Adventures of Sailing Yacht Mist
Sailing in Norway
The weather forecast promised headwinds the coming days so we decided to go directly back home to Hamburgsund. After some provisioning at the mall in Farsund we motored out of the harbour and after an hour we set sail and had good sailing the first couple of hours. Then it was motor sailing and when …
We left Rott a quarter to six in the morning. Wind in the right direction but light. The sea was choppy and irregular and the sails were flapping. Ended up sailing with just the code which was OK. Some other sailing boats around. We moored at the same place as the last time we were …
After 2 days at Utsira we continued south, we left at 9 am and motored all the way to Rott. No wind and up to 2,5 knots of current, in the wrong direction of course. We arrived at Rott 4.30 pm. The harbour was almost deserted, just some people that had spent the weekend here, …
After reversing out of Kvalvåg´s narrow harbour we set sail and had a really nice sail south. It started with a broad reach in about 15 knots of wind and after a while it became a beam reach and in the end close hauled with one reef in the main. We arrived at the north …
We left Bergen an hour before noon after buying some fish at the fish market. Motoring at first but after a while we could set sail and slowly beating south. The last couple of miles to the island of Stolmen we had to motor, almost no wind and the current against us. We arrived at …
We were getting a bit low on fuel so we decided to go to Bergen to fill up. Motoring again, through the narrow sounds east of Radöy. Really nice. Bergen harbour was almost full, we had to moor alongside another sailing boat, a Greek Hanse. Sailed distance 41,3 nautical miles.
After a good night sleep at Vik we motored out of Sogne fjord. We aimed for Söre Glavaer, a small island with a very protected anchorage. We arrived mid afternoon. No other boats, no people either. Sailed distance 50,7 nautical miles.
After two days at Flåm it was time to get out of Sogne fjord. No wind at all to start with and when the wind picked up it was in the wrong direction. Even the current was against us. We motored slowly westwards. After eight hours of motoring we found a nice little fjord arm …
Nothing much to see in Leirvik so we left early to continue into Sogne fjord. Motoring at first but after a few hours we could sail. Dead running in very gusty conditions. We motored the last hours before we arrived at Flåm. Touristy place. Most expensive harbour fee so far in Norway, 350 NOK, water …
We left Espetvika at eight a´clock and had good sailing into the Sogne fjord. Just after 4 pm we tied up at the quay in Leirvik. Sailed distance 38,4 nautical miles.