Distance Pennant
Program
Total Nordhavn Boats: 511
Total Nordhavn Mileage: 7,269,994
Nordhavn’s popular Distance Pennant Program was created to recognize the many Nordhavn owners and their great accomplishments of traveling the world’s oceans and enjoying the adventures of a lifetime. It is interesting to note that the average miles traveled is a little under half of a circumnavigation for each registered owner. Our goal is to reach 100 percent registration of all Nordhavns built and enter all of the miles traveled by previous owners.
From the earliest days of the age of sail up to the present time, the history of flags and the history of the sea have been intertwined. From at least the early 19th century, it has been the custom of ships returning from a long overseas deployment to fly an extra long commission pennant made up of whatever bunting could be assembled.
In the Royal Navy, this is known as the “paying off pennant” because a ship used to be taken out of commission and its crew “paid off” at the end of each cruise. In the United States Navy, it is called the homeward-bound pennant. Although not officially sanctioned by regulations, the Navy has issued guidelines for the use of this pennant in NTP-13(B), Flags, Pennants and Customs.
It is really very simple. Just click here to register and then submit your contact information in the required fields and list your trips with full details about your travels –including the number of miles covered.
In return, not only will your accomplishments be listed for all who visit this website to be impressed by, you will receive a complimentary Nordhavn Distance Pennant. Let the world know your Nordhavn is more than just a great-looking vessel. You and your Nordhavn have done what others dare not.
The first level is 2,500 miles. Subsequent pennants will be issued in additional 5,000 nm increments. Each will be a different color. No matter how the miles were accrued: one long trip, 50 short cruises or even if you have owned multiple Nordhavns, it’s the total miles accumulated that we are interested in.
Circumnavigator pennant: any owner who has circumnavigated the world will be awarded a Circumnavigator pennant. Please notify us if you have achieved a circumnavigation.
Extreme Latitudes pennant: anyone who has traveled above 66° North or below 50° South. Please notify us if you qualify for an Extreme Latitudes pennant and include a snapshot of your location
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| Name | Hugo and Michele Cookson |
| Boat Name | Gitana |
| Nordhavn Model | N55 |
| Hull Number | 41 |
| Boat Year | 2008 |
| Total Nautical Miles Traveled | 13,243 |
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| Voyage Details | Travel with Cuervo N47-34 May 17,2017 - May 19,2017 5,618 Nautical Miles. Port Hamble to Guernsey and back to Southampton Lefkada,Greece to Gocek, Turkey...April2 to August24 2018. April 2 departed Lefkada cruised through the gulf of Patras, stopping in Delphi,on through the Corinth canal to Russian Bay on the island of Poros.April 9 th finds us crossing the Aegean Sea to the islands of Sifnos,Skinoussa,Astipala ,and arriving at the island of Kos on April 12. Then eastbound to Didim, Turkey where the exotic land of mosques and bazaars beckons....after hauling her out for 2 weeks for paint and canvas we explored the many wonders of Ephesus, Pammukale, and many others.May 5 finds us heading along east along the Turkish coast seeing super yachts in Yalikavak, bazaars in Bodrum ,Cleopatras island,the ancient city of Knidos finally leaving the quaint little town of Bozburun Turkey and crossing back into Greek waters again..arriving on the picturesque island of Symi on May 20. From there we head south to Chalki, Kasos, arriving with the meltemi winds to Agios Nicolas on May 25. June 4 we head north past Santorini,on route to Naxos where family awaits. After cruising several more islands we arrive on the island of Rhodes on June15. Back to the Turkish coast to Fethiye, Gocek down as far south to Kekova. August 1 finds us back in Rhodes,then to the magical island of Kastellorizo before heading back to Goçek ,Turkey on August 24. Travel with Gitana N55-41 July - Oct 2019 travelled Southern California . October 27th entered Mexico. Travelled down the Baja to San Jose arriving November 15th,2019. December 7th left for Los Muertos. After 3 hours of rough weather came back to San Jose. December 15, 2019 left for La Cruz arriving on the 17th. Cruised down the coast as far as Barra de Navidad where we stayed for 5 weeks. January 30th, 2020 we headed to Tenacatita, Chamala and on to Puerto Vallarta. February 14th we left for Chacala and then Mazatlan. February 21, 2020 we headed across the sea to Los Muertos where we stayed at anchor for a week. On Feb 28th we left for La Paz. March 20th we headed for the islands between La Paz and the Bay of Conception. Isla Partida, Isla San Francisco, back to La Paz, then on to Puerto Escondido stopping at any anchorages along the way. Isla Coronada, Isla Carmen, San Juanico, V cove, Balandra. Along the way saw a few super pods of Dolphins. May 16th we started to head back To the USA. From V Cove on Isla Carmen we headed to Frailies and then on to Mag Bay. Stayed in Mag Bay for a week waiting for a good weather window to continue the Baja Bash.May 27th we arrived at Bahia de Tortuga where we stayed for 5 days waiting for another weather window. On June 4th, 2020 at 3:45am we arrived at the customs dock in San Diego . Later that day we headed to our slip in mission Bay. We covered a total of 4548 Nautical Miles during that trip. October 2020 - May 2021 Left our slip in Mission Bay, San Diego to Catalina for a few days. Back to Mission Bay for some serious provisioning. Then to Ensenada. From there to Magdelana Bay for one night. Next was San Jose del Cabo. Had Xmas there and then to Muertos Bay for a few days . Next stop was La Pas . A favourite of ours . Then on to Isla San Francisco, Agua Verde (42 knots at anchor), Honeymoon Bay, Isla Carmen and then Puerto Escondido. From there we went back to Isla Carmen and back to Marina Puerto Escondido (MPE). On to Isla Coronado, San Juanico and back to MPE. We went up farther north to Bay of Conception where we stayed for a week From there we headed to San Carlos with a stop for a couple days at Chivato . We stayed in San Carlos for a few days then went onto Isla Tiburion. From there we went to Puerto Don Juan. We left Puerto Don Juan for San Fransquito for one night. Santa Rosalia was the next stop before stopping in the bay of Conception. Isla Coronado and then Back to MPE . After a bit of reprovisioning we left for Isla San Jose, Isla Espiritu Santo and the La Paz. From La Paz we went to Muertos and San Jose del Cabo. We left Cabo for Ensenada with stops at Turtle Bay and Isla Cedros. We checked out of Mexico in Ensenada and went to San Diego where we were turned around due to unnecessary travel and went back to Marina Coral in Ensenada. A total of 3078 nm
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