2022 Viking Cruise

Craobh Haven

Kincsem has now arrived in Craobh (pronounced “Croove”) Haven where she will be for the winter. Cruising the inner Hebrides has been very enjoyable and comfortable with little wind and waves ...

Mallaig

The Admiral likes sunshine and reaches. So I produce sunshine and reaches, or try to. From the Shiants, the next stop was Acarsaid Mhor (Big Harbor in Gaellic) on Rona. Unfortunately, I failed to p ...

Shiant Islands

After passing the Butt of Lewis, we anchored overnight in a beautiful open bay (to the East) around the corner called Port Ness. When we woke the next morning, bright sunshine greeted us and the temp ...

Butt of Lewis in Sight!

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 ...

Reykjavik

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 ...

Grundafjodur

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. ...

Isafjodur

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 ...

Hornvik

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 ...

Husavik

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 ...

Neskaupstadur, Iceland

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 ...