Fleinvær - Jøa

Kiwi anchored up south of Bodø

Gerald and Max (visiting crew for last week) escape with Ullajolla

Kiwi has made it slowly all the way down to Nord- Trøndelag (Mid-Norway). It was a great challenge to sail pass the beautiful scenery of Nordland coast. For progress, we look forward to the flat and less scenic shores around Trondheim. The first two weeks of voyage show that following strategy works for us: if winds are favorable, we sail with pleasure and make long days and nights. In case of headwinds or no wind, we do something else. Alternative activities so far consist on various attempts to fish, rowing expeditions, beach cleaning, bicycling, mountain hikes and sail sewing. The summer down here seems to have different wind direction for every second hour and our plans gets accordingly complex.

Bicycling expedition at Loka

Finnsnes - Fleinvær

Today we have 3 m/s North wind, first day with t-shirts and sun screen, after a week of rain and generall miserableness : )

Max drying a broken genoa in Bodø. We didnt get far before the first of our museum sails ribbing in two : (. There will be many meters gluing and sewing for the following days!

The first part of the trip has showed us how impossible it is to plan and schedule a sailing trip. We made it past Bodø today originally we tought of approaching Trondheim latitudes by the weekend. Winds have been light, then too stormy for sailing, and now very light again. Setting strict dates just doesnt work on a trip like this! We are happy to have a very experienced and easy crew for this week, since there is a lot to find out when it comes to organizing watches and general well-being on moving sailing boat, especially when it comes to sleeping and spirits : ).

Another surprise has been all the friendly and interesting people we have already met on the way and during the preparations for the trip and the help we have received. I think we could write a book of all of all the wise advices  ; ). Special thanks goes to Ireen for psychological support and polishing all messing onboard, for Mette and Sverre for a thick roll of maps and for Ismo for driving 1300 km back and worth and spending a week overhauling Kiwi's engine and electrical system : ).