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Click book image for details. Latest Posts 21 Mar South Around Stad When we returned back south of the notorious headland Stad in early January from Haddalsvika, ... 20 Mar Haddalsvika After exploring Storfjorden, we made one more stop in the Ulsteinvik area as we proceeded ... 19 Mar Geirangerfjord Geirangerfjord, a branch of Storfjorden, is one of the better known and popular fjords in ... 17 Mar Romsdalsfjorden At 46 nautical miles long, Romsdalsfjorden is the ninth-longest fjord in Norway. The fjord ... 16 Mar Kristiansund After heading south from Trondheim, we made two brief stops before spending Christmas Eve and ... 15 Mar Trondheim Dirona spent five weeks in Trondheim in 2018 as part our making of a trip back to the US, and ... 14 Mar North Towards Trondheim From Atlanterhavsvegen, we traveled 117 miles north towards Trondheim in five short runs. ... 13 Mar Atlanterhavsvegen Atlanterhavsvegen (Atlantic Ocean Road) is one of Norway’s 18 National Tourist Routes ... 12 Mar Alesund If you enjoy holiday lights, Norway is a wonderful place to be in the winter. Most Norwegian ... 11 Mar Heroy The Heroy municipality’s name derives from an old Norse term meaning “archipelago ... 10 Mar Flavaer Islands The lighthouse in Norway’s Flavaer Islands was built in 1870 to guide mariners into ... 09 Mar Syltejforden Norway’s headland Stad is so notorious for dangerous conditions that an escort service is ... 08 Mar Froya The days continued to get shorter as we traveled further north in our Norwegian winter ... 07 Mar Gulen After visiting Hovden, we spent two nights in Gulen, a small fjord just north of Floro with ... 06 Mar Returning to North America The one constant on Dirona is our trip plans change frequently. We’ve been in Europe four ... 06 Mar Hovden The Kvanhovden lighthouse on the exposed west coast of Hovden opened in 1895. Much of the old ... 03 Mar HVAC Replacement Last summer, our pilot house and master stateroom HVAC units stopped working. Since we’d ... 01 Mar Floro The coastal town of Floro, roughly midway between Sognefjord and the headland Stad, was founded ... Next Leave a Comment Cancel Comment Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed . Recent general comments and questions ( view all ) Colin Rae says: March 19, 2021 at 2:16 pm Did you have any admin problems getting back into Scotland with Spitfire post Brexit? Reply Jennifer Hamilton says: March 19, 2021 at 4:17 pm So long as we keep Spitfire confined to the boat, we can bring him in without formality. That is the same as pre-Brexit. If we wanted to bring him ashore, that’s more involved and as far as we know can only be done through commercial transport (that was true pre-Brexit as well), except if coming from Ireland. Jennifer Reply Colin Rae says: March 19, 2021 at 5:45 pm Makes sense. Thanks. Reply Kenneth Budge says: March 14, 2021 at 1:36 pm Good afternoon. I passed you yesterday morning in the white catamaran . Have been reading all your interesting advice on your pages . And noticed on your data display the water temp was 48.2 farenheight which I think is a bit high I have 5.8 ° c . Maybe I’m reading your data wrong ? Have loved reading all about your adventures . Kenny . I spoke with you off the rear deck off Lifeboat the other day . Reply James Hamilton says: March 14, 2021 at 4:43 pm We’re reading the water temperature 4′ (1.2M) down. It might be slightly warmer down there or we might ...