by First Class Sailing | May 31, 2017 | Norway, Sailing Holidays
Norway Sailing Adventure Cruise Begins The crew assembled yesterday for the first of three Norway Adventure Sailing Cruises. Sailing on a 72ft Challenger yacht, extremely suitable to this kind of a voyage, the boat cast off from Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth yesterday....
by First Class Sailing | Jan 23, 2017 | Norway, Sailing Tales
When it comes to epic sailing adventures our thoughts always turn to the Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl, especially as 2017 marks the 70th anniversary of his Kon-Tiki expedition. On 28th April 1947, Thor and his crew of five left the coast of Peru on a simple raft...
by First Class Sailing | Jul 8, 2016 | Norway
First Port of Call in Norway – Stavanger We docked in Stavanger on Thursday, spotting our berth beside the gleaming metal hull of the Petroleum Museum. I’d like to say that we docked in the dawn light, but this time of year the sun rises before 4am (!) so we...
by First Class Sailing | Jun 28, 2016 | Norway
We had flat seas, rough seas, arctic mint coloured seas, whales in the sea, dolphins in the sea, lots of oil and gas rigs, wind farms, fulmars, auks, fishing boats, tankers, shallow seas and extremely deep fjords. And a German submarine that we saw coming in from the...
