REINDEER
Model: Nautor’s Swan 43 / 013
Year: 1969
Design: #1973
Builder: Oy Nautor AB
Reindeer was commissioned in 1969 by Mr E. Newbold Smith, who cruised and raced her successfully in the US. In 1976, he sailed her to Svalbard reaching 80N, before returning to Newport via Denmark Strait. This remarkable voyage, recounted in his book “Down Denmark Strait”, won Smith the CCA’s Blue Water Medal.
REINDEER at the 2025 Fastnet
Since 2000, Reindeer has been owned by Jack Meredith, and based in Scotland. She has been used mainly for offshore racing, including seven Fastnets, a Round Gotland, and two Bergen-Shetland races. In 2026, to mark the 50th anniversary of her famous Arctic voyage, Reindeer returned to Denmark Strait en route to Scoresby Sund in East Greenland.
Photo taken by Matthew Meredith on the 2026 Arctic Expedition