a 75-year-old custom design, particularly with its retro-looking convertible top that sets up in seconds.

A red version of the Speedster lighting up the water.  Seven Seas Yachts

The hull is an interesting design, with a forward entry angle of 72 degrees and little drag resistance. That means that, unlike other powerboats that tend to porpoise as they gain speed, this one simply lifts itself out of the water as it goes faster. The running surface also avoids pounding through big waves, giving the Hermes Speedster an unusually gentle ride and precise handling, particularly in tight turns. Cruising stability is another important trait. The smooth-riding hull is a perfect complement to the stylish topsides.

And while the Hermes name comes from the fleet-of-foot Greek god, not the French fashion house, the level of craftsmanship in the richly upholstered cockpit is enough to keep your passengers guessing.

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A Best of Show Award Finalist at the  2019 Ft Lauderdale International Boat Show.   t he Seven Seas Hermes Speedster is i nspired by the 1959 Porsche 356  and the gentleman's runabout boats from the 1930s. 

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Named for a Greek deity, the Hermes Speedster by Seven Seas is a divine attention-grabber, says Kevin Koenig ...

As usual, the 2021 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show was littered with glitzy and architectural tours de force. There was the 76 metre Feadship Boardwalk towering above show-goers with her Airbus H130 chopper sitting like heavy fruit on her after decks. There was the Ocean Alexander 35R , with a gleaming interior by Evan K Marshall that was so impressive it won a Best of Show award.

But for my money, the most talked-about vessel at the show measured a mere 6.7 metres long and cost about $249,000. The boat in question was the Hermes Speedster by Greek builder Seven Seas, and all it took was one glimpse to understand her appeal. With a delicate camber to her foredeck and loads of tumblehome aft, the coupé is so gracefully penned as to look organic. Particularly when painted a creamy eggshell as she was, the Speedster is a sprinter’s hamstring in repose – capable and taut.

And that’s just the exterior. The interior of the display boat was done in a soft and intricately stitched red leather, and replete with automotive touches such as a minimalistic, chrome-framed rear-view mirror, shiny analogue gauges and bucket seats that call to mind classic roadsters. This is not by accident. The Hermes Speedster was in large part inspired by the Porsche 356, a precursor to today’s omnipresent 911.

The amount of attention the boat received at the Fort Lauderdale show was, of course, not lost on Cole Adams, head of East Coast operations for Seven Seas Americas. “We were in a great spot at the show to have a lot of eyes on us,” he says. “It was a better reception than we could have imagined. We had this boat up in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for the Steelpointe show last summer, but of course Fort Lauderdale is a much bigger venue. We ended up selling both of our display boats, plus a few more. The attention will help us extend our brand to the Great Lakes and the West Coast as well. Right now we are hoping to sell 10 more boats in the first six months of 2022.”

I tested the Hermes Speedster just after the boat show in the Intracoastal Waterway. (Yes, this boat is gorgeous, but no, I was not clamoring to take her outside in the four-to-five-foot seas.) Before we could even unload the trailer at the 15th Street boat ramp, she had attracted further attention, and just the kind Seven Seas wants.

The man was your typical Fort Lauderdale show Buyer, with a capital B. He had just popped out of an Uber by himself to meet his captain aboard a large center console. He was almost completely unassuming in board shorts and a ratty T-shirt. But the Rolex Pepsi on his wrist gave him away.

“Hey, what kind of boat is that?” he asked, eyeing the model name on the gunwale. “My wife would love that. She has Hermès everything, so why not a boat?”

Adams had to politely explain that the Hermes is named after the Greek messenger god, not the fabled Parisian accessory brand – a common misconception. But it made no matter to the would-be buyer. “Well, I like the look of her anyway,” he replied before leaning back on a heel and taking in her lines. “You got a card?”

Adams and I shortly hopped into the little boat and puttered away from the ramp and down the no-wake zone past the Bahia Mar hotel, where the show had been held. There was not a cloud in the sky on what passed for a crisp, South Florida autumn morning.

The sun dazzled overhead, its reflection blazing a golden trail ahead of us down the canal. At the helm I leaned my left elbow out over the side of the boat and stiff-armed the wheel. Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams played on the stereo: “Now here you go again/you say you want your freedom.” And the vibes, as the kids say, were immaculate.

Once we passed the no-wake zone I opened up the throttle and the Speedster’s 170-horsepower Bombardier Rotax engine rocketed us down the canal at 43mph, a brag-worthy speed that feels much faster when you’re down so close to the water. Throttling into hard-over turns, the boat’s aft end spun out like a jet ski’s before pinning into place and darting us back in the direction whence we came. Over the blasting wind and spray I turned to Adams and shouted “She’s fun as hell to drive!”

We dropped her back down to a few miles per hour and crept back up the no-wake zone past the show with a parade of other slow-moving boats. As we passed a docked sportfisher being cleaned by a crew member, the salty gentleman singled us out and began to yell about a wake which, I assure you, we were not throwing. Some South Florida, big-boy words were exchanged. And as we left the sportfisher behind I turned to Adams and said, “That was weird. I wonder why he singled us out from everyone else?”

Adams just smiled and replied, “Because when you’re driving a boat like this, it’s all anyone ever sees.”

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Sure would appreciate someone who has taken "Best of Moscow by high speed train" from St. Petersburg could please share their impressions of this shore excursion. From the description this sounds like a very long day.

Wondering how the 4 hour train trip was in terms of accommodations, etc. Also what time did you leave the ship and what time at night did you return? Were both legs of the trip on the high speed rail (I read that slower trains also travel the same tracks)?

My wife and I are considering this excursion. We thought that if we are making all the effort to go to Russia then how could we pass up going to Moscow, walking in Red Square, seeing St. Basil, etc.

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If you are considering this on the 2015 June Baltic cruise on Voyager; my suggestion is don't. There is so much to do in St. Petersburg and although a train is one of my favorite ways to travel the time would be far better spent in St. P.

Thanks for the advice. Yes, this would be on the Voyager during the 2015 season but not yet sure exactly which cruise.

We did the Moscow excursion "on a different luxury line", but from your brief description it sounds very much like the same trip, so I will operate on that assumption. It is a VERY long day! We left the ship at 5:30 AM and returned at 12:30 AM. The highspeed train trip is comfortable, and while they call it "Business Class" it does not compare well to the equivalent class on say Rail Europe. When we did it in 2011, we did have highspeed both ways, and the trip back seemed much longer as the adrenaline and excitement had worn off!:D

Moscow itself is not that terribly different from any other big city in the world, but this Cold War kid never thought he would ever stand in Red Square, never mind walk the grounds of The Kremlin, or tour The Kremlin Palace, or see (but not visit) Lenin's Tomb, or visit The Armoury. But he did, and he loved every minute of it! Yes, it is a long day, and you barely scratch a scratch on the surface, but it is worth it. There is a tremendous amount to see in St. Petersburg, but every Baltic cruise goes to St. Petersburg, so you can go back if you choose to. Not every cruiseline offers you the chance to see Moscow.

I have not personally done this tour, but our last time in St Petersburg, the private guide that we hired for a day was leading the regent tour to Moscow on the high speed train the next day. He said it was way better than the previous alternative, which was flying to Moscow and back. He said that you actually got to Moscow faster because you didn't have to deal with airline checkin etc. it did seem like a very long day to me, and there is so much to see and do in st. Petersburg that I didn't consider doing it.

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We toured to Moscow from St. Petersburg via the hi-speed SAPSAN train last September, from a Baltic cruise on the Oceania Marina. You need to have a two-night, three day port call in St. Petersburg to take this tour because the tour typically leaves the ship around 5:00 - 5:30 AM and doesn't return until after midnight the next day. We didn't take the ship's tour; we made private arrangements with TravelAllRussia for three days of touring, the first and third days in St. Petersburg and the second day the tour to Moscow by train. Our cost for the private tour for three days was about the same as what the ship charged for the excursion to Moscow alone. There are a number of private tour agencies that operate in St. Petersburg and offer the Moscow train tours; we would strongly recommend them over the ship's tours.

All three days had private guides with car and driver. The second day, the driver picked us up at the ship and took us to the train, but we were alone on the train, and met in Moscow by the guide on the station platform. After our tour and dinner, we were brought back to the train and after the return train trip met by the driver and taken back to the ship. Because you are alone on the train you must have your own Russian visas.

If this is your first visit to St. Petersburg, I would agree there is much more to see there. We found Moscow somewhat a disappointment, particularly Red Square. The Kremlin and the cathedral in Red Square were also worth seeing. But the best thing we saw was the Moscow subway! I worked for the Washington Metro system back in the 1980s as it grew from 40 to 80 miles and although I was in the computer area, I learned a lot about the challenges of running a subway system. We used the Moscow system to get across the city from where we had dinner to the train station, and I was amazed at the cleanliness', speed of operation, the short headways maintained, and the courtesy of everyone involved. A very impressive experience!

We had been to St. Petersburg before, and so had the time to take a day and go to Moscow. Also, I really like trains, and the SAPSAN is a German train set running on Russian rails. Seats are like first class domestic air, spacious but not too plush or comfortable, but with enough room. Not too much recline, and almost 8 hours on the train in two shots is a lot for an old man. They come through and sell drinks, candy, etc. but the sellers don't speak English and no one around us helped, so we had just poor coffee once coming, and brought stuff with us for the trip back. Not too much to see from the train either, particularly on the return when it is night the whole way.

If you decide to go, take a private tour and avoid the overly expensive ship's tour. I'm glad we did it, but wouldn't bother to repeat the tour; we've seen Moscow.

Thanks so much to all of you for the thorough and thought insight. Yhe information you have provided is most helpful.

countflorida: Your detailed post is very helpful. We are not quite ready for a Baltic cruise but should do so within a year. Time enough to do our pre travel research, bookings and visa gathering.:) Thank you!

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Sure would appreciate someone who has taken "Best of Moscow by high speed train" from St. Petersburg could please share their impressions of this shore excursion. From the description this sounds like a very long day.   Wondering how the 4 hour train trip was in terms of accommodations, etc. Also what time did you leave the ship and what time at night did you return? Were both legs of the trip on the high speed rail (I read that slower trains also travel the same tracks)?   My wife and I are considering this excursion. We thought that if we are making all the effort to go to Russia then how could we pass up going to Moscow, walking in Red Square, seeing St. Basil, etc.

I did this on Seabourn. IMO DONT. Take Aeroflop (er Aeroflot). The train has non folding seats where you are literally knee to knee with your fellow passenger (facing each other). Further they don't believe in air conditioning. It's also the worlds slowed bullet train. I think I would have found more enjoyment wandering around the St. Petersburg and Moscow airports.

Countflorida,

This is a little off topic,, however we had planned a river cruise in Russia but decided we would rather stay on land and have booked about two weeks with Travel-All-Russia using the private guide and driver. I'm curious as to how you found them as a tour company.

The guides they provided were fine. We had a different guide each of the days in St. Petersburg, but both were flexible, pleasant, knowledgeable and spoke English very well, as did the guide in Moscow, incidentally. She was a bit aloof, distant, not too friendly, but otherwise fine. In fact, she was the one who suggested taking the Metro, which unexpectedly became one of the highlights of the Moscow excursion. If I have a complaint with AllTravelRussia, it is with their plan and its execution (more later).

I had requested emphasis on World War II (in Russia, the Great Patriotic War) sites and info. In scheduling us, they weren't careful about dates and a couple of the sites we wanted to see were scheduled on the third day, after we'd been to Moscow. But both sites were closed that day of the week, and that info was readily available, right on web sites describing them. Also, the included meals (lunches in St. Pete, dinner in Moscow) were not what we asked for: light meals with some choices, so we could avoid things we didn't like and choose things we did like. My request was ignored; we were given full Russian meals with a fixed menu, no choice. On the first day, a fish dish was the entre, but I am allergic to fish. Fortunately, I had the e-mail I'd sent with me and showed it to the guide, and she was able to change my entre to chicken, which was very good actually. But we didn't want a 3-4 course lunches or dinner (in Moscow). We had the guide drop the lunch the third day, although we never got any credit or refund. But, particularly in contrast to the ship's tours, the prices were so reasonable we didn't worry too much about it.

The people who were on the ship's tour to Moscow saw us boarding the same train for which they were forced to queue up and wait on the way back, and asked us what we had done. I was candid and open so they were not happy when I explained what we had arranged and particularly what it had cost. Also, when we returned to the ship, we found they had laid on a late supper for those who had gone to Moscow, so up we went and had something. Well, it turns out the late supper was supposed to be just for those on the ship's tour, but we and others on 'independent' tours, there were a dozen or more of us, crashed the party, actually got there first, and they didn't realize it until the larger group arrived and there weren't enough tables/places set. By that time, the 'independents' had all gotten served and were eating; what could they do?

A couple from the larger group sat down with us and asked us about our tour, and they were the ones I told about our arrangement and its cost. They turned to others who’d been with them and announced the details, loudly enough so the whole room heard, which started a lot of bitching and complaining. I gathered they weren't very happy with the ship's tour to begin with, and this was the straw that broke the camel's back. We finished up and beat it out of there, but overheard later that one of the excursion staff came to check on something and ran into a real mess. I caught a cold on the trip, which forced me to bed the second day following in Tallinn, so by the time we reappeared we heard about the contretemps' but apparently no one recalled who started it, thankfully.

Because of what happened to us, I would probably not use AllTravelRussia if I were to go again, or if I did, I would be sure to get confirmation of every detail of the tour. They do have good reviews generally, and we were certainly helped by their visa department and liked the guides and drivers. Their weakness, I say now with full 20:20 hindsight, is that once the sales person who plans the tour, sells it to you and collects your money, he (or she) transfers the plan to their Russia office for implementation; there is no follow-up to make sure it gets done right. And that is where our problems arose; we paid for a custom tour but got a standard package with a few destinations switched, and no one checked them out, even to see when they were open the day we were scheduled to go. If you check every detail that’s important to you, it should be OK, but that’s a hell of a way to have to do business, in my opinion.

Thank you for the 20/20 hindsight observation on your Russian tour operator, and better priced than the ship's excursion cost.

Thanks very much for the feedback.

We had the same experience as you so far as price. We originally booked a Viking Cruise but, hearing some things about the river cruises that made us unhappy, looked into other options. T-A-R cost the same or less than a cruise and had us in hotels for 11 days. We opted for the private tour. They have three tour levels, based on hotels. We originally opted for the four star as it did not cost much more than the three star hotels. Finally we decided to throw it all in and upgraded to five star. In Moscow we will be at the newly opened Kempinsky which is two blocks from Red Square. In St. Petersburg it is the Grand Hotel Europe, one of the most vaunted luxury hotels in Russia. Location is important for us as the tours use up only part of the day so being in the center of everything for our independent touring is important. As with many other cities, the less you pay, the farther out of the center of town you are.

We have been working with our salesman in D.C. and he seems to get back to us with the changes we want. He recently returned from Russia so is up on everything. When I asked they said they paid the full TA commission if I wanted so I got my usual TA on board so he is watching our back and giving us that extra level of comfort. He also set up our air, which I know pays him little or nothing, and got us business class for much less than T-A-R wanted for economy, though it took working for a while with a consolidator. He's happy to get his 10 percent on this trip without having booked it. He also took care of the trip insurance. We've been doing a lot of research on the CC sister site Trip Advisor and will write a report there. We will, I guess, become a source of info for CC members after having spent 5 days in Moscow and 6 in SP.

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Anybody considering a day trip to Moscow from St. Petersburg on the Sapsan may want to look at our travelogue filled with pictures.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1927687

Very informative. Thanks dor sharing. Jeff

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Past Seven Seas Award Recipients

2018 recipient of seven seas award.

2016 Recipient of Seven Seas Award

Marcie and David Lynn, s/v Nine of Cups Marcie and David completed a circumnavigation in 2015 that included rounding all five of the Great Southern Capes, an unusual accomplishment for cruisers. The Lynns are known for their off-the-beaten-track cruising and have put nearly 80,000 miles under the keel. They are extremely self-sufficient cruisers and have always shown a deep commitment to good seamanship. They enjoy getting to know locals wherever they stop; freely share new-found information from their travels in the SSCA Commodores Bulletin ; and have a passion for the environment, leaving a clean wake where ever they travel. 

Marcie served on the SSCA Board of Directors and as the Cruising Station Coordinator for many years. They continue to recommend Cruising Stations around the world.

2015 -  Lin and Larry Pardey

Remarks by Beth A. Leonard: When Evans set out to convince me to go cruising with him back in 1990, he introduced me to offshore sailing through the pantheon of early sailor-writers who led the way to distant shores aboard small boats for all of us, whether we know it or not. The Hiscocks, Smeetons, Roths. Tania Abei, Dodge Morgan. Robin Lee Graham. The Pardeys. Of those, I related most to the Hiscocks and the Pardeys. They did not just complete one voyage but made it a way of life. They were couples whose cruising strengthened and deepened their partnership. Their adventures were humbling - sailing around the world! - but not utterly unimaginable - getting shipwrecked or pitchpoled near Cape Horn! They did it with sextants and without engines. Evans owes Lin because, more than anyone else, Lin convinced me to go. She did it in three ways. She spoke to me as a woman and first mate. Her words wound a spell around me that answered the why, but then she told me how in straightforward, simple language. She directly addressed my fears. Her statistics on how often they had been in heavy weather put things in perspective, and her descriptions of handling it made me believe I could handle it, too.  She was honest about her relationship with Larry and the times when it wasn't perfect, while demonstrating the infinite rewards of a partnership forged in shared adventure.

And I owe Larry, because Evans aspired to the level of seamanship that Larry demonstrated every day at sea, and the level of skill he invested into every frame and plank of the two boats he built. Evans took three lessons from Larry. Design it strong and then build it stronger. The sea will find any weaknesses, so make sure there aren't any to find. Keep it simple - and if you choose not to keep it simple, then make sure you can do without whatever it is when it fails. Imagine and prepare for the worst, because good seamanship means never having to say you're sorry.

Lin and Larry's message, "Go simple, go small, go now," may seem outmoded when most cruising sailors have been convinced that they need a 50-foot boat, a watermaker, and broadband before heading offshore. But that message keeps the door open for those whose dreams would otherwise seem to be forever out of reach, and it reminds the rest of us that no matter what boat we're on as we cruise, we're still cruising.

2014 - Steve and Joy Fredrick, Ocean Angel

2012 - Herb Hilgenberg, South Bound II

Herb Hilgenberg and his family suffered nasty weather on the way to Bermuda while they were out cruising. That experience drove Herb to dive into the science and art of weather forecasting and ultimately to the daily Southbound II net many of us know so well. In recognition of 25 years of selfless service to the cruising community, providing weather forecasts, routing advice, conveying boat watch information from search and rescue organizations to boats at sea and for providing a calm voice of reason to sailors at sea Herb Hilgenberg, the founding recipient of the SSCA Southbound II Award, is the 2012 recipient of the Seven Seas Award.

The Seven Seas Award signifies the highest international recognition to a cruising sailor whose experiences on the sea demonstrate a deep commitment to good seamanship and an understanding of his ship and environment.

2011 - Andy (awarded posthumously) and Pam Wall and their children,  Kandarik

Andy had sailed from Australia when he was young, stopping for a couple of months in Patagonia and exploring the many channels and bays before rounding Cape Horn. Later he and Pam had sailed around the world with their little kids on the 39 foot sloop that Andy and Pam built.

It was upon the return to Florida that Pam began her career with West Marine in Fort Lauderdale.  Here she became the “go to” person for anything to do with sailing, cruising, outfitting, and presenting lectures.  There are so many people that have been helped by Pam.  Her knowledge of sailing and foreign countries, her passion for the right equipment while outfitting yachts, and her wonderful enthusiasm for helping others gain knowledge and confidence is what Pam has for the sailing community not only in South Florida but in every harbor around the world!

Pam goes around the country giving lectures at boat shows, schools, hospitals, yacht clubs, and other organizations.  She talks about sailing, about responsibility, about empowerment, and the necessity of having dreams to work towards.  Pam Wall has become a byword in the community for smiles, laughter, and the joy of passing on information and encouragement to so many people.

2009 - Beth Leonard and Evans Starzinger,  Hawk

Beth and Evans are among the leading blue water cruising sailors today. They circumnavigated west-about by way of the Torres Strait and Cape of Good Hope aboard their first boat Silk, a Shannon 37 ketch, from 1992-95. They then spent four years ashore filling the cruising kitty while building their next boat Hawk, a 47’ Van de Stadt Samoa aluminum sloop. They then completed a second east-about high-latitude circumnavigation aboard Hawk sailing more than 75,000 nm in ten years including a 9,000 nm non-stop passage through the Southern Ocean. Their voyage took them from the Arctic Circle to Cape Horn and under all five of the mariner’s Great Southern Capes. Most recently they wintered in the Beagle Channel just north of Cape Horn and then sailed to the Falklands, South Georgia, St. Helena and up through the Caribbean to the Chesapeake. They have now sailed well over 100,000 miles.

In addition to the Seven Seas Award, Beth and Evans have won other noteworthy awards for their cruising. These include:

The 2003 Vasey Vase by the Ocean Cruising club for 9000 miles/59 day non-stop passage in the southern ocean and 2009 Vasey Vase for 2008 cruise to South Georgia

The Far Horizons Medal by the Cruising club of America for their voyages.

Beth's book "Blue Horizons" has won the Outdoor Literature category of the 2007 National Outdoor Book Awards. It's the first time a sailing book has won the Literature prize. The announcement is on the NOBA website.

Nominated by Nancy Zapf,  Halekai , Marcie and David Lynn,  Nine of Cups  and Suzanne Giesemann,  Liberty .

2008 - No ë l Marshall ,  Sadko II

Noël ,  an accomplished circumnavigator, is a member of the Royal Cruising Club, Ocean Cruising Club and SSCA.

After an illustrious 36-year career in the English Diplomatic Service, where he served in Pakistan, Moscow and Strasburg, and 15 years of ocean racing, Noël Marshall retired in 1993 and began cruising aboard his first boat,  Sadko , a Hallberg-Rassy 38. In 1997 he was awarded the Royal Cruising Club Challenge Cup for his four-year circumnavigation, which included visits to Japan and the Russian Far East.

The second  Sadko,  a custom 42 foot aluminum cutter designed by Mike Pocock ,  was launched in 2002 and made her maiden cruise to the White Sea to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the “discovery” of Russia by Sir Richard Chancellor in 1553. In 2004 Noël crossed the Atlantic where he then cruised up the North American coast and as far as Disko Island in Greenland before returning to the Chesapeake. Over the following two years he continued via the Bahamas to Panama, the Galapagos Islands, single-handed to southern Chile and, with a relay of crews, through the Chilean channels to Cape Horn, and up to Buenos Aires. This group of cruises was awarded three more trophies by the RCC.

For the 2006-2007 southern season, Noël returned single-handed to the Beagle Channel and then, with a full crew, spent six weeks visiting the Antarctic Peninsula. They reached Detaille island, about 20 miles south of the Antarctic Circle, and concluded with a landing on Elephant Island, taking with them a bronze plaque honoring the members of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s expedition who survived there in 1916. One of the survivors, James Wordie, had been the Master of his college when Noël was at Cambridge. This was, beyond doubt, the “cruise of a lifetime,” and one for which the Royal Cruising Club awarded Noël both the Challenge Cup for 2007 and the Goldsmith Exploration Award.

Noel was nominated by Marcie and David Lynn,  Nine of Cups .

2007 -  Captain Eric Forsyth

Captain Forsyth is an accomplished voyaging sailor, widely published cruising author, and frequent contributor to the  Bulletin . Eric’s articles have appeared in  Ocean Voyager, CCA Cruising News, Latitudes & Attitudes,  and  Ocean Navigator , among others.

Over an 8 year period he completed the bare hull of a Westsail 42, which was christened  Fiona  in 1983. He also completed  Fiona ’s full refit twenty years later. He was awarded the prestigious Blue Water Medal by the Cruising Club of America in 2000.

Voyages of  Fiona: Cruise to Antarctica:  2006-2007 Full Atlantic Circle, Baltic to the Falklands:  2004-2005 Circumnavigation on the Clipper Ship Route:  2002-2003 North Atlantic Circle, Arctic to the Caribbean:  2000-2001 Circling South America via Easter Is., Antarctica and South Africa:  1998-1999 Circumnavigation via Trade Wind Route: 1995-1997

In addition, Eric has completed many ocean passages between the North American coast, the Atlantic Islands., the Caribbean and Europe, on both  Iona  and  Fiona , and also completed 6 Newport-Bermuda races. His first Transatlantic crossing was in 1964.

Eric was as a fighter pilot for the RAF before emigrating first to Canada, then to the U.S., where he had a distinguished career as a senior scientist at Brookhaven National Labs in New York. In June 2007 he received a professional award from the IEEE for his work in superconductivity.

2005 - Rod and Becky Nowlin,  Mahdi

After successfully thwarting an attack by pirates 30 miles off the coast of Yemen in March, 2005, Rod and Becky began working on trying to figure out a way for yachts going through the Gulf of Aden to better protect themselves from pirates/terrorist attacks in the future. 

Quoting Rod in May of 2005, "All of the international yachting organizations and especially the yachts planning to transit this area need to start making direct requests for assistance that actually require an answer from their governments. You should have contacts with a lot of yachting organizations who have direct input to their respective governments. We need to send out a direct appeal to these organizations for their help.

Hiring mercenaries may be well beyond the financial means of most of the yachts. That is why I have been pushing to get the local forces there involved. I know that the Yemeni Coast Guard is very sympathetic to the problems the yachts are facing along that coast and they just don't have the boats and trained personnel yet to deal with the problem effectively. The Vasco De Gama Rally that is heading south now toward Indian from the Med, has quite a few boats involved. One avenue of a definitive push for help may be for them to formally request armed guards aboard for the trip to Salalah. That way someone in authority has to actually make a decision.”

Rod and Becky's efforts to make the passage through the Gulf of Aden safer have continued, unfortunately with little useful results. Their words in 2007, "You are on your own out here and you had better be prepared to stand on your own two feet."

2001 -  Roger and Molly Firey,  Sundowner

The Fireys shared their love of sailing and owned several day-sailors and off-shored cruising boats. They rebuilt an extensively damaged Swedish sailboat and sailed it on the Chesapeake Bay for 12 years. Prior to his retirement from the Navy, they purchased a Westsail 32, which they named SUNDOWNER. They lived aboard for 27 years completing three circumnavigations. They received several awards and lifetime achievements for their success as sailors. The book,  Gentlemen Never Sail to Weather: The Story of an Accidental Odyssey , was written in part about them by their friend Denton Moore. However, Molly cautioned not to believe everything as some of it might have been slightly “embellished.”

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