Anchored for ten days in three different bays and cleaned up 5 tons of plastic together with Miljørederiet 💙⛵️

Helped to sail Sáivu, a Bavaria Ocean 42, up the Norwegian Coast, from the Oslo Fjord to Alta, repeating the same voyage that I did with my own boat four years earlier. However, instead of spending three months exploring the coast, we only had two weeks this time, meaning we had to sail past most of the beautiful coastline. We still managed to find time to explore a few places, and had stops in Kristiansand, Florø, Ålesund, Rødøy, Nusfjord, Svolvær, Sortland, Senja and Bergsfjord before reaching Alta. The crew was Veronica, Rune + Sue and Pete from New Zealand 🇳🇿

After spending the whole winter docked in Øksfjord, it was an amazing feeling to be back at sea again, even just for a few short days. I made my way to a new harbour, but made sure to spend two nights at anchor along the way. These gorgeous days are featured on my YouTube channel ♡

Overwintering in the cute fishing village, Øksfjord, and spending a week discovering my new backyard. The goal was to sail slowly, anchor up, and enjoy time alone. When sailing back into Øksfjord, I met a pod of humpback whales! 🐋 What an incredible experience, and it was caught on photo by Hilde Bye, a local photographer who was photographing the whales from land when I sailed by.

After receiving a grant for writers, I was able to officially become a full-time sailor and spend three whole months solo sailing around to find information for my book ♡ This sail was probably one of the most important ones for me. The route drawn here is roughly the route I followed over three months, spending a lot of time in anchorages and in small harbours talking to people and writing down my experiences.

The closest wharf that would lift my boat was Tromsø. It's a long journey to do solo, so I anchored up twice to split the hours across a few days.

I'm not revealing any of the anchor spots for this one haha. Three nights anchored ⚓️ Trip with friends.

In many ways, this was the sail which truly began my solo sailing adventure. Although I had already been living on board my boat for two years at this point, I was usually bringing friends aboard for longer sailing trips. Through a week of sailing on my own and visiting places that would become some of my favourites, I discovered the freedom and joy of sailing by myself.

Kirkenes - Havøysund. After a summer of cleaning marine waste around the area of Kirkenes, it was time for me to sail westwards to spend the winter in a more sheltered area. Once again, Rune joined me for this long sail. The winds were in our favour, and we only anchored once, making full use of a weather window that would allow us to make it to Havøysund before a large low pressure entered the region.

Alta - Kirkenes with Rune, and I finally completed the entire Norwegian coast. Despite sailing in May, we still met heavy snow showers and gales on this sail. We sailed consecutively from Alta to Vardø, a journey which took around 50 hours. Resting in Vardø before crossing the Varanger Fjord, right on the border to Russia. We anchored near Skogerøya before the final sail to Kirkenes.