After a good night sleep at Vik we motored out of Sogne fjord. We aimed for Söre Glavaer, a small island with a very protected anchorage. We arrived mid afternoon. No other boats, no people either.

Sailed distance 50,7 nautical miles.

After two days at Flåm it was time to get out of Sogne fjord. No wind at all to start with and when the wind picked up it was in the wrong direction.

Even the current was against us. We motored slowly westwards. After eight hours of motoring we found a nice little fjord arm with depths suitable for anchoring.

We anchored at 18 meters depth and let out 55 meter of chain. Shore felt really close. It was a really tranquil place with only a handful houses.

Sailed distance 40,3 nautical miles.

Nothing much to see in Leirvik so we left early to continue into Sogne fjord.

Motoring at first but after a few hours we could sail. Dead running in very gusty conditions.

We motored the last hours before we arrived at Flåm. Touristy place. Most expensive harbour fee so far in Norway, 350 NOK, water and electricity included.

The next morning we took the train “Flåmsbanen” up the mountain to Myrdal where we unfolded our bicycles and started the steep downhill trip back to Flåm.

Sailed distance 71,9 nautical miles.

We left Espetvika at eight a´clock and had good sailing into the Sogne fjord.

Just after 4 pm we tied up at the quay in Leirvik.

Sailed distance 38,4 nautical miles.

We left Målöy half past nine in the morning.

Some sailing and some motoring. In the afternoon thick fog started to roll in so we started to look for a suitable place to stop for the night.

At Espetvika we found a quay where we could tie up. We went for a short walk.

Sailed distance 37,9 nautical miles.

Time to go around Statt again, very light winds. The sea state was really ok this time and we motored all the way to Målöy.

We went for a walk, some nice street art.

Sailed distance 35,4 nautical miles.

We decided it was time to turn south, northerly winds the coming days made the decision easy.

Nice sailing at first and then motoring, we took a detour to Runde to see the bird cliffs from sea level.

Fosnavåg is a small town, it had a good supermarket and we could even get our empty butane bottle filled, just a short bicycle ride from the harbour.

Sailed distance 50,5 nautical miles.

Early next morning we left Ålesund, set sail and sailed north. Head winds but good sailing. It took us eight hours to tack our way to Ona, a nice little island with only 15 residents. Very few yachts around, some shipping but almost no yachts.

We spent two days at Ona and saw all of the island and even the connecting island Husöya.

Sailed distance 39,8 nautical miles.

We were not sure if we were going to continue north or turn south, it was too late in season to reach Lofoten. We decided to continue north and we returned to Ålesund. Motoring most of the way.

Sailed distance 27,8 nautical miles.

Our friends on sy Ontaria had recommended Urke in the Hjörund fjord. So in the afternoon on the 22^nd of July we set sail again and had some nice sailing down to the Hjörund fjord.

There was a lot of wind in the fjord so we motored the last couple of miles to Urke. We arrived at 6.30 pm. No problem to find a mooring. There is quite a lot of swell from passing boats. The next day we decided to try to climb the Urkeegga, we packed our rucksacks and set off towards the mountain.

Very steep but rewarding. We managed to climb all three peaks, the highest 1021 metres above sea level.

Eight hours and 20,7 kilometres later we got back to Mist.

Sailed distance 27,8 nautical miles.