Adventures of Sailing Yacht Mist
We cast off a quarter past eight in the morning.
No wind at all to start with.
The plan was to sail to Glommen but the wind was westerly and we could steer directly at Anholt. Close hauled but doing good speed. After lunch the wind shifted and there was no way we could reach Anholt so we decided to go fore the original plan and had a nice broad reach all the way to Glommen.
No problem finding a good spot as we were the only visiting boat.
Sailed distance 66,0 nautical miles.
Mornings are getting cold, we have to use the heater a while before we get up and prepare breakfast. The sun rises later and sets earlier. Sailing in daylight means shorter distances. It is time to migrate.
We left Lindholmen late afternoon on the first of September, rather tired of a noisy and dirty Gothenburg (and some people singing Hare Chrisna all night, right next to the boat). Motoring the short distance to Öckerö. We went for a short walk in the harbour, some interesting old sailing vessels to look at.
Sailed distance 10,3 nautical miles.
After a walk together with Lena and Fredrik we left Mollösund, we just had a quick stop at the fuel dock, hoisted full main and jib and set off south.
We had a beam reach and made good progress. The wind was blowing around 15 knots gusting up to 20 and when we turned more into the wind we had to take in a reef which made sailing more comfortable but just as fast. The last miles into Gothenburg we had a nice broad reach and we moored at Lindholmen just after 5 pm.
Sailed distance 33,6 nautical miles.
Our friends on Sy Capella were going north to Henån and we were planning to go to Gothenburg for the weekend so we decided to meet half way, at Mollösund. We left Hamburgsund at 9.20 in the morning.
The forecast promised around 15 knots of wind and in a favourable direction. We had a nice sail down to the Soten canal and after the canal the wind had increased some and we had a fast and nice sail to Mollösund.
Capella arrived just before us and we tied up alongside Capella just after 4 a´clock. Lena and Fredrik invited us onboard for a nice meal. We took a walk together and got back to the boats just before dark.
Sailed distance 39,0 nautical miles.
The weather forecast promised headwinds the coming days so we decided to go directly back home to Hamburgsund. After some provisioning at the mall in Farsund we motored out of the harbour and after an hour we set sail and had good sailing the first couple of hours.
Then it was motor sailing and when the wind picked up we could turn off the engine and when the wind decreased we motor sailed again. In the evening the wind turned more south-Westerly and we took down the mainsail and continued with just the code.
When we approached Väderöarna the wind increased and we changed from code to jib.
We arrived at our slip in Hamburgsund 20 minutes past 4 pm. We did not sleep much on the way so we were quite tired.
Sailed distance 154,5 nautical miles.
We left Rott a quarter to six in the morning.
Wind in the right direction but light. The sea was choppy and irregular and the sails were flapping. Ended up sailing with just the code which was OK.
Some other sailing boats around. We moored at the same place as the last time we were here but it was a little to shallow for Mist so we went to the floating pontoon across the harbour instead. Went for a short walk and did some laundry.
Sailed distance 78,7 nautical miles.
After 2 days at Utsira we continued south, we left at 9 am and motored all the way to Rott. No wind and up to 2,5 knots of current, in the wrong direction of course.
We arrived at Rott 4.30 pm. The harbour was almost deserted, just some people that had spent the weekend here, now returning home. Back to work.
We stayed for 3 days, went for a walk and even worked some. Nice place and very quiet.
Sailed distance 34,3 nautical miles.
After reversing out of Kvalvåg´s narrow harbour we set sail and had a really nice sail south. It started with a broad reach in about 15 knots of wind and after a while it became a beam reach and in the end close hauled with one reef in the main. We arrived at the north harbour just before 4 pm.
A quick beer in the cockpit and then we set off on our bicycles to see the island. There is a lot of street art here. We stayed at Utsira 2 days, the second day we explored the island by foot, looking for street art and walking more or less all paths we could find.
Sailed distance 44,7 nautical miles.
We left Bergen an hour before noon after buying some fish at the fish market.
Motoring at first but after a while we could set sail and slowly beating south.
The last couple of miles to the island of Stolmen we had to motor, almost no wind and the current against us. We arrived at Kvalvåg just before 5 pm and moored outside an “in the same boat” yacht (they pick plastic along the Norwegian coast).
We went for a walk.
Sailed distance 30,1 nautical miles.
We were getting a bit low on fuel so we decided to go to Bergen to fill up. Motoring again, through the narrow sounds east of Radöy. Really nice.
Bergen harbour was almost full, we had to moor alongside another sailing boat, a Greek Hanse.
Sailed distance 41,3 nautical miles.