We are in sight of land, the Butt of Lewis, the northern tip of the Hebrides. We left the Vestmanna Islands, Iceland, just three days ago in the early evening and have had a most enjoyable sail to th ...
I had escaped Covid 19 so far, but on the 15th, I tested positive. Ron and John tested negative and they decided to leave the boat asap to escape an infection. It worked for John who had the disease ...
Isafjodur has its own brewery! Not bad for a little town of 2736 souls. But there’s definitely nothing much else. There is a supermarket, a big hardware store that’s half empty. A hotel or two. ...
Leaving the Horn behind in a fresh breeze and brilliant sunshine The Joekullfjodur (Glacier Fjords) are a wilderness area South of the Horn which has no roads, very few houses and many spectacular a ...
Husavik was an interesting stopover. When we arrived, there was another sailboat! A red steel ketch from Austria, called La Belle Epoque. Waiting for a weather window (or rather an ice window) to s ...
The sun shining 24 hours a day definitely has it advantages. When I woke up at 4 am on the 22nd, Kincsem was tugging mightily on its lines. Rather than the tame 15 knots predicted, it was blowing 25 ...
In between showers, we were able to do a little exploring in Torshavn. Even the churches were open - a first on this cruise. There is an East Church (traditional) and a modern West Church. M ...
It's been a dream of mine for long to sail to the Faroer Islands and yesterday the dream became reality: Rainer, Almut, Achim and I arrived in Torshavn after a 1 ½ day crossing from Stornoway in the ...
This segment of the Kincsem Viking Cruise - Kilrush to Sligo - was an experiment for me: For the first time since Kincsem was new I was joined by individuals whom I did not know and had not sailed wi ...
We arrived here two days ahead of schedule because the weather forecast encouraged us to do so. The Irish Weather Service Met Eireann does not only forecast the wind conditions, but also the wave con ...