Adventures of Sailing Yacht Mist
Sailing in Norway
We left Målöy half past nine in the morning. Some sailing and some motoring. In the afternoon thick fog started to roll in so we started to look for a suitable place to stop for the night. At Espetvika we found a quay where we could tie up. We went for a short walk. Sailed …
Time to go around Statt again, very light winds. The sea state was really ok this time and we motored all the way to Målöy. We went for a walk, some nice street art. Sailed distance 35,4 nautical miles.
We decided it was time to turn south, northerly winds the coming days made the decision easy. Nice sailing at first and then motoring, we took a detour to Runde to see the bird cliffs from sea level. Fosnavåg is a small town, it had a good supermarket and we could even get our empty …
Early next morning we left Ålesund, set sail and sailed north. Head winds but good sailing. It took us eight hours to tack our way to Ona, a nice little island with only 15 residents. Very few yachts around, some shipping but almost no yachts. We spent two days at Ona and saw all of …
We were not sure if we were going to continue north or turn south, it was too late in season to reach Lofoten. We decided to continue north and we returned to Ålesund. Motoring most of the way. Sailed distance 27,8 nautical miles.
Our friends on sy Ontaria had recommended Urke in the Hjörund fjord. So in the afternoon on the 22nd of July we set sail again and had some nice sailing down to the Hjörund fjord. There was a lot of wind in the fjord so we motored the last couple of miles to Urke. We …
After two days at Runde it was time for Ålesund, we needed some supplies. There was no wind so we motored, it took almost 3 hours. We were lucky to find a got spot to tie up, the harbour was very busy. Ålesund is a nice little city, we spent two days walking around and …
Time to get round the feared peninsula Statt, the Cape Horn of Norway. We had studied the weather forecast carefully and left Silda just after five in the morning. At first there was no wind and we had to motor but after an hour or so we could hoist the sails and switch off the …
On Sunday the 18th the wind had dropped and we left Kalvåg just before noon. The first couple of ours we sailed but when we rounded Hornelen it was time to start the engine. Hornelen is the highest sea cliff in Europe. When we passed Målöy we met our friends Lotta and Göran on sy …
We left Alden just before nine in the morning, set sail and headed north. The wind was strait from behind and we had a comfortable sail. Nice weather and nice sailing. In the afternoon the wind increased and we choose the outside route to avoid dead running. When we gybed towards Kalvåg the wind had …