"About Norske"

Our Tartan 3700 is a very comfortable performance cruiser made by Fairport Yachts. She was purchased in 2003 from a Norwegian man married to a Polish woman. Her original name was "Norski" which is the Polish spelling of a Norwegian word. Being Norwegian I changed the name to "Norske".

I (Rolf) started sailing at the age of 11 in Sheboygan. I raced Lightning's as a teenager. After medical school I returned to my home town of Sheboygan and started racing in the Sheboygan Yacht Club races. I upgraded boats several times. Have had C&C's and Tartans. Most recently a C&C 35 Mk 3 named "Adrenalin". One of the best things I like about boating is that the whole family can participate no matter what their age and level of expertise. Since our four children were small we have cruised for 2 weeks with them each summer. As they grew they also joined our racing crew for many years. Now that they are grown and have children of their own they have their own boats, but continue to join us for cruising and a new generation is starting to build the memories that keep us going in the winter. As we neared retirement, we decided to get out of racing and purchased "Norske". We have actively resisted any racing gear and are settling into the cruising life. Can you imagine a microwave, water heater, TV, anchor windlass and bimini on a racing boat?

Kathy is a retired Registered Nurse originally from Door County. She has become an excellent sailor and enjoys living aboard as much, or more, than I do. She was always part of the racing crew and very seldom missed a race in spite of working full time as a nurse. One other thing she likes to do is cook. We do have a reputation in our club of having a very well fed crew. Other crews occasionally "stop in" after a race to see what's cooking. We have also worked together for about 30 years. So we figure we can get along well for long periods of time.

We are confident that this trip will be a fun adventure for us to remember . We are really looking forward to getting started. We will be selling our house in spring 2007 and will move aboard in June.