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The 26th of January at 10 o'clock I set sail again to cross the furosious North Sea for Shetland to experience the Up Helly Aa vikingfestival.
Strong winds up to 40 knots, heavy snow and a very long periode of complete dark rushed my little...
I have for years wondered how to get up my mast alone, without bathering anyone winching me.
It is important when you do solo sailing, to have access to all parts of the boat, especially the mast if something gets loose or need fixing up there.
I finnal...
Hi again everyone!
Here is an update video from what Ive been working with on the boat the last four months:
Ive done a full refit of the engine room- new engine/gear and foundation, hoses and sound isolation.
New lithium battery pack charged with twin...
Finnaly the circle is closed!
Here is my third and last video covering my Fair Isle trip. I have got everything I came for. Ive seen Fair Isle, gotten a new drone on Shetland after the bird attack. I even got to shoot the MUckle Flugga lighthouse, the mos...
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Sorry to keep you waiting, but finally, here is part 2 of my solo sailingadventure to Fair Isle!
In this video my drone got striked by a bird and got destroyed. This was in the middle of shooting the southern lighthouse on the island. And i...
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Everything not going according to plan..! My old stubbern Volvo Penta 2003T eventually broke down after 32 years of serving. I was lucky the breakdown happened after 10 days of sailing over 340 NM on my summer holiday with my girlfriend at the so...
Cheers everyone!
So here it is, my new solosailing adventure to the beautiful island of Fair Isle.
Production vise, this is the biggest challenge Ive had until now. 2 weeks of sailing and shooting, over 570 NM logged. Then 4 weeks of editing. The sailin...
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Yep, still alive! :)
Heres a little update about whats going on..
As I was about to manouver into my harbour to moore up, a big rope got jammed in my propeller and ended up dragging my whole engine off its suspension. That take some powers...
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Finally the circle is closed!
Ive crossed the North Sea wintertime alone to see the Up Helly Aa festival!
And now Ive got my boat back from Shetland to Haugesund, Norway.
And here is the evidence. All though it wasnt to much wind Ive tri...
So here it is, my biggest challenge in my sailing career!
Sailing solo across the North Sea from Haugesund, Norway- to Lerwick on Shetland the 26th of January.
This made me and Sigurd the first ones ever to have crossed the North Sea solo to join the Up...
Some more dronefun at sea. Some questions about what modes to be used while flying. As I am bad with instruction videos, I will ofcourse give it a try anyway.
And It almost ran out of battery during to many tries to recover it onboard..!
Erik
T-shirts ...
As promised, a little tour on my boat "TESSIE".
There has been a lack of wind the last few weeks here now. Suddenly it came, and instead of making a dry, boring tutorial in port, I thought why not make it in some rough weather, in the right invironment :)...
Questions and answers day!
An often asked question is what cameras I use and how do I get the mast top shots. So here it is!
Gopro Hero 2 and Gopro LCD + for action shots around the boat from different angles.
Gopro Hero 4 Silver for when I talk to the ...
My first video mission!
I got asked from a norwegian sail-magazine called "Seilmagasinet" if I could make some drone footage of the first arriving sailboats in a regatta called "Seilmakeren Doublehanded", where there is only two crews aloud on each boat. ...
Weather-reports said a storm was coming so the first thing I thought was to get in a posision to take advantage of that.
15 miles straight out from my hometown Haugesund, in the roaring ocean, there is an beautiful, peaceful island called Utsira. Accuall...
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Welcome to my channel of sailing!
I make videos when Im out sailing my boat- a Contessa 35 named "Tessie", alone on the open oceans outside my town, Haugesund, situated on the west coast of Norway.
Im trying to capture an authentic image of my ...
A lot of people wondered how I did my droneshots from my "Solo sailing to Shetland" trilogy videoes. Here is how I do it :) I fly it and steer it from my boat. The easy part is lift off, the hard part is landing.
I would not recomend doing this from a b...
The final part 3.
Finally, after 36 hours of open ocean the Shetlands Isles occurs in the horizon. Its just as special and fun everytime i realize I have crossed a big ocean all alone.
It makes me feel proud and alive!
The weard thing is, when I tie ...
My solo journey continues towards the great Shetland Isles, as the northerly winds flushes me through the Nort Sea. The boat is messy and dirty. Im seasick, wet and cold but still having the time of my life.
This is what I do.
This is what I love.
Wel...
This is the first part of my North Wind Expedition 2016.
I will cross the North Sea over to Shetland, and the North Atlantic Ocean to the Faroe Islands to show people my passion of ocean sailing. Everything will be covered in beautiful pictures filled wi...
Extreme sailing on the west coast of Norway the day after hurricane "Tor" swept over most of the country.
This is one of the most demanding conditions I've been in so far and I loved every minute of it.
Hope this inspires you to strech your limits just a...
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