Ah no way - its literally a paperwork exercise! Thanks for explaining this, such a strange looking vessel 😅

The hatches are always cracked when we do so - no way of frying fish outside 🤣

Trip of a lifetime, unforgettable memories. Maalie misses you!

Thanks Mark, cheers for commenting 😁😁

Hi! Thanks for your kind words, we would love to see some footage of your Bristol Channel Cutter, that's a proper boat! All the best!

Thanks Andy, it was a wild time in the mountains! Top notch sailing too. Cheers!

Hey Mark! Great to hear from you, cheers for the encouragement. YT is a whole new world, enjoying the creative outlet :) All the best

Thanks! We'll need to look them up, it's an incredible skyline with so many peaks 🗻

Surely you have heard of him! Won every mountain running race and Skimo race going. And has climbed Everest without oxygen, or any assistance…then did it again a week later.

There is a lifetime of cruising there, we will definitely back. So much left to explore

@sailingmaalie Are we not restricted to 90 days in any one 180 day period?

Ha! Yes, although Norway is a good place to visit first as the Norwegian officials did not care at all.

@sailingmaalie That's promising but under the new rules with ETIAS, one wonders whether that will be true in the future.

Hey Philip, thanks for jumping on board - and for the compliment! See ya in the next one :)

Thanks for jumping on board John! All the best ⛵️🌊

Thanks @thesophiagibson - appreciate it! 😁⛵️🌊

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Hi! Thanks a lot for the kind words and belief in our venture! That gave us a boost whilst on passage, made us smile 😁⛵️ And thanks for supporting by subscribing 👍🏼👍🏼

Aye we were definitely getting out the way! When sailing through Haugesund we had an encounter much closer, there's a cool bit of footage coming in the next vid!

Thanks Bill, appreciate the comment. Working on a solution to the wind noise - need to find an address to accept post for us 🙂

@@sailingmaalie well, if you were near Maine I'd help you out. Safe adventures, cheers

This is a Knox Anchor, 13kg. We have 50m 8mm chain, then 50m of rode attached to it. Yes, Scottish made 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We use our Kicker every passage, to harden down the leech when off the wind. We are racers! Just to the next anchorage 🤣

@@sailingmaalie thanks for the info. I am considering a Viking for my catamaran. At 8.5m she is much lighter than your boat, but perhaps more windage. They recommended at 9kg, think 13kg would be better. Any issues so far, have you been at anchor in a Gale yet?

@@sailingmaalie …well who isn’t a racer when there are other boats about! I use a preventer, then sheet in, so the same effect. In fact my cat has no kicking strap. In fact I intend to fit a snap shackle to the main sheet so I can pull it directly down when fully out, of course only easy on a catamaran. I do have swept back stays, so a pain as I can’t let out the main to 90deg, which I found on my previous boat very useful to spill a gust.

We can't fault it, v well priced and fantastic manufacture. So far we have rode a couple of 35knots and a 40 knots overnight in Portugal. Didn't budge an inch, although it was a long night on anchor watch!

We also use a preventer when off the wind (~120° to dead run) in the Trades. Thankfully we have in line spreaders so we can crack off the main in a gust, and run quite deep on the wind 💨

Hey Simone, great to meet you and thanks for subscribing- it all helps :) Anchored up now in Newtown creek, hoping to catch a Bass soon! All the best

@@sailingmaalie if you need anything before your adventure, I can drive down and drop off anything, I live in cowes,

You are far too kind! Thank you so much for the offer, but after topping up with you today, we just need some mackerel for the fridge! Thanks again

We would love to visit that coastline too, wrong side of Cape Horn though! I wonder if we will end up there some day in Maalie..?

​@sailingmaalie There is the option of the Staights of Magellan. Looking into it.

Honestly so straightforward. Most anchorages are marked in Navionicd/chatting plotter. More detail in Norwegian cruising guide. Plus you can just follow your nose, if it looks like an anchorage, you cam sail over and check it out. We anchored in anything up to 20m depth, and sometim3s put a line ashore. Rarely, if ever shared an anchorage with another boat!

The fjords are easy to navigate, with little tidal movement. As there are steep mountain peaks everywhere quite often the wind swirls and can come down heavily from above (katabatics), or turn 180° in no time at all. Its safe sailing, but keeps you on your toes! Norwegian boaters are some of the friendliest we have ever met, cargo ships included 👍🏼

Yes, far from ideal!

@@sailingmaalie Fair winds. Please be careful. I learned to bring the pump and the puncture repair kit. I will not forget.

It's always with us now, and some emergency gaffa tape 💪🏼

Thsnks for watching and commenting :) Maalie is a 1978 Rival 32, built in the UK

@@sailingmaalie Thanks for your replay and answer.

Yup, I agree - need to find a solution that doesn't break the bank. Cheers for the comment 👍🏼

​@sailingmaalie The solution we used to adopt, decades ago, was an old sock (preferably big, like a football sock). Of course, that was when mikes stuck out on a telescopic mount from the video camera.

We have just this week found a solution this works for the GoPro, amazing the difference it makes. Looking forward to using it on next passage. Thanks for the tips!