Calgary Club Night – The Fine Art of Circumnavigating!

On Sep 8, 1522, Ferdinand Magellan’s Victoria sailed into Seville Spain with 18 surviving sailors remaining from the initial 237 men and five vessels to complete the first Circumnavigation of the globe.

On Sep 22, 1580, Sir Francis Drake in his vessel, Golden Hind, reached London to be the second vessel to circumnavigate.

And on June 16, 2016, Terrwyn reached Bamfield BC with 100% of her double-handed crew aboard becoming the very last vessel to circumnavigate the globe by that day.

Hence we are all related and following in each others’ wake; today, although the risks are reduced, the challenge and satisfaction of voyaging across the world’s oceans remain. Calgary Chapter member, Bill Norrie intends to outline the joys and techniques Terrwyn has used to circumnavigate “in stages”  in today’s world, hopefully to encourage similar crews and boats to experience “living the dream ” as Terrwyn‘s crew have enjoyed.

William C Norrie is a retired mountaineer, practising physician and blue water sailor.  He credits surviving his youth to an early love of mountains and medicine. While training and climbing in New Zealand he met his beautiful wife and Co-Skipper Catherine and was introduced to sailing. Practicing medicine and raising his family on Vancouver Island gave Bill the opportunity to race in the PNW, PHRF fleet culminating in the Vic-Maui 1992 race.  William and Catherine finally purchased their 37 ft yacht Terrwyn in 2009 and set sail from Victoria 2011, following “The Trade Wind Routes” west-about on their circumnavigation bid which was successfully completed this summer!

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