Long day, tied up 1830, strong current into port, just a faceless marina I am sorry to say and a…
Departed around 0700, abeam Hvide Sande 1030 and a current estimate for Horns Rev of 15-1600. From there 4-5 hours…
Blowing a bit harder as soon as into sea. The passage to the harbour mouth takes two hours so I…
Left Lindesnes 1800 Saturday, tied up here 1430 so a long day. Fairly uneventful aside from a gale warning as…
Using my usual method of choosing a port at random I choose this magical place, picture postcard perfect. John told…
With bft 9 forecast mid week I am glad to be tucked up in a well protected harbour. So, washing,…
Turned nasty a little further on, approaching Haugesund. Biggish waves, bft 6. Now tied up.
Well, we achieved the northerly limit of the insurance cover, a personal target. Large Scampi given free from local fisher…
A ship building island, the port is Sagvag and Sag means saw in Norwegian. Below our location, all very jolly…
Another rough passage, waves 1.5M or more
The Lindesnes is living up to form with windy and heavy rain, eta around 19:00.
Well, perhaps Kurtz had bigger fish to fry but for me rounding the Lindesnes peninsula is indeed a step beyond…
Most helpful and nice pair of Norwegian chaps, sailing vessel, from Stavanger gave me freely of advice on the next…
It seems Friday to Sunday we get some easterlies which would be ideal for the passage Kristiansand to Stavanger. I…
Wind calm , waves for the moment 0.3M. Forecast is for more wind later this morning and with it an…
Well, I found a good site that predicts wave height if not frequency.
Rough all the way, close hauled, painfully progressing. I was in a foul mood, made a couple of mistakes with…
Seems like I enter Norwegian waters, a red letter day! No wind at the moment, it starts to blow around…
Lovely little place, calm, no rock n roll thank goodness. Difficult call now, go over to Lyskill tomorrow or hang…
Grippen I eyeballed
A rough day, a lot of threading in between rocks, no one else out at all. Left 09:00 and tied…
The weather has brightened up with some hot sun. System Bolegat, the Swedish alcohol monopoly visited and the delightful dry…
And it’s miserable here, heavy rain, 270Skr per night, the good bar restaurant is “having a function” so no nice…
No wind for most of the passage, rocking and rolling with a SW swell all the way, gale warning in…