Norway
Where to next?
DENMARK IT IS This hopping along the Norwegian coast had now got us to the country’s southern most point. Here we needed to make [...]
Maybe not the best call
(Note: this time no photos because of weather) WEATHER AND DECISION MAKING All the way down the Norwegian coast, literally from the Arctic to [...]
Looking for weather windows to the Netherlands
COAST HOPPING SOUTH The journey south from Bergen now descended into a series of even shorter hops along the coast. Ideally, we had wanted [...]
Back in the cinnamon bun capital of Norway
THE BEST BUNS IN NORWAY Bergen was on its best behaviour for us – grey, wet, sometimes a bit windy but mostly not, my [...]
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 [...]