Selma, Jack and Ella joined the good ship at Reine and after a quick climb up one of the surrounding peaks Rob and Phil left the good ship and caught the midnight ferry home to the UK via Bodo and Oslo.
The final leg was sailing up through the Lofoten Islands to end at Selfa Marine where Brim would be hauled out for the year.
The weather that had held for pretty much the whole summer now began to become slightly more erratic and amazingly there was beginning to be a distinct bit of darkness in the evenings. As you can see the scenery still held a translucent charm which is a feature of being so far north.
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| Motor sailing up the coast to Heningsvaer |
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| The crew |
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It was great to meet up with the Good Ship Thembi and the
Number 1 boatbuilder Tim Loftus, Alex and Megan and Hamish |
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| Henningsvaer was a great place to visit - we loved it |
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Young Hamish. His smile was bigger when he caught an enormous cod
off the pontoon. Star Fisherman |
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| Alex and Megan |
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| The faithful Cob works it's magic |
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We climbed up a little hill and were rewarded with this great view.
Most people swam in the lake below on the way down .. I didn't |
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| Hamish looks how I would have felt |
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| Grafitti .. but not as you would know it |
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| A typical Arctic seascape |
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| And another breathtaking view |
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After we left Tim and family we sailed on to the capital
Svolvaer |
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| A game of cards and a small glass of beer |
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| Tucked up in Lodingen after a really exciting F6 downwind sail |
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| And finally .. journeys end Rodskjaer |
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| The very frightening hauling out process |
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| The boatyard were great taking lots of care of the good ship |
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| They did reveal that they were not used to such a small boat! |
NEXT STOP .. THE PLEASURE OF DREAMING
4 comments:
Test
Hello.
We will leave our boat for next winter at Harstad (Harstad Marina), in water.
Were is the place were you hauled the boat ? We search a place for next year (antifouling paint..)
Or is it the good place for winterring the boat at of water ?
Thnakds a lot
regards
Denis
EMBELLIE III France
Denis. Apologies for the late reply but only just back from sailing south from Just south of Harstad to Alesund. We stayed at Rodskjaer on the Tjelsundsund inner passage before Harstad. It was a great place to stay over winter and they look after your boat well. We would stay there again. If you need any more information jayhalsall (at)gmail (dot) com
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