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Solenya Sailing Adventures

June 2020 – July 2025
  • Nora Erdelyi
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Sometime in April 2020 four friends had the idea to join together for great sailing adventures. We have left our current home, Tromso behind with Solenya a 32 foot Mikkel. The plan is to reach Scotland, but for now we follow the sun. Read more
  • Nora Erdelyi
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  • Nora ErdelyiTravelerSolenya Sailing Adventures

    We made it to Stornoway

    July 17, 2020 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    After a few days of sailing of course in upwind, lots of ups and downs, we have finally made it to Stornoway. It was one of the happiest moment of the trip, that had to be celebrated. Rest was much necessary for our mind and our body, so we agreed that the repairs can wait a few days and let's just take it easy and chill. To celebrate our amazing journey and all that we achieved Saturday night we decided to hit the pub, and taste some local gin 🍸🍸Read more

  • Nora ErdelyiTravelerSolenya Sailing Adventures

    Lerwick

    July 10, 2020 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    Setting foot on land made us all so excited. Unfortunately, rules are different in Scotland then what we were use to in Norway, and due to corona most of Lerwick was closed. We still enjoyed this cosy little town, but going to the pub have to wait until we make it to Stornoway. We still enjoyed cute little shops, and the friendly locals. With good winds we soon continued to Orkney.Read more

  • Nora ErdelyiTravelerSolenya Sailing Adventures

    The big crossing

    July 8, 2020, North Sea ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

    Wow we have been dreaming of the crossing for so long, we always knew its gonna different type of sailing then what we were use to. After all its was an action packed adventure. We made it in 4 days, done 270 miles in upwind, full of emotions and thoughts, that I thought will never cross my mind. I think the first 2 days was the hardest for all of us, after being in a sheltered harbour the waves felt big, upwind was uncomfortable and sleeping was almost impossible. 2 days without making much progress, talking, eating and sleeping, it was a big mental game. Thank god for podcasts and netlix some good distractions, when you not feeling so good.
    Eventually we have adjusted, on the 3rd day we were all back to normal. We actually had a good chat, had tasty food and seen the most blue water you can ever imagine, beautiful sunsets and sunrises. An experience I will never forget. Getting to Lerwick harbour I felt so emotional and happy that we made it, I was so proud of Solena and the whole crew.    Read more

  • Nora ErdelyiTravelerSolenya Sailing Adventures

    Shelter from the storm

    July 3, 2020 in Norway ⋅ 🌧 10 °C

    Still waiting for good weather to cross, so we anchered for the night and sailed to Maloy to shelter from the strom that was coming. Amazing weather as you can see Lauti took one for the team. Luckily we had some help again from a nice sailing boat that pulled us in. Maloy was a cute little town, perfect place to relax, knit and prepare :) The highlight of the port was amazing hot showers. The shop was only 2 minutes away, but why walk when you can paddle with the dinghy 😁 Good times in Maloy, we didn't get the best weather these days mostly raining, so we only went for a little walk.Read more

  • Nora ErdelyiTravelerSolenya Sailing Adventures

    Clouds are beautiful

    July 1, 2020, Norwegian Sea ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

    Finally we got a good weather window and everything was ready for the crossing. Ha det Alesund, it's been a pleasure. We decided to go for it and start our journey to Scotland, luckily we got some help and they pulled us out of the harbour as we still haven't managed to get penton (our engine) going. After spending some days in the harbour it was different to be back in the water, epesically with some waves the seasickness kicked in. Actually, we missed the good weather window, and feeling rather sick, it was a safe choice to anchor and get some rest. However, along the way I have seen the most beautiful clouds. I'm sorry to say that there is not any good pictures of the crew from these sailing days, but check out my favourite cloud pictures.Read more

  • Nora ErdelyiTravelerSolenya Sailing Adventures

    Alesund

    June 28, 2020 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    Sometimes its so easy to forget how charming a city can be. It has been so nice to stop for a few days and enjoy the city life = cappuccino and croassont in the morning 😁 Every city we dream of a hot shower, but due to corona that rarely happens, but at least we had fresh water 😂 We have been working on Solenya, and made a great progress, no more holes, we have working lights and new cleats fixed and we still have 10 fingers and toes left 🙈 Now we just have to be patient anf wait for a good weather window, meanwhile we enjoy the city life 😀Read more

  • Nora ErdelyiTravelerSolenya Sailing Adventures

    We made it to Alesund

    June 26, 2020 in Norway ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    We made it much faster to Alesund then I expected, but this journey hads some ups and downs. We had a little challenging night, nothing serious, but enough to make us feel seasick. To make up for it in the morning, a good suprise and a real highlight of the trip, Minky whales 🐳🐳. Wow and not only for few minutes, they were so curious l, they kept coming back to us, swimming under the boat and even looked at us ❤️❤️ It was such a cool experience and a beautiful moment to cherish forever. All this excitment and lack of sleep, made us pretty exhausted, so we anchered for few hours before, we started to head out to Alesund again. For the first time it was actually quite easy to get into the harbour and it didn't take us few hours either. Rowing in got us a few strange looks, but a lot of people got interested in our story and we even got some good tips how to fix the engine 🙌 Now it's time to relax a bit, and fix Solenya before the big crossing 😁Read more

  • Nora ErdelyiTravelerSolenya Sailing Adventures

    Kristiansund

    June 24, 2020 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    We have made it to Kristiansund, or at least we anchored close enough 😊 Along the way we experienced unbelievable colours again, stunning sunsets clouds, green, blue, orange, red and pink in all kind of shades. Norway is truly a country of colours ❤️ Lauti made a delicious seaweed soup for dinner 🍜 To stay entertained we came up with new games, Ronan trying to play limbo, not so easy with the waves 😂 For our dinner we were so lucky that we received fresh crabs as a gift, from a local who had his nets next to our boat, and it was suuuuper tasty 😋 Not much wind, but slowly and surely we head to Alesund.Read more

  • Nora ErdelyiTravelerSolenya Sailing Adventures

    Trondheim

    June 20, 2020 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    It's time to explore the city and to do a little shopping, but before leaving we enjoyed amazing morning swim as we waved goodbye to Arctic temperatures and we welcome the summer 👙🌞 We hitchhiked to the city and I have to say only in Norway you get picked up by a Tesla 🇳🇴🙈 In the centre we rented a bike, explored all the touristic places and some hidden gems. After a necessary visit to Biltema, we decided to head to the park and have a little picnic. Well actually the others had a little nap and for me it was time to catch up with the Pinguin stories. Sarah, Jenka's friend also joined for the little picnic and we even joined for a game of volleyball. It's was such a fun day, and a beautiful swim back to the boat with unbelievable sunset colours. Kisses from all of us 😘Read more

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    Near Trondheim

    June 19, 2020, Norwegian Sea ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    In the past few days, we enjoyed some of our favourite day time hobbies, worked on Solenya, had a game night and I finally started the 2nd sleeve of my jumper. The weather have been amazing, so we spent another day chilling, swimming and drifting on Solenya. After trying for two days to get in the guest harbour, we have eventually gave up as wind was not on our side, but finally we anchored. We decided to head into the city, (my first hitchhiking experience 😁) Trondheim was so alive on a Friday night, it was exciting to be in a city that is so vibrant. We explored the centre and went for a nice long walk, which was so pleasant after so many days of sailing. We enjoyed a beautiful sunset back on Solenya 😍Read more

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