As recently as a decade ago, the recreational boaters who pointed the bow at the horizon and headed for the other side of an ocean tended to be retired. They were most often a couple with a solid nest egg, both still in good health, finally able to devote months or years to relaxing on board. Today, when Nordhavn Marketing Director Jenny Stern looks at the types of people crossing oceans on the builder’s go-anywhere vessels, she sees something different.
“It used to be a retired couple who had time to go exploring. It was like a sweet spot, age 55 to 65,” she says. “Now, we have a couple in their 80s who crossed the Atlantic. We have people who are just turning 40 with young kids doing it.”
As of this writing, more than
