The 2008 Dusseldorf Boat Show opened in grand style on Saturday as eager Nordhavn aficionados arrived to inspect a beautifully presented Nordhavn 47. 2008 is the third year that Nordhavn Europe has exhibited a boat in this gigantic show and the momentum and recognition of the Nordhavn name is building on the European continent.
In 2006, a Nordhavn 40 was displayed and last year a Nordhavn 43. In logical progression, 2008 now sees the presentation of the next larger model, the beautiful Nordhavn 47.
Day one of the show was very exciting as the display boat, N47 hull #51 was sold to a gentleman from Norway. Bjorn Eidem, a prominent businessman from Oslo . Mr. Eidem has been following the Nordhavn story for quite some time and was aware that hull #51 , which had been built for the show , was available for purchase. Negotiations were completed on Saturday afternoon and there were smiles all around as we talked about the exciting future of his new boat. Bjorn and his family plan to cruise the waters of Norway and might even make a call on the port of Nordhavn - the namesake of our line of boats.
The Dusseldorf Boat Show runs from January 19 through January 27.
Lots of Nordhavn owners send us photos of their boats in beautiful or
unusual settings, which is great because that means we can post them to our Photo Gallery and share them with you. When I saw that one of my customers,
Marty Ellison, had e-mailed me a photo of his Nordhavn 55, "Tenacious", I
promptly took the step of forwarding it along to be submitted for the
website. But I stopped short of pressing send and reconsidered. This is a
very unique shot! Unique enough that it warrants an equally clever caption.
So I pass the task on to you, the readers of nordhavn.com. If you think you
can wordsmith your way into providing a proper caption for this photo,
please submit it to us. We'd love to see what you come up with! Please send
entries to amy@nordhavn.com by March 23. The best ones will be featured on
nordhavn.com next week and the winner will win a free Nordhavn cap.
By the way, let me use this opportunity to re-extend to all you Nordhavn
owners out there the invitation to send us your great Nordhavn shots. We're
still looking for super images to be featured in next year's calendar. You
can submit them to amy@nordhavn.com. Don't forget, there are a few Nordhavn calendars left that can still be had for cheap!
Jeff Merrill is a representative in the Nordhavn Yachts Southwest sales office. He can be e-mailed at jeff.merrill@nordhavn.com.
