NORTHERN CHILD NOW IN THE UK FOR THE
SUMMER
Northern Child is now back in the UK for her 8th consecutive summer season in
England. Northern Child has a program of racing, cruising and corporate
hopsitality charters. There is still availibility before the boat set sails to
the Mediterranean, so please call us/email us if you wish to discuss your
sailing plans with us.
Northern Child on Antigua Sailing Week
website - April 2008
AFTER 5 DAYS RACING,
NORTHERN CHILD CAME 3rd IN HER CLASS
AND RECEIVED THE
TROPHY OF THE HIGHEST PLACED SWAN YACHTS IN HER CLASS
'Northern Child – Stanford Antigua
Sailing Week ‘old timer’'
Julian Sincock from the UK is one of the event’s biggest fans. He
first started racing here at Stanford Antigua Sailing Week 12 years ago but for
the last eight consecutive years he’s been bringing his boat, a classic
1984-built Swan 51, Northern Child with a crew of charter guests. He says he
brings 12 or 13 people into Antigua all of whom spend a couple of thousand
pounds a week, so he believes that it’s worth something to Antigua Sailing
Week that he keeps coming back.
Sincock who always sails the boat across on the ARC runs a charter business
with his wife who manages the office back home. They base the boat in the French
island of St Martin during the winter and compete in the Heineken Regatta before
heading to Antigua. After this regatta she’ll head back to the UK.
Sailing this week in the Performance Cruiser V class, the team are enjoying the
highly competitive racing in the 18-strong fleet. Interestingly Sincock and the
chef are the only core crew, and some of the team are total novices. Sincock
commented: “To be honest we couldn’t do without them and to be fair some of
the novices are the best on the boat sometimes an 18 year old will listen and
apply much better than someone who’s 40 and thinks they know everything. Half,
a dozen crew on here are repeat clients the rest are new. The are all
individuals onboard this time but sometimes we take a whole corporate crew.”
Commenting on today’s racing Sincock concluded: “It’s been a fabulous
day – cracking winds and beautiful sailing. We have a good competitive fleet,
probably eight or 10 in our class capable of winning like Legacy and Hugo who
have a fantastic rating on the boat, they are cleaning up. We had a second and a
fifth today so I imagine we’d be around third.”
World Cruising Club Magazine article
The World Cruising Club Magazine has devoted a double page on Northern Child and
her Skipper, Julian Sincock - to read the article, click on: ../Northern Child/ARC rally/ARC 2007/WCC magazine article.pdf
ARC 2007 video
On the ARC 2007, Steve Adams was part of Northern Child's crew to film the
crossing on board Northern Child. Steve has started to edit his filming that you
can view programme on: www.yachtingtv.co.uk.
Northern Child in the Caribbean for the
winter 2008
Northern Child is currently in the Caribbean for the winter - she is
participating in all the major Caribbean regattas, incl. the Heineken St Maarten Regatta, the BVI Spring Regatta and
Antigua Sailing Week before crossing the Atlantic from Antigua to the UK in May
2008.
MCA Category 0 Yacht Charter
Northern Child is a recognized MCA category 0
charter vessel. This code sets out requirements for Small Commercial
Vessel and covers construction, stability, outfit standards, safety equipment
and manning. The requirements for Category 0 are particularly demanding and
allow the charter yacht to operate in an unrestricted area.
A Swan 46 Mk II now also available to charter through Northern Child
