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Moving on to Mandal

After another day in Kristiansand, going to an organ recital in the cathedral and then spending far too much time and money in a chandlery, we moved on again today. We left Kristiansand fairly early hoping for an easier ride

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 5th June 2025
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Bimbling down the Blindleia

Just outside Lillesand is the Blindleia. This translates literally as Blind Alley and does give a clue to the nature of the passage! It is well-marked, but does require constant checking of the chart. Right at the Lillesand end though

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 4th June 2025
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Lolloping to Lillesand

We left Lillesand early. This section of coast seems to attract stronger breezes in the afternoon and, with the wind likely to be on the nose again, we thought an early departure would make life more comfortable. The theory was

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 2nd June 2025
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Aiming to Arendal

In most senses (except the scientific one!) the weather is entirely unpredictable, but … one thing we can predict is that when we want to go southwest, the wind will be from the southwest as well. Sure enough, that was

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 1st June 2025
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Romping to Risør

Today was changeover day. Anne left and Simon and Sheila joined me to start heading across to Norway and with a favourable forecast (sort of!) we decided to head off straight away. So, Anne was unceremoniously put on an earlier

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 31st May 2025
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Swooping to Strömstad

From the anchorage at Trossö, it was just 12 miles north to Strömstad and we initially took a relaxed approach to the trip. However, the realisation that today is Ascension Day somewhat accelerated the process and we decided that it

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 29th May 2025
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Hacking up to Havtensundet

After another day’s enforced inactivity in Smögen (strong winds once again!), we finally headed north again today. After a really enjoyable few days of socialising, seaweed foraging, walking in the rain (ok that wasn’t quite so enjoyable!) and more socialising,

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 28th May 2025
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Snorkelling in Smögen

Today was different. The weather wasn’t different (still windy, though there was a bit of sun!), but the day’s activity was. Louise had persuaded us all to take part in a foraging day, but being sailors, this foraging had to

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 26th May 2025
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Hacking around Hållö

This week was meant to be a sailing holiday for Alex and everyone else, so when they came up today, we gave them various options. Given the ‘exciting’ sail yesterday, I didn’t altogether expect them to choose the option of

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 24th May 2025
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Shuttling to Smögen

Today the weather looked (marginally) better for sailing. The original plan had been to sail down to Marstrand for a look round. However, looking ahead, the forecast for the next couple of days is not great, so we decided to

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Posted By andy_beharrell Posted on 23rd May 2025
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