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$12,660 | 13 Days | Available (2 women spaces)
Join us in Antigua for the Caribbean 600, including a week of performance sail training prior to the race itself! This is one of the world's most iconic 600-mile ocean race challenges, along with epic races such as the Fastnet and the Sydney-Hobart. This exciting 600-mile route takes competitors on a spectacular figure-eight course, weaving around 11 of the most beautiful Caribbean Islands. The tropical setting offers the unique challenges of working with ocean currents, beating into trade winds, navigating past lee shores of volcanic islands and surfing downwind on sweeping ocean swells. It truly is one of the most interesting offshore courses to be found anywhere in the world, and so provides an unrivaled race training opportunity.
$12,660 | 17 Days | Available (2 Women spaces)
Date’s Provisional & will be announced when we know (after the 2024 race has completed).
Join us in Malta for the Rolex Middle Sea Race! This Mediterranean offshore classic is one of the world's iconic 600-mile offshore races, alongside the Fastnet and the Sydney-Hobart. Steeped in history, the race originally came about due to a rivalry between members of the British Royal Ocean Racing Club and the Royal Malta Yacht Club in 1968. Starting and ending in Malta, the counter-clockwise racecourse circumnavigates the island of Sicily and is known for its changeable weather conditions, and unrivaled natural beauty.
$10,550 | 23 Days & 3,000 nm | 1 Available (women space)
Join FALKEN off the coast of Africa in the Canary Islands for our classic, downwind Trade Winds passage to the Caribbean! This is what you dream about—'sail south until the butter melts, then turn right.' With the winter winds at our back, you can expect many days of spinnaker sailing and plenty of downwind helming experience. There will be tropical squalls to contend with and lots of beautiful, starry nights.
$5,800 | 8 Days & 500 nm | Available (2 women berths)
NEW PASSAGE! 59º North’s first stint on the west coast of the USA! We’ll start in iconic San Francisco with a day of weather, safety & boat briefings. Then it’s out through the famous Golden Gate bridge and offshore to Mexico, some 500+ miles south. Epect to learn all aspects of ocean sailing on this passage and get the real deal in the Pacific.
$5,800 | 8 Days & 500 nm | Available (3 berths)
NEW PASSAGE! The return passage to San Diego will be a more technically-focused and educational ‘Sail Training Passages’. We’ll spend more time in-port prior to departure diving deep on the details of seamanship, from weather routing and forecasting to knots, splicing, chart work, systems and more. With consistent breeze off Baja California and a short rhumb-line distance to San Diego, we have plenty of space for all points of sail and in-depth training offshore. Offshore, the passage may be broken up into shorter sails or one longer passage.
$6,900 | 13 Days | Available (1 women berths)
Join ISBJØRN in Bergen, Norway, for a spring crossing of the North Sea! We’ll start the journey in the heart of the city, and set sail westward for the gorgeous islands of the Norwegian Sea, just like the Vikings did a thousand years ago. We’ll have some great cruising options for our passage with a stop along the way depending on our weather strategy. We’ll continue on north and westwards until enormous cliffs rise out of the ocean, swaddled by waterfalls and puffins. Welcome to the mystical Faroe Islands.
$6,900 | 14 Days | Available (1 women berths)
The Ultimate Norway experience! Join ISBJØRN in one of the stunning towns in Lofoten and sail south, across the Arctic Circle, and along one of the most beautiful coastlines on the planet. The trip will likely be a mix of daysails between picturesque island harbors and longer, offshore hops when the wind is particularly favorable.
We’ll sail up Sognefjord, the longest fjord in the world, to Aurlandsfjord and the port of Flåm. From there you will take one of the steepest trains in the world to connect to Oslo or Bergen.
$6,100 | 9 Days | Available (2 Women berths)
DATES MIGHT CHANGE A BIT, AS THE RACE IS NOT SCHEDULED YET.
Join us for the Shetland Race and set sail across the North Sea! This is an offshore yacht race between Bergen and Lerwick, the capital of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. The race is sailed in two legs – Bergen to Lerwick for the first leg, then the return for the second leg with a few days in between for celebrations, recovery and exploring the Shetland Islands.
10 Days | Waitlist
Kristiansand is one of the ports hosting the Tall Ships Races 2025, and ISBJØRN will be surrounded by a fleet of incredible ships. While not part of the race event, ISBJØRN will depart with the fleet on August 2. Being out there on the water surrounded by tall ships setting their sails and singing their shanties will be an epic start to the trip.
$6,600 | 8 Days & 800 nm | Available (7 Open Bunks)
Join FALKEN in San Diego to start the 2026 Pacific season! After a short off-season break over the holidays, FALKEN will be back in action for the reaching sail south to Mexico and into the Sea of Cortez, making landfall in La Paz on the Baja California Peninsula. This will be 59º North’s first foray into the famed Sea of Cortez, and everything we’ve heard about it makes us very excited! Here’s your chance to be the first crew to sail to the Sea of Cortez with us!
$9,000 | 19 Days & 2,100 nm | Available (7 Open Bunks)
Our longest all-women’s passage yet, and to a new destination in Costa Rica! Join FALKEN in Mexico for a 2,000+ mile offshore sail to Playa Flamingo on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast. Like all of our all-women’s sails, this will be skippered by an all-female staff.
13 Days & 800 nm | WAITLIST
The exotic Galapagos Archipelago is FALKEN’s destination after having spent a month in routine maintenance in Costa Rica. Join the boat in Playa Flamingo, Costa Rica and get ready to sail south towards the famed islands explored and documented by Darwin. This is an 800-mile offshore passage, so will be roughly 5 days at sea, yet we’ve allowed ample time to explore the Galapagos islands on arrival.
$13,750 | 25 Days & 3,000 nm | Available (1 Woman bunk)
Perhaps THE classic, bucket-list ocean passage that we all dream about, the iconic Marquesas Islands lie 3,000-miles downwind of the Galapagos. This passage is as long as a Trans-At and includes an Equator crossing, so be prepared for a visit from Neptune and get ready to earn your shellback tattoo! Can an ocean passage get more exotic than this?
$9,500 | 11 Days & 800 nm | Available (1 Open Bunks)
Another iconic South Pacific route taking in several of the classic landfalls of the South Seas. Navigate the famed “dangerous archipelago” of the Tuamotus in French Polynesia with their low-lying reefs and confusing currents. Then make a final landfall on the lush and enchanting island of Tahiti after 800 miles at sea.
$8,400 | 8 Days & 500 nm | Available (5 Open Bunks)
Join us in French Polynesia for a beautiful cruising passage of these iconic South Pacific islands. Meet in Tahiti where we’ll sail the 150-miles or so over to Bora Bora, stopping at Mo’orea on the way if conditions allow. Explore Bora Bora, then return upwind to Pape’ete after a week or so. This is a different type of trip from our normal offshore passages, with time to swim, anchor, explore ashore and experience French Polynesia at its best!
$11,600 | 21 Days & 3,000 nm | Available (2 Open Women Bunks)
The South Pacific is too big to make it all the way to New Zealand/Australia in one season with the extended cyclone risk, so we’ll sail north from Tahiti in French Polynesia, back across the Equator and on towards Hawaii. But not before taking in the remote Palmyra Atoll en route. This is a big one: 3,000-miles of ocean sailing across two hemispheres and taking in a variety of weather patterns and some exotic landfalls—a true test of seamanship.
$11,600 | 22 Days & 2,500 nm | Available (7 Open Bunks)
Another big ocean passage, over 2,000 miles, as we continue north and around the North Pacific High to British Columbia. We’ll aim for Prince Rupert Sound, right on the Canadian border with Alaska. Temperatures will steadily drop as we leave the Trades and Tropics behind, but with luck we’ll be able to follow the High and have good sailing angles throughout.
$6,600 | 8 Days & 500 nm | Available (8 Open Bunks)
Meet FALKEN in Ketchikan, Alaska and sail south down the stunning coast of British Columbia. Lush temperate rainforest, marine wildlife and a rugged, coastal mountain range make for an unforgettable backdrop before heading around the outside of Vancouver Island then making landfall in Victoria. With a mix of offshore and inshore navigating we will effectively complete the Race to Alaska course in reverse.
$6,900 | 9 Days & 750 nm | Available (8 Open Bunks)
Meet FALKEN in Victoria, British Columbia and set sail for San Francisco. Experience the wonders of nature, encounter diverse marine life, and witness the transition from the serene tranquility of the Pacific Northwest to the vibrant energy of California's iconic San Francisco Bay. A solid 750-mile offshore passage awaits!
$5,275 | 8 Days | 5 Available
Join ISBJØRN in Bergen, Norway for an intensive week of sail training! We’ll sail the fjords, archipelagos and the open ocean around Bergen, with a different theme and focus for each day including sail trim, helmsmanship, heavy-weather sailing, piloting & navigation, instruments, downwind sailing, and more, depending on what opportunities the weather prepares for us. We'll end most days at a new and gorgeous port or anchorage, but also come prepared for some overnight sailing!
$5,275 | 8 Days | 5 Available
Join ISBJØRN in Bergen, Norway for an intensive week of sail training! We’ll sail the fjords, archipelagos and the open ocean around Bergen, with a different theme and focus for each day including sail trim, helmsmanship, heavy-weather sailing, piloting & navigation, instruments, downwind sailing, and more, depending on what opportunities the weather prepares for us. We'll end most days at a new and gorgeous port or anchorage, but also come prepared for some overnight sailing!
$6,100 | 11 Days | 5 Available
Join us in Bergen, Norway to embark on ISBJØRN for the Shetland Race and set sail across the North Sea. This is an offshore yacht race between Bergen in the Vestland region of western Norway and Lerwick, the capital of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. The origin of the event celebrates the heroic, maritime traffic between Bergen and Shetland during WWII, when local sailors and fishermen smuggled agents and weapons across the North Sea to conduct secret, Allied operations inside of Nazi-occupied Norway. The race is sailed in two legs: Bergen to Lerwick for the first leg, then the return for the second leg with a few days in between for partying and exploring the Shetland Islands.
$7,150 | 12 Days | 2 Available
Join ISBJØRN in her home port of Bergen, Norway, for a spring crossing of the North Sea! We’ll start the journey in the heart of the city, and set sail westward for the gorgeous islands of the Norwegian Sea, just like the Vikings did a thousand years ago. Depending on weather strategy, we’ll add a stop along the way. We’ll continue on north and westwards until enormous cliffs rise out of the ocean, swaddled by waterfalls and puffins. Welcome to the mystical Faroe Islands.
$7,750 | 12 Days | 3 Available
ISBJØRN is going to sail to the point of greatest eclipse for the Total Solar Eclipse of August 12, 2026! This is the point which will have the longest duration of totality. Experience this unique once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon in the coolest possible location!
ISBJØRN will start in Reykjavik, then sail for 65°10.3' N 25°12.3' W to experience the eclipse, and then head to Stornaway, Ireland. Book your flights early! The eclipse will be visible from the mainland of Iceland as well (although much reduced) and there will probably be tons of people coming to see it.
$5,600 | 9 Days | 3 Available
Stornoway is just as epic as it sounds, and the perfect place to start any sailing adventure. And, it is right in the middle of the gorgeous Scottish Hebrides! After sailing south through the islands, we’ll have a tough weather decision—either to tackle the Irish Sea or make a right turn around the west coast of Ireland. End in Les Sables-d’Olonne, France, where the start of the Golden Globe Race is just a few days away!
$7,750 | 16 Days | 4 Available
Welcome to Les Sables-d’Olonne, France, and the spectacle of the Golden Globe Race! No better way to get pumped for a sailing trip! Check out the boats, listen to seminars, and line the famous breakwater to give the fleet a proper send-off as they leave to circumnavigate the globe!
When the last competitor has left, most spectators will no doubt feel a bit empty and numb inside wishing they could follow the adventurers over the horizon. But not you. You will be joining ISBJØRN, and sail out through that same harbor entrance just a few days later! Our trip will take us north and east, en route for Bergen, ISBJØRN's homeport and one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
