Yesterday at Kjerringøy it rained and blew, but the forecast was for clearing and breezes, so it was time for waiting, and reading, and snoozing. The forecast checked, and at a quarter past nine in the evening we set off under a clear blue sky and about 10 knots of wind on the beam. Perfect. The aim was to sail until I could see the midnight sun, (actually at 01:00 due to summertime).
A perfect sail!! The wind varied a bit in both strength and direction, due to mountains creating channels, but the engine was silent, until we got to the tricky bits before Nordskot. The sun got lower and lower, but unfortunately a bank of cloud began to build in the north west, and sure enough, the two met just before the magic moment. Took a pocture though:
There it is, the bottom half just peeping out under the cloud between two mountains in the Lofot chain. Slight disappointment, but my! What a wonderful sail! Before the clouds came, and as we were sailing north, seeing navigation hazards wasn’t easy. Kept on getting a sun-blob on the retina.
Again a blustery, almost-raining day, with the promise of better to come, so I plan to sail the 25 nm to Svolvær this evening. Weather wasn’t stopping these two, getting the engine ready for the trip to Bodø for the old-boats-meeting. It took a bit of encouragement with a spraycan, but belched into chugging life. And off they went, on a succesful trial run.
Josin's 2025 cruise 