Børge Ousland

Thorleif Thorleifsson steers the trimaran at 13 knots. The impressively small draught (40 cm) allows the trimaran to skim the waves at a dizzying speed.

At the top of the mast! A bird’s eye view – and examining the cause of chafing
of the mainsail halyard.

The rumours are not exaggerated – the waters of Northern Norway really are teeming with fish. Today this herring jumped right into our boat!

The characteristic peaks De Syv Søstre (The Seven Sisters). There are colourful legends about how these mountains were formed.

We did stop at Sør-Gjeslingan and couldn’t resist having some fun in Rørvik, but we also made considerable progress yesterday. Currently we are northeast of Vega, a group of beautiful islands that are on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, roughly a hundred nautical miles south of Bodø. That’s our next port-of-call.

Here was our position at 11.40.

Two hours later: we’ve now sailed beyond the town of Sandnessjøen.

Pizza and beer at Sandnessjøen – and this time the Captain is invited.

Captain Thorleif Thorleifsson is spending a lot of his spare time studying charts of the waters off Russia’s northern shores, in preparation for the challenging Northeast Passage.