JOACHIM RØNNEBERG
‘Fred og frihet er ingen selvfølge’
TIRSDAG 26/5 – BERGEN – NORWAY
Lot’s of things happened. We finally fixed the hydraulic mainsail furler on Vlieland. Well, in fact ‘Mugabe’ did, but ‘Alesund’ Dirkie and I added very important mental help. Than we didn’t wait a second longer and left immediately for our new destination. 77 hours later we arrived in Strusshamn, a little gjestehamn near Bergen. Except for a few hours we had a pretty easy ride, most of the time with the help of Perki. Yesterday we visited Bergen, today we did some little maintenance and tomorrow morning we’re leaving for a new destiny up north. More to come the next days and weeks.
IT IS GETTING EXCITING
Lot’s of things happened. The engine was ready until something broke off. The powercable had some issues with itself. We’re feeding Lady Tuuli so much she’s laying straight on het waterline, but I think she likes it. At this moment there are some little things I could do on board, but that’s as always on any boat.
There’s only one real thing left. We have to mount the hydraulic furler, which is finally repaired, back into the mast. If that is going well, not leaking oil or other funny things, we’re planning of leaving Makkum to Vlieland on Monday. And if the weather predictions hold on we’re leaving Vlieland on Tuesday or Wednesday morning.
It’s about 350 miles to our next destination. Fingers crossed 😉
STILL ON SCHEDULE
Next week we’re leaving the rental house we stayed for the last couple of months and finally move in to our beloved Lady Tuuli. It’s not that she’s completely ready yet, but we still have a few weeks to manage all the last things. A new alternator, some batteries, a mast, starlink, sails and a lot of fuel, just to mention some little things.
Then we’ll set sail for Vlieland and as soon as we get a nice weather window it’s straight off to the west coast of Norway.
