We sail to Arran island in Scotland and climb the highest mountain Goatfell. 2,866 feet might not sound much, but it was a good exercise and we could buy the ...

Going through Scotland on Crinan Canal in sunshine is such a beautiful adventure and it's difficult to describe, but we are doing our best to give you a piece ...

We take a closer look at the famous Corryvreckan and have to start the engine, so we don't get sucked in and pushed out to the other side, instead of going to ...

Part two of our canal adventure going through Scotland with our sail boat. The weather is still cooperating with us and a canal transit can't be better. We ...

Scotland showed us how beautiful it can be when the weather is right! This time we were lucky going through the Scottish Highlands and the Caledonian Canal. ...

This time on Distant Shores we give you a full tour of the interior of our custom aluminum Enksail Orion 49 sailboat as she is being assembled in the shop ...

Oil rigg alley, they are all around us, not closer than 500 m, but we keep well away. Beautiful sun set, nice sailing, and fishing boats in the dark. Sailed ...

We say farwell and leave Norway after 3 1/2 months including more that one month in Svalbard. Now we are heading to Inverness in Scotland where we are doing ...

There is some bad weather coming in and we seek shelter in Finnøya. After the gail passes we sail on to Ålesund and visit the Swedish consulate to do or duty ...

3 days of sailing down the Norwegian coast with more or less all sailing conditions. We even have help from a Gail pushing us south! We ended up in ...

Leaving Tromsø and starting our journey south, taking the beautiful inside route down towards Lofoten Island. After a couple of fantastic nights anchorage we ...

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The last night before Tromsø we anchor in this remote bay and have a totally calm and wonderful evening. We even see an elk run on shore. Next day we motor the ...

We sail into the small fjord "Troll Fjorden" to see if we can find any trolls. We are getting closer to Tromsö where we will take a break before we sail to ...

We visit the beautiful town Henningsvær that have the best best location for a football field On our way to Spitsbergen/ Svalbard so make sure you subscribe ...

#aluminumsailboat #boatbuilding #arcticsailing #metstrade Paul makes a trip to the Netherlands to see the progress on the build of Distant Shores IV, our new ...

We take a dinghy ride in one of the beautiful fjords at the village Reine in Lofoten also having the luxury of smelling the cod that hangs there to dry. On ...

We had to leave our anchorage in the middle of the night because of the katabatic wind howling down really strong from the surrounding mountains making it ...

Before we leave Bodö and sail to Lofoten we demonstrate how we raise and lower our centerboard. We have a good sail to Lofoten where we found a small anchoring ...

This is the first time we cross Arctic Circle with our sail boat. It was a big thing for us to sail this far north on our own! Come with us and see the ...

The keel hydraulic ram broke by me calling a dodgy mechanic from the phone book. The whole process of repair has been delayed many times and so far has taken ...

We have lots of gusting wind sailing at hight speed up the Norwegian coast on our way to the higher latitudes and we are geting closer to the Arctic Circle. We ...

There is no wind as we are traveling up the beautiful the Norwegian coast. We have sickness onboard but life is not too bad an we can't complain since the ...

Can it be more picturesque? Sailing the coast of Norway, staying in picturesque fishing village! We are on our way north to Spitsbergen/Svalbard and we will ...