Distance Pennant
Program
Total Nordhavn Boats: 630
Total Nordhavn Mileage: 9,167,741
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.
If you have any questions regarding pennants or the Distance Pennant Program, please contact sue.ferrari@nordhavn.com.
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.
PLEASE NOTE: Once you enter your miles, the database will automatically alert us to the mileage pennant earned. Pennants should not be awarded prior to miles being logged. If you have problems logging your miles, please contact dharlow949@gmail.com. If you have a specific address where you would like the pennant to be sent, please e-mail sue.ferrari@nordhavn.com.
In addition to earning mileage pennants, owners can obtain special pennants:
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 | Thach Pham |
| Boat Name | Emmanou |
| Nordhavn Model | N62 |
| Hull Number | 6215 |
| Boat Year | 2000 |
| Total Nautical Miles Traveled | 30,050 |
| Personal Website / Blog | emmanou.com |
| Voyage Details | This past season (2025) we left Montenegro, went down the coast to Albania, then rounded the heel of Italy to Taranto, then Sicly, Malta, Sardinia, the Balleares, Costa Del Sol, Gibraltar, Portugal. The staright run from Porto to Penzance and then along the English South Coast and up the Thames to St. Katherine Docks where we are spenind the wimter.
After arriving in Didim marina in Turkey in September 2021, we cruised SW Turkey for a couple of weeks before hauling Emmanou out in D-Marin yard for her annual maintenance. The next two seasons we cruised the Turquoise coast, returning to Didim each winter and racking up 2442 nm. Then in May 2024 we left Didim to cruise the Greek Islands and then headed up the Adriatic to Albania and Croatia racking up 2055 nm before settling in Porto Montenegro for the Winter, which is where Emmanou is now. We continue to track Emmanou on the GPS tracking page: Emmanou
March 2021, we did a shake down cruise to the Abacos, ahead of our Atlantic Crossing in May-June from North Palm Beach, FL to Bermuda to the Azores to Cascais Portugal. We then proceeded down to Gibraltar and onto Spain, the Baleares, Sardinia, Tunisia, Sicily, Greece and Turkey, where Emmanou is now hauled out in Didim for the winter.
Our trip from North Palm Beach to Turkey is on our GPS tracking page at (including periodic posts describing events along the way):
Since receiving our 10K nm pennant in August 2019, we have continue to cruise the Eastern US seaboard: Dolhin Marina ME to Gloucester, MA to Newport RI, to Cape May NJ, through C&D canal to Annapolis, to Portsmouth VA, to Charleston to North Palm Beach, back North up to Southwest Harbor ME, back down to North Palm Beach. Over 5000 nm. We plan to cruise to Harbour Island in the Bahamas in Arpil and then cross the Atlantic via Bermuda and Azores to Portugal and then the Mediterranean in May-June-July 2021 so you should hear from us about the 20K pennant before the end of 2021. In the meantime we would love to be able to fly a 15K pennant. North Palm Beach FL to Newport RI (offshore and via ICW) 6/18/17 to 9/17/17 North Palm Beach to Key West to Bimini to Nassau to Exumas to Eleuthera to Abacos to Hilton Head to Norfolk to Newport to Boston to Gloucester to Portland to Mount Desert Island Maine to Gloucester to Newport.
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