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Making our way to Bergen
'SAILING' THROUGH FJORDS We left Silda the next day with 10-12kn on the nose and headed into the Måløysundet. Along the way we were [...]
Rounding Statt in good weather
SUNNY SAILING After spending three days in Ålesund, the weather gave us a chance to sneak further south along the coast. We filled up [...]
A few days in Ålesund
HOW NICE TO FEEL THE SUN! We spent a couple of days in Ålesund, again waiting for a good weather window to approach the [...]
A long and sunny passage to Ålesund
THE WEATHER IMPROVES Finally, the weather cleared up, and the swell and waves had calmed down enough to start thinking about continuing our journey [...]
Spending time in the city of Kristiansund
THINGS TO DO IN KRISTIANSUND Kristiansund, it turned out, was a great place to wait out the gale. A pretty town with lots of [...]
A long hop south
TRYING TO GET TO THE NORTH SEA Over the past few weeks we had been working our way south knowing that we were operating [...]
A walk around the Troll’s Hat
ANOTHER HOP SOUTH Two days later, we took advantage of the bad weather moving north to get a good day’s travel southwards. Our first [...]
Trying to find a place to shelter
LEAVING LOVUND We left Lovund with, yet again, a great feeling of excitement. We had a fresh breeze and it looked like we were [...]
Damn fine coffees and hikes on Lovund
THE BEST COFFEE IN NORWAY The small boat harbour on Lovund is on the southern side of the town and in behind the industrial harbour [...]
Passing by Verne and Poe’s Mælstrom
DEPARTING LOFOTEN Based on the forecast, we started out with high hopes of getting a good sail in across the mouth of the Vestfjord. [...]