Category: Faroes
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Scoresby Sund Expedition – We have made it to Iceland after a nasty incident!
Day 84. 4th July 2026 Reading time : 5 minutes Confidence rating: 8.75/10 Grit and Jo arrived safely in the Faroes and we explored the town. I had a plan to leave on Tuesday morning and had been doing the usual checks on the Windy app. On Monday morning my check revealed a worsening position…
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Scoresby Sund Expedition – On our way to Iceland.
Day 80 30th June 2026 Reading Time: 30 seconds Confidence rating: 9/10 Follow our progress on the tracker on Sumara’s webite. We are trying to beat the strong winds due in a few days. Let’s see how we get on.
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Scoresby Sund Expedition – We made it to the Faroe Islands!
Day 74. 24th June 2026 Reading time: Five minutes Confidence Level: 7/10 A few weather concerns but hey what’s new! The weather Gods were on our side for this leg, but maybe not being quite so kind for the next one. We left Ullapool early on Sunday morning with a forecast of reasonably strong southerly…
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Scoresby Sund 2026 – it’s on!
30th January 2025 Reading time: 5 minutes I am going to have just one more attempt to get to Scoresby Sund in my little 26 foot wooden yacht. This time will be my 4th try and it will definitely my last attempt! Before committing to the expedition I needed to secure a seafaring crew for…
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Technical Problems
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 32. 12th July 2022 Position: Moored Torshavn Weather: The wind has dropped from F9 to about F7, not sure whether to call that good or not. It was a fiercely windy night here last night. Jannicke returned from the airport because all the flights were cancelled. She has only just…
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A short video for a change
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022. Day 31. 11th July 2022. Position: Moored Torshavn, Faroe Islands: Weather: Foggy drizzle. Sea Condition: Not too sure but a yacht has just been towed in dismasted! Matteo, who has just completed sailing in the Round Britain and Ireland Race in his little Vertue told me to stop posting pictures of…
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The trip up here wasn’t so bad after all!
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 24. 7th July 2022 Position: Moored Torshavn Wind: Southerly F6: Visibility: Poor. Sea condition: Probably rather rough, but we are snugged up in the harbour Almost two whole days have passed and already the journey up here doesn’t seem so bad. Soon we will be saying how lovely it was.…
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Absolutely Shocking!
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 26. 6th July 2022 Position: Moored Torshavn, Faroe Islands Wind: Not a drop now. Visibility: Fog. Sea condition: Calm Well Emily Dickinson might describe the first league from land as divine intoxication, but I can think of a few other words to describe our awful journey. Jannicke arrived on Saturday…
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A Tricky Call
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 22. 2nd July 2022 Position: Moored Ullapool Wind: NW F4 Visibility: Good. Sea condition: Calm. Weather: Sunny Spells Sometimes I wish it would just blow a full nasty gale, then you can shrug your shoulders and put the kettle on as there would be no point in trying to venture…
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62,58.94N x 007,24.49W Speed 2.8 knots. Course north. Wind F2 West.
Sumara set of at 03:30 this morning and was followed later by Thembi. We have just heard from Thembi over the VHF and they have spotted us on the horizon. The wind has been fair for several hours and we have made a very pleasant run of about 40 nm with air temperature of up…