Sailing towards the Seven Sisters

Perfect sunset-sailing towards Sandnessjøen

Nice but turbulent breeze, with winds from 5 to 25 knots!

The Seventh sister

The Seven Sisters, seen from Sandnessjøen

Vega

l'Olonnois at the little harbour of Igerøya on Vega

Sunset, moonrise

Long walk on the hills of Igerøya. Perfect match between maritime sights, and...

...rural ones :-)

Brønnøysund

Brønnøysund, seen from the South, with the famous Seven Sisters in the background.

Marie, seen from the West.

The Coastal Express, or Hurtigruten, daily passenger and freight ship operating between Bergen and Kirkenes (near the Russian border)

Leka

Wednesday - Short but humid journey between Rørvik and Leka (20 miles). 

Thursday - Getting ready for the Tour de Leka, 35km on this brand-new and very red tandem-bike!

Leka is the geologic mecca of Norway. The ocre rocks that can be seen on the western part of the island used to be submerged. The crash between American and European tectonic plates made them rise from water depth of several hundred meters. See geologic map here.

View from the road - 1

View from the road - 2

Oystercatchers (adult and kid) looking for lunch

Trondheim-Rørvik

Hasselvika, on our way out from Trondheimsfjorden. Saturday night.

On Sunday, it all started with a beautiful sailing. On a sea without waves, and with a clean hull, l'Olonnois is faster than ever.

View of Smellingen, near the outlet of Trondheimsfjorden. During this 19 hours sailing, all possible sail configurations were used, from reefed main sail and stay stail (trinquette), to full main and full genoa. We arrive at Rørvik on Monday morning at 5AM.

On the top of Vattin, near Kolvereid and Rørvik.

Marie, together with Steingrim and Marit.  Sight-seeing, hiking, lake swimming, visit of a modern stable with automatic cow milking (laser  and RFID-based... a delight for engineers). The hospitality of Nord-Trøndere is again tested hard and highly approved. Takk for oss :-)