Swiftsure Yachts Blog
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Our blog keeps you abreast of changing market conditions both locally and nationally, and also offers our collective expertise in sailing, boat systems, and yacht design. Swiftsure Yachts is a full-service brokerage for yachtsmen interested in buying or selling high-quality boats.
Swiftsure Yachts Blog
3M ago
If blue water sailing adventures are in your future or in your dreams, Grand Large Yachting (GLY) will help you prepare. The ..read more
Swiftsure Yachts Blog
10M ago
Customers of Swiftsure Yachts now have representation on the West and East coasts of the United States. Pete McGonagle, one of the founding partners of Swiftsure Yachts, has relocated to Rhode Island where he will continue serving clients as Swiftsure’s East Coast representative. “It’s great to be back in Rhode Island where I spent the ..read more
Swiftsure Yachts Blog
11M ago
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 ..read more
Swiftsure Yachts Blog
1y ago
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 ..read more
Swiftsure Yachts Blog
1y ago
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 ..read more
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1y ago
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 ..read more
Swiftsure Yachts Blog
1y ago
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 ..read more
Swiftsure Yachts Blog
1y ago
Presented by the Northwest Yacht Brokers Association (NYBA) and recognized as the largest floating boat show on the West Coast, Swiftsure Yachts will once again be at the Lake Union Boats Afloat Show in Seattle. Come by Slip 39 at South Lake Union to say hi to the Swiftsure crew and step aboard a beautiful ..read more
Swiftsure Yachts Blog
1y ago
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 ..read more
Swiftsure Yachts Blog
1y ago
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 ..read more