Shopping Safari

There's just one street to trawl. But no problem for the female halves of "Sedna", "Noravind", "Vanvara" and "Babette". We start at one end and check out each and every clothing store, working our way up the long and winding road. The result is four white "Horta" shopping bags with a variety of jeans and tops. And a lot of laughs, and a chat over café com laite at the end of the strip. No men along, no pained expressions, no not-so-stolen glances at wrist watches. A perfect shopping day.

"Snorre" has arrived with Maggan, Helge (cpt.) and young Snorre (22yrs) aboard. They've made it over in 19 days, most of them hand-steered! That's because they met a whale on the way over. Or a whale met them. That's the theory. A series of bumps, and splashes, a bent wind rudder, a fleeing flock of dolphins, that's the evidence. They're happy to have arrived, safely tied up to a dock.
"Odin", with cpt.Christian, and the crew of two, Lars and Ed, is right behind, and they used only 15 days. A rip, roaring rumbline sail with both genaker and diesel assistance.