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Philip.Asherson Posts: 1
26/07/2025
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Due to ill health my 39’ Broadblue 385 is in North Carolina while we (Philip and Sheila) returned to the UK. I’m now planning to return the boat to the UK next spring (2026). I’m looking for one or two crew to join me on this adventure, via Bermuda and the Azores. Ideally cruise around the Chesapeake before setting off. Then spend some time in the Azores. I’m open to suggestions on exact times to meet up from anyone with an interest in joining who has the time and commitment for the passage.
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Chris.Lobel Posts: 1
25/10/2025
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Hi Philip,
Have you thought about taking northern route back - Nova Scotia - Newfie - Azores . The passage from Newfie to Azores is only 1200nm and Canada is an awesome cruising area.
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Dick Posts: 425
26/10/2025
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Hi Chris and Phillip,
A few words on the Northern route below;
The route you are contemplating has a wealth of suggestions as it is so commonly done: I believe I used Jimmy Cornell’s World Passage book along with articles on the subject. There is a lot out there. The big question is how early to leave and still ensure (or make least likely) having a hurricane join you.
The best advice we received was not to treat the Azores as just a “fuel depot” mid-ocean. So, we spent the season crossing and spent 6 weeks in Bermuda, almost 3 months in the Azores visiting 8 of the 9 islands (just fabulous) before fetching up in Portugal in late September or so.
Feel free to come back with questions.
My best, Dick Stevenson. s/v Alchemy
The Atlantic Canadian Maritimes are, indeed, wonderful cruising.
An alternative: a west>east Northern route to Europe (CA, Greenland, Iceland, Faroes, Scotland/Europe) is covered in the new “CCA Essential Passage Guide to the Viking Route” (as is the more commonly accomplished east>west Viking route) along with a wealth of guidance on sailing northern waters.
There is also a new edition of the CCA’s cruising guide to Newfoundland as well as updates/new editions in the works or accomplished to CCA guides to the Canadian Maritime waters (Nova Scotia, Labrador, the Gulf of St. Lawrence).
Over 3-4 years, I spent 4+ months each season cruising this area and did the Viking route on a return to North America in 2017.
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Ken.Cole Posts: 1
24 days ago
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Hi Philip,
My wife and I are planning to cross 2026 summer to northern Europe. We may not be beneficial as crew, but happy to collaborate or buddy boat across. We are wintering in Annapolis, MD (Chesapeake) and at the moment evaluating the north Viking route across. We have several friends that may join as crew for different legs, and may know 1-2 that could potentially crew with you. Feel free to reach out. Best,
Ken
SV Remedy
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Dick Posts: 425
24 days ago
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Hi Ken,
I suspect you are aware of the newly published CCA Essential Guide to the Viking Route. I was part of the group who wrote it. My wife and I did the VR from Europe to North America in 2017. Had the VR guide existed, it would have saved us well over a hundred hours in preparatory research in the year before we left and answered many of the questions that were difficult to get information on.
It was a great way to get across the Atlantic. We were not in “delivery mode” and spent most of the season in the crossing cruising the Faroes, Iceland and Greenland, before fetching up in Newfoundland: and then falling so in love that we stayed in the Canadian Maritimes for the next 3 years.
Come back with questions.
My best, Dick Stevenson, s/v Alchemy
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Dick Posts: 425
24 days ago
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Ken, Sorry for the redundancy, I just noticed that I had already replied to this stream. Dick
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