A New Boat – Kashmir

I’m buying a sailboat.  It’s in Lewisporte NF. 

The seller and I made an agreement a few weeks ago subject to my inspection.  I flew out to St John’s on Saturday, rented a car and drove about 400 kms to see the boat, then did the return trip Sunday.  

I’ll let the owner’s description and photos do the explaining.  The pilothouse really works for me.

https://www.helplink.com/Kashmir/index.html

https://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/109374

I didn’t take any photos of my own.  It was cold.

Monday March 23 , return trip, from Bodø Havn to Rørvik

One of my many attempts to capture the northern lights. Pretty difficult in cloudy, rainy weather.
The globe is a visual representation of the Arctic Circle
Heading south across the Arctic Circle
Another view of Nesna, where I saw the beautiful sunrise last week
I had to include this because it was a miracle that I ate the pea soup.…

Homeward Bound

We’re in Amsterdam, heading home tomorrow.  Had another travel challenge when we found out last night that our tickets for the flight out of Bergen today had been cancelled due to our no show on the original flight.  And no seats were available that would get us here in time.

We recovered fairly gracefully.  Got off the boat at midnight in Alesund, stayed in a hotel there, and flew here today via Oslo and Stockholm.  Not unpleasant. 

The trip south was stormy much of the time.  Our outer deck was closed at times, but the top deck was open. 

Great trip.  I’m glad we were able to do it.