We had a real jump start. Our departure had to be put forward 4 days as the only weather window was now.
Getting supplies etc loaded on the boat. We departed from Farsund just before midnight Friday 30th.
We had originally wanted to go to Dover, but they were closed to foreign arrivals. UK is experiencing
massive spreading of the Delta variant of Covid and we guess they are in a limbo on what to do
when it comes to visiting yachts.
We got a very polite and friendly reply from Boulogne Marina, who wished us very welcome.
We hope to arrive there late Tuesday or early Wednesday.
The weather has so far been great for sailing - NW 15-25 knots and we are averaging 6 knots.
The weather "after Boulogne" might be more difficult, as strong westerly winds are forecasted.
However, we hope to be able to advance to Cherbourgh and then Brest after a few days there.
Grete & Geir
Welcome to our sail blog. We are a Norwegian married/retired couple making our dream come true on this 2 year long sail voyage. We would like to share our experiences with you and will try to update this blog as often as possible.
18/07/2021
We are sailing again !
After more than a year at home, we have decided to start another trip towards the sunshine. We have too many places yet to visit - many of which we had to skip as Covid-19 made us sail back home to Norway in May-July in 2020.
The departure will be in the first week of August. By then we have both had our 2 Covid-19 vaxinations.
Our sail plan is departing Farsund for the English channel, possibly have short stops at Boulogne-Sur-Mer, Cherbourgh and finally to Brest, where we will wait for a decent weather window to cross the Bay of Biscay. We hope to make it to Viana Do Castelo, Portugal in one go.
From Portugal we will sail to Porto Santo in the Madeiras where we will spend a few weeks.
Then onwards to the Canary islands where we will visit various places we haven't been before.
In December we will, covid permitting, set course for Barbados alternatively, Grenada.
We have done lots of replacements and improvements on the boat. New solar panels, new anchor winch/chain, bow thruster, cooling box. Electrics has had good TLC. Also fitted a new MF/HF radio with DSC and purchased a small Inreach tracking device, that will enable you to keep continous track of our position. Have a look at this link Ocean Viking - position chart
More will follow when we get under way. Love from Grete & Geir
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