Our trisail is primarily used to stabilise the boat under extreme conditions.
Sailing north, as always. We’ve now reached the northern parts of Trøndelag. Will try to visit Gjeslingane today, another picturesque fishing outpost from recent past; it’s a bit like Grip, but not quite so exposed. Our next port of call will be Rørvik, which is more or less on the way.
If we are fortunate with the winds, we may reach Bodø on Sunday. We plan to stay only a few hours – enough to buy fresh bread and newspapers, before we head across the Vestfjord to Lofoten. Despite its name, the Vestfjord is open sea, and very exposed to the weather.
Today we have had good weather, almost like summer, sunny and quite warm with a breeze from the north. We sail whenever we can, using our little outboard motor only when we feel progress is far too slow. The forecast calls for northerly winds for the rest of the day, changeable weather with some drizzle tomorrow and the day after, and fortunately with stronger southwesterly winds. We adjusted various storm sail options today – and of course we enjoyed the softly rounded hillsides and island that are so typical of this area.
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Good evening. If I well understand, you have onboard: main-sail and jib (of course…) plus gennaker, screacher, storm-jib and trisail; right? other sails? Many thanks for your answer. Good sailing and ciao from Gigi (Italy)