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Sunday 10th and good weather!

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Saturday 9th heading north

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Top of the local hill overlooking Bergen

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Arrived Bergen

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En passage

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Island of Stord

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A ship building island, the port is Sagvag and Sag means saw in Norwegian. Below our location, all very jolly…

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Haugersund

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Arrived Tananger

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Another rough passage, waves 1.5M or more

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En passage to Egersund

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The Lindesnes is living up to form with windy and heavy rain, eta around 19:00.

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En passage in fog

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Kristiansand to the heart of darkness

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Well, perhaps Kurtz had bigger fish to fry but for me rounding the Lindesnes peninsula is indeed a step beyond…

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Risor to Kristiansand

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Most helpful and nice pair of Norwegian chaps, sailing vessel, from Stavanger gave me freely of advice on the next…

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Risor, a white painted delight

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It seems Friday to Sunday we get some easterlies which would be ideal for the passage Kristiansand to Stavanger. I…

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En passage Helgeroa to Risor

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Wind calm , waves for the moment 0.3M. Forecast is for more wind later this morning and with it an…

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Waves

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Well, I found a good site that predicts wave height if not frequency.

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Arrived Helgeroa

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Rough all the way, close hauled, painfully progressing. I was in a foul mood, made a couple of mistakes with…

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En route Rasso to Spjaeroy

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Seems like I enter Norwegian waters, a red letter day! No wind at the moment, it starts to blow around…

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Arrived at “John’s place”

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Lovely little place, calm, no rock n roll thank goodness. Difficult call now, go over to Lyskill tomorrow or hang…

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A lot of military jet traffic

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Grippen I eyeballed

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Wooden wood

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Passage Gothenburg to Orust

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A rough day, a lot of threading in between rocks, no one else out at all. Left 09:00 and tied…

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Gothenburg

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The weather has brightened up with some hot sun. System Bolegat, the Swedish alcohol monopoly visited and the delightful dry…

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Passage Varberg to Gothenburg

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And it’s miserable here, heavy rain, 270Skr per night, the good bar restaurant is “having a function” so no nice…

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Arrived Varberg

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No wind for most of the passage, rocking and rolling with a SW swell all the way, gale warning in…

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Arrived Torekov

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Rodvig to Copenhagen

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Rodvig, man these names are difficult to remember.

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A rather unique vessel Ecolution, https://www.360cities.net/de/image/sustainable-sailing-yacht-ecolution-netherlands?pano_detail=true&portfolio_view=false&utm_medium=all_images&utm_source=google_earth The Dutch space mans vessel and all controlled by computer! ive seen her before…

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En route Rogby

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Arrival Stubbe Koving

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Arrived Omo

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A visit to the kiel U boat memorisl

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Just 618KM to go (in a straight line)

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The route of course as little more wiggly

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Nord Ostsee canal

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Now arrived Rendserg, weather reall poor next three days so probably here till Sunday

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Unpleasant trip – arrived Cuxhaven

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I knew it would not be nice, the forecast had thunderey showers, hail, bft 7 gusts but rather than being…

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On passage Lauwersoog-Norderney and weather delay Norderney

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Tried to upload a video, grrrr, weak wifi. all good on that leg, 55NM, made quick time. Now here in…

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On passage Norderney

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Delayed Lauwersoog

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Bft 6 and a 1 metre swell is manageable but unpleasant. The forecast for tomorrow looks like a better bet…

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Arrived Lauwersoog

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KNMI next forecast due at midnight. I’ll look at that before departure but it looks promising to make Norderney, a…

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Arrived Leuwarden

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Decided the outside passage in wind and lightning not a good call so via Harlingen to a mooring in the…

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Heavy thunder and lightning up on the north coast!

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