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Solenya Sailing Adventures

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
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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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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    Sailing days

    June 16, 2020, Norwegian Sea ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

    Now we are heading to Trondheim full speed, or at least we try for the next 220miles. Mostly we have been eating a lot, sunbathed went for swims and enjoyed the beautiful sunsets. Oh yeah I almost forgot and started a band or we are just going totally loco here 🙈😂 Great days and beautiful colours ⛵⛵❤️Read more

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    Lazy days

    June 14, 2020 in Norway ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    Although we have not been doing much, we all feel a little lazy, so we decided to anchor and stayed around another cool island for two nights.
    We are quite the adventurous group, something always happens 🙈 This time it was Jenka and Lauti, they decided to go onshore and explore the island for few hours, but somehow they forgot the tide and by the time they came back the dinghy has drifted away, well that's was a fun rescue 😁 Great hikes and fun to explore another island, can't say that I haven't got a few brusies. Went for a little swim, and I have to say we are all getting better with the cold showers. Also cleaned the beach, its so sad to see that some of the waters are crystal clear, yet the beach in covered plastic. At least that's a good task while sailing, to clear some of these beaches, and to focus on a more plastic free future. Now it's time to head to Trondheim ⛵⛵⛵Read more

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    A little Island ️

    June 13, 2020 in Norway ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    After few hours of not making much progress, we decided to anchor and get some rest. The plan was to wake up fairly early and leave, but that never happened. This island was truly magical, crystal clear waters, beautiful cliffs and we had sunshine, temperatures around 25 degrees. I think when you see the pictures, you will understand how we fell in love with this place. After exploring the island, sunbathing, collecting tasty blue shells for our dinner, we even went for a swim. I have to say finally I'm getting better with this cold water, as I lasted some minutes in the water. We had a great day, and we were quite ambitious as we decided to leave the island. We made it a whopping 3.5miles until we decided that we are too tired and not moving much, so yeah we anchored again. Another beautiful island and a tasty tasty dinner, also we waved goodbye to midnight sun 👋👋🌞Read more

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    Glomfjord

    June 11, 2020 in Norway ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C

    Wow what a view to wake up to and enjoy a cup of coffee and breakfast. We are ready to venture out, thanks to Lauti we got a car. Just when we thought summer is here we realised there is still some snow, and in fact some tunnels are closed 😂 The roadtrip was amazing, and of course a little dangerous as Lauti was driving 🙈 But as you all know we like to live life dangerously. We discovered glaciers, endless views of mountains, waterfalls and just enjoyed the beauty of this magical place. After an adventure packed day its time for dinner, and there is no better way then spending time with the locals, so we met our Norwegian Grandma and had a great dinner party ❤️ Look at this delicious pie we made, followed by lots of ice cream 🍨😋 We had a great chat, some knitting tips and lots of cuddles with Iris😻But at one point sometime after 1am we had to make the most of the good wind, I'm not sure how we even mananged to leave Glomfjord. We love it here so much I can definitely say I will be back ⛰️❤️Read more

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    Glomfjord we are coming

    June 10, 2020, Norwegian Sea ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

    Great sailing day, good wind, sunshine and lot of laughter. Our estimated arrival to Glomfjord was in the afternoon, but somewhere along the way we started to drifted around. We used this peaceful moment to read, knit, sunbath and to work a little on Solenya. We always dream of some nice sailing pictures of Solenya, so with Jenka we went for a little paddling adventure, we even found a volleyball and cleaned the beach a little. It's hard to believe, but all the Halibut is gone 😋 so it was time to catch another fish, and this time Lauti got as a tatsy Haddock. The views of Glomfjord are truly unbelievable, but around 11pm we were happy to anchor and discover a little treat waiting for us on the shore. Having access to a sauna and a real nice shower was great ending to a beautiful day. We are all so excited to explore this little hidden gem tomorrow ⛰️❤️Read more

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    Bye bye Lofoten

    June 9, 2020 in Norway ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C

    We woke up to a beautiful sunny day, so we had our tasty breakfast outside 😍 Hennigsvaer has contributed a lot to our Solenya trip, besides great memories, some great materials to repair a few things, so now we have a complete new bed in the front cabin. Look even Molly tried to help us with some repairs. Hehe the locals were more helpful, and we are so thankful as they cut the wood. Luckily we had time, as we don't have a working engine, we had to wait until the tide was changing, so we can row Solenya out of the harbour. Around 6pm we manged to safely leave Hennigsvaer behind, and I must say we are famous with the locals, as rowing a sailing boat out got many people very interested 😀 Today was full of suprises, for sometime we have been disscusing that we should get some more gas, but of course we didn't. So just as we left, I was ready to heat our dinner, and guess what? Yes of course we run out of gas 😂 Lauti took one for the team and went back with the dingy. After all he deserved a nice cocktail 🍹🍹Now we are ready, to find our next destination, where we can look for new adventures. I'm luckily in the morning shift and the wonderful waves helped me to dirft into good night sleep. Bye bye Lofoten, hope to see you soon👋👋👋Read more

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    Hennigsvaer

    June 8, 2020 in Norway ⋅ 🌧 7 °C

    Today we had time to chill and meet some friends, have a little chat and cuppa. We didn't have the best weather, but we still went for a hike and enjoyed the lash views. And guess what we had for lunch 😋 more Halibut. Molly was very thankful for the tasty bites too 🐶 Marlene and Molly decided to join us for a sleep over, so it was time for game night 🍷 🃏🃏 Great company, good wine and plenty of games, we had a fun night ❤️Read more

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    First glimpse of Lofoten

    June 7, 2020 in Norway ⋅ 🌧 12 °C

    After enjoying the midnight sun, views of Lofoten and finally some wind. Rain started to catch up with as in the morning, and the peeks got covered in clouds creating mythical views. We had rain behind us, and view of strom in front so we hoped to escape the storm and find a little more shelter in the channel. After a few days of sailing day and night, the days are starting to wash together, but we already done 196 miles ⛵⛵ Time to get some rest and to escape strong winds we have decided to stop in Hennigsvaer. The locals gave as a warm welcome and even came to our rescue, as with no wind and current in the harbour, we struggled to get in. After a rainy day its time to cook a tasty fish soup and warm up. Its been a rainy evening so we decided to organise the ship, fix a few things and get a good rest before we start tomorrow's adventures.Read more

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    Summer day in the Arctic

    June 6, 2020 in Norway ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Saturdays for sure was a beautiful day starting in the Channel, which was a very calm, peaceful and super charming in the morning. We had midnight sun, rain, lots of clouds and sunshine again 🌞 The wind didn't pick up much, so our luck varried, as we did sometime between 0.3 to 7.5knots in one day. After the girls night Jenka went to wake up everyone and never returned 😴😴 guess the cabin was just to comfortable, so I had a peaceful morning for myself. Basic boat life, caught a cod fish to supply tasty lunch, had at least 2 cups of cappuchino, and enjoyed the weather, which was amazing, at 6am was already 15 deegres and it was only getting warmer. Soon it was time to get the bikini out and sunbath in the bow, and every now and then I checked the charts trying not to run Solenya on the rocks 😅 After all the coffee, sunshine and some good tunes, I couldn't hold my excitement any longer and around 10am I decided to wake everyone up. We all enjoyed the sun and the never ending Arctic views. At one point in the afternoon there was just no wind, so for me that can only mean one thing, its time to get the fishing rod out. At first I caught a small cod fish, but soon after a real treasure hooked on. It was quite funny, as I just said wow I wish one day to catch a big Halibut. At first it felt unbelievable and a struggle, as my rod lost some screws (this must be Ronans doing although he still doesn't admit 🤔😂) but anyways the reel was not functioning the best, but after around a 15 mins fight we started to see something slowly coming up to the surface. At this moment I saw my biggest catch and I couldn't hold my excitement anymore, like a little kid I started screaming and jumping as I saw a Huuuuge Halibut. I think I should attach some part of the video, so you can all see 😂 Well as you can all imagine this beast barely fit into the boat and made a huge mess, we planned to go for a swim the whole day, so to celebrate the moment with Jenka we jumped in the water. Brrrr can't say it was not cold, but we are getting more and more use to it. Finally we got some wind again ⛵⛵ Saturday felt like a real summer day after the long and sometimes cold winter days, it was a real treat. Of course we will eat Halibut for days, as it weight 11kg. Nevertheless, fresh fish can never get boring, we had some fried and tomorrow we plan to make a tasty fish soup. After an exciting day I had to catch up on some sleep, so the others started the night watch, around 2am I woke up to the stunning views of Lofoten and I knew it was time to change shift and enjoy the midnight sun. Anyways, thats a new day and another story to tell.Read more

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    A peaceful channel

    June 6, 2020 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    After enjoying the beautiful sights of Senja and of course great wind, sometime after midnight we begin our journey in the Channel, heading slowly, but surely towards Lofoten. The midnight sun treated us just at the enterance, then went into hiding, but the clouds created stunning views with the surrounding snowy peaks, green forrests and colourful cosy Norwegian cottages. Tonight it is giiiiiiiirls night, as the boys take a little nap me and Jenka are in night watch 🙋‍♀️ we even nailed butterfly at least for few minutes 😜 I don't even have to say, but girls night means a lot of laughter, plenty of tea and snacks, some deep meaningful conversations and as it's 4am maybe even a little glass of wine.Read more

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    Senja ⛰️⛰️

    June 5, 2020 in Norway ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C

    Senja was beyond what we expected, and I have the say the photos that you see online don't do enough justice, you should come and see it for yourself 😉😎 Unfortunetly, the weather got bit rough, some mountain gusts meaning a little sea sickness and some strong wind to tackle after just few hours of sleep. However, we enjoyed stunning views, lots of naps, plenty of tea and thanked God for our auto pilot called 'Simona'.Read more

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    Our first day ⛵

    June 4, 2020 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C

    Before we could begin our trip of course a little TLC had to be done, to ensure Solenya is ready for the big trip ⛵⛵ 🛠️🛠️ After spending a fun month in Tromso, we enjoyed the last days of the snowy ski season and of course camping. Our journey started in the beginning of June with the beautiful midnight sun. Well, for those of you who don't know we are actually sailing without a working engine at the moment, but luck was on our side, as we found some oars, so getting out of the harbours is a great exercise. Unfortunetly, the wind was not on our side the first day, so leaving Tromso was longer than expected, but of course we enjoyed every moment and maybe we needed a little longer to say goodbye. We started our trip with sunshine, a good book, a little wine, and a lot of excitement for the upcoming adventures. Here are some pictures so you can all visualise a bit better :)Read more

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    Meet the crew

    June 3, 2020 in Norway ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C

    Just a few lines about us and our crazy ideas. Four of us live onboard Solenya, a mixed crew. Lauti from Argentina, Ronan from France, Jenka from Belgium and I'm from Hungary. Our trip is filled with laughter, lots and I mean lots of food, but who needs summer body during a Pandemic?! And every now and then sailing, but mostly just exploring hidden islands and fjords, light houses along the coast of Norway. Follow our journey and I hope you like our adventures from Norway to Scotland 🇳🇴 🇫🇮Read more

    Trip start
    June 4, 2020
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