Do we spend time in a big city or find a secluded anchorage? We were about to skip Bergen altogether, but fate had other plans for us.
Between dodging squalls, we have one beautiful and sunny day as we cross into new territory on the coast of Norway. We...
The weather is quickly deteriorating, and we need to get out of Norway!! The question is, what are the winds going to do, and where will it allow us to go?
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After traveling up the lengthy Geirangerfjord, it's time to check out ...
Checking off another Norway bucket list item, we head up the Geiranger Fjord.
This week we bring you YET ANOTHER episode that I have been looking forward to for a long, long time.
As we make our way south along the coast of Norway, we pop into the Geiran...
Making our way down the coast of Norway we run into a few less than ideal sailing conditions. One day we're stuck in fog that gives us 75 ft of visibility, and the next day we run into a menacing thunderstorm as we approach our anchorage.
With all the sm...
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We've arrived to Lovund, aka Puffi...
We decide to try jigging for the first time and came away with quite the prize for our efforts!!
This week's episode follows us on what starts out as a typical travel day down the coast of Norway...route planning, destination information and weather forec...
Would you ever sail your boat through a tidal current that can reach over 20 knots?
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While in the town of Bodø, Norway, we hop on a bus to visit the fastest tidal current in the wo...
Sadly, it's time to leave Lofoten, but our exciting journey is nowhere near finished. And as we make the overnight sail to Bodo, we also discover that although the sun may have set on us for a few hours, it never gets dark up here.
Leaving at 10 pm, we s...
If there were ever the most idyllic and picture perfect spot on earth, this would be it!
This is by far one of the most beautiful spots we've ever traveled and it felt like the scenery around us MUST be painted in because there is no way it could be real....
Part 2 of our one day excursion in Vaeroy takes us to a vast white sand beach, were the arctic and tropics meet.
Much love from Norway!!
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After having just landed in the Arctic, we woke up on our first day in Værøy, ready to climb some mountains...except our clear skies disappeared on us. Thick fog had rolled into the harbour, and even though sea level was still clear, we knew we would no...
Curious to know exactly what we've been up to since Norway? Well, REALLY enjoying our time in Scotland is the answer!!
As we make our way down to Plymouth for the winter, we wanted to give you an update on the journey so far (or most of it). Tune in to ...
We accomplished our first goal of sailing from Florida to Norway and next it was time to check off our next goal of getting to the Arctic Circle. Listed as any latitude above 66°33′47.8″N, we knew we could have made it this far north without checking...
You can't always see the beauty each country has to offer by staying close to shore. Sometimes the best things are just a little further inland.
While the boat sits in a marina in Ålesund, Norway, we rent a car for the day to explore the mountains, wate...
There is one spot in Norway infamous for bad weather...heavy winds and seas. Our next step was to get around it.
Not being familiar with the area or knowing what to expect, we'd heard from enough people to take caution here that we wanted to listen. Wai...
We had that pesky little problem that we sailed into Norway without being able to visit a customs agent, so in this week's episode we make another day passage up to the town of Florø. Here we make a visit to the police station to clear in, which means we...
Five years ago we had a dream to sail to Norway....and it has now (FINALLY) happened!! It was a long road to get here, and the sailing part only takes up about 18 months of that time. First we had to find the right boat...and then spend nearly 3 years ge...
We're so happy to bring this episode to you because now are are getting to the really exciting cruising footage of NORWAY!!
Before we can enjoy the country and all it has to offer though, we need to make it across the North Sea. We'd heard these can be t...
We're on the move again and shoving off from mainland Scotland. We don't have too far to go, just a day hop from Wick up to an anchorage in the Orkney Islands.
We've heard these waters are supposed to be full of Orca whales, and we're keeping a close eye...
Waiting for us in Inverness after we finished the canal, was our Chinese Diesel Heater, which we were very excited to have a place to sit for a few days and get it installed.
Here Matt goes over all the options of heating we have on our boat, which versio...
We finish the Caledonian Canal by going through the last two locks, and begin our overnight journey to the town of Wick. We have beautiful sunny and calm conditions as we depart, but through the night, storms begin to develop off to our side.
As we conti...
Join us this week as we do some of our best touring of the Caledonian Canal. Traveling only 6 miles from our last anchorage in Loch Oich, we land in Ft. Augustus, which has to be one of the most charming towns we've ever seen.
There is a flight of 5 lock...
We're really excited to bring you this week's episode where we start our journey through the Caledonian Canal, and get to do more traveling through the Scottish Highlands.
We think our morning is going to begin by jumping right into the Lion's Den of Nept...
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