| 
|
With a fair wind from the NorthWest we left Groningen.
|
|
| 
|
The wind turned, the waves became higher and higher and a lot of water came on board!
|
|
| 
|
Finally the entrance of the Stavanger fjord!
Back
|
|
| 
|
|
|
| 
|
The harbour of Stavanger is in the city centre. In summertime there probably would not be a place for us but now, there was plenty of space!
Back
|
|
| 
|
|
|
| 
|
Originally the houses were made out of wood. In the old centre about 200 wooden houses are still in good shape.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Most of the houses were destroyed by fires and on every corner of the street is a fire alarm.
Back
|
|
| 
|
The Catherdal was built in the 13-st century.
|
|
| 
|
At the Lysefjord you can find this hughe cliff, called Preikestolen
It took us about 2 hours to reach the top plateau.
|
|
| 
|
In our opinion it was quit dangerous to walk along the unprotected side of the cliff. |
|
| 
|
We planned to sail below the cliff but thanks because Uno and Geir (we met in a pub) took us with their car, we could walk the Preikestolen.
|
|
| 
|
The top! Time for a break.
|
|
|
|
It really felt scary to be (unprotected) this close to the edge of the
cliff.
Back
|
|
| 
|
The next day we sailed the ford. |
|
| 
|
Sometimes the cliffs were hidden behind the clouds. |
|
|
|
And then, suddenly the fjord ends. There was a jetty at the end otherwise we could not get ashore. Ancoring isn't possible (the depth here is 200
meters!).
|
|
| 
|
On our way back we couldn.t see much. We had to use the radar to sail out of the fjord.
|
|
| 
|
The entrance Egersund on our way back home.
Back
|
|
|
|
There was a beautiful rainbow as we left Egersund . Sailors always are a bit superstitious and for us this was a good sign for our journey back.
|
|
|
|
A little wind is no problem for us. We just reduce the amount of square meters of our sails.
|
|
| 
|
And if necessary even a bit more.
|
|
| 
|
And then hurry back inside. A red sky by night is a sailors delight but a red sky in the morning is a sailors warning!
|
|
| 
|
And yes, the wind turned into storm.
Back
|
|
| 
|
We were glad to reach Borkum and wondered why this fisherman went out at sea with this bad weather. As if it would be possible to fish...
|
|
| 
|
Safely in the harbour of Borkum!
|
|
| 
|
The last part of our trip, the Eems. Almost back home again!
Back
|
|
