Sailing Towards Norway and Svalbard. EP8 Tromsø-Skjervøy-(Isoyne) Svalbard.

Good evening. Today is the 12th of July 2023 our second day in Longyearbyen, Spetsbergen, Svalbard, Spitsbergen. So this episode we left Tromsø in quite warm weather, sunny and went quite far north in Norway and we found a very nice place called Skjørborg And that's where we left when we went north The rest you can see in the episode Now we're here to show our passport at the border control Before we leave Tromsø. Back from police station and border control Svalbard doesn't belong to Schengen Therefore you should show your passport before you leave It's a small thing Taking bath from that place Four days or something, three or four days here in Tromsø All hours on a day they take bath from there Four o'clock in the morning, we wake up some young kids are having fun. Nowhere to fuel up here, so we go to Skatdøra, three nautical miles north of Tromsø Heading below the bridge Some yellow thing Half an hour late or something. We are in Skatdøra Diesel pump Now we have topped up our diesel fuel Some hours with engine in the fjords and when there is no wind no time to just Lay in too long too long. So that's the way it is and you see super summer Tromsø Very soon north 70 degrees Kind people in the marina They send me some Is it washer or something in English? Skivor på norsk Brickor på svenska Tie it here One boat ahead in the stern More activity than one might imagine. We are very close to north 70 degrees now Here we have some towing There might be hard to see, but a small boat Couple of persons out fishing. We won't see it probably on the film, but in the middle there is also a small boat And it's very close to midnight if I didn't say it also. This is the one who's getting towed Time is close to midnight There I think it is Felt good Feeling very privileged Sail here on our own keel in this latitude Here we see Tromsø We're gonna anchor here. This is how it looks north 70 degrees wind is beginning to die But it was quite rough wind just an hour ago More or less the whole Norwegian Sea on the north Free passage in the sound. Yeah, you see below the sound actually We came from there. So often in Norway the mountains block the wind. No timetable actually and Guys can do what we want Yeah, we want to do this Change of heart again But you see the weather was so fantastic I was not tired and we find Another place Skværvøy I think the name is of this village. I mean, we are quite far up north and there is just big society Again in one of the islands. Now I want to see if I can find a place to moor as usual Yeah, I was down sleeping Wow, huh, just look at it How does it become more beautiful? green flat water Sun snow Warm. Time is now 4 in the morning I think I go for that one. There is several place you can choose here I took a chance and we found a port side Just put out some fender Go in for landing A bit soon from the other side also Other side One easy One boat, boat, boat That will be perfect Just a couple of meters more I think Fly to reverse Then we might find a small bollard Just going ashore Yeah, this was good Reach this one Almost I need to get in a little bit There it is Little pause from filming One more rope to take back And we are home safe Once a time Just to clean all the salt From the rough weather A couple of hours yesterday This is Pegasus from New Zealand actually Mark and friend They bought the boat in Europe Made in stainless steel Not usual They are also heading to Svalborn Top up now and then they go for anchor tonight And I hope to see them there This is the routine We didn't prepare some lunches for the following days Now we are letting off The last morning line Next time Hopefully Långjärbyn in Svalborn Losey loose Now we are loose Leaving Top notch harbour marina Skjærbøy And heading to Svalborn now See you in a while Little bit wet We didn't know there could be rain in Norway But today there is rain Fog and maybe some fog also First night Top of the night Been on the road for a couple of hours We both sailed up Doing about 3-4 Sometimes 5 knots Strangely enough It's The wind is coming from Northwest Should be northeast So I'm suspecting That we should tack In a while Just now It looks like we have 5 days Of quite good weather When it changes to more northeast Then it should be northeast Or east And the wind With us For more or less 5 days Sometimes maybe Even Calm So we haven't decided yet If we Will anchor At Bjørnøya It's half the way to Longyearbyen I have some friends My little brother And Carl Johan My former colleague They are supporting me with weather information And suggestions Actually Carl Johan is in England We have Our first orcas This tour Kind of big family We can't count them exactly But Maybe 8, maybe 10 Maybe more We see all the birds So we are pretty sure They are eating fish Second night for us And it has At last changed to east Eastly Spotted one whale But as we saw On the distance Maybe 100-200 meters A family of orcas About half the way now To Mere Island Bjørnøya Decided Decided if We go to Bjørnøya Why we haven't decided this In like 2 days or something It should be Northerly or northwesterly When outside West of Svalbard We have support I hope On the weather So we are discussing it On SMS On our You have seen the garment Maybe in which We need to Make the SMS Now we do about 5, 6, even 7 Also We even got Bjørnøya on radar Bjørnøya And yes we were Also our plan To reach But due to the event Today We had to cancel that We are trying to take a selfie with Bjørnøya In the background Maybe it works Just woke up here Super foggy Just wanted to take some pictures Of north or west And Look the port Where the island was And we saw 100 meters, maybe less 50, super foggy And now this Wow wow wow So later today i will Start in the morning 3 o'clock now A little bit later In Edda I will tell you about What happened yesterday And the decisions we have Took in the morning Of the night And we will Talk a little bit about Some some Trouble we ran into Decisions to make So if you are in Between Norwegian Sea Arland Sea Between Norway, between Svalbard And You are beginning to take in Salt water We found in our keel That there was water And we did not know where it came from And After some maybe 15 20, maybe 30 minutes We could locate I think it took 30 minutes We could locate it to Gjertstokken Don't know that word in English But the pole holds the rudder The steer mechanism And On the top of that The pole The axle goes down There was leaking water And yeah What to do, a little lonely out there Pretty cold Everything is not perfect In That way to have that kind of trouble I am not a technical genius Either so I was not sure What it If it could get worse Still not actually And But I have some friends Two brothers Called Johan, former colleague And they know A lot of stuff and they know people Who told me For instance, many of us in the navy know him Tommi Nilsson Ustad And even another friend Called Johan So that was a discussion Amongst all of them Me and Eva We were Handling the situation On board And it was good advice That we should turn around Go back to Norway And get it fixed And yeah It took couple of hours or more This decision Discussion In both England and Sweden People spread out And yeah We discussed We have done this trip for two and a half years And Put a lot of money And effort into it And it was pretty close But not ready to gamble with life That's so important Of course it's not But thinking it through We were closer to Bear Island We actually held there But it's land At least And if we pass that one Then we still have it behind Until we get closer To Svalbard Southern tip Leaning a little bit If we turn back to Norway It would be Longer to land For a longer period On the other hand In Norway It's more easy to fix The problem Than I guess it would be In Longyearbyen Anyway We discussed it And thought it through The best we could And took a common decision To keep on going We skipped Bear Island Bjørnøya And Nordkapp We planned for it But that was not The main goals For the trips So we Decided to go Directly to Longyearbyen Because that felt good At the time You're back home You can think about What decision you have taken Not saying this is Right or wrong But it was the one we took And Over all of the years One has done things Ride motorcycle, cycle through Europe Car through Europe United States On the work sale A lot of distance Many different places All with their own Kind of problems Who popped up Many discussions over phones To friends To solve problems Technical or others And my experience is That somehow It solves It out So instead of Feeling a bit given up We got back to Norway It was on the table We took We go to Svalbard So Now we don't know how it will end But we think we have It under control And technical expertise They think it's A ring or something Don't know that in English either Like a round Rubber thing That maybe get a little bit tired It should be sculpted A little bit of protection For water to pop up That seems plausible That we get After we took the decision To continue to Longyearbyen But it felt good When we get that explanation We don't know if that Is that for sure But it felt good, feels good Looking at the shore Bear Island All this experience you see On the far left And you can see the pen now A little bit close to Spitsbergen The biggest island On Svalbard We will be flying between Six and seven knots With this speed We maybe have One and a half day or something No Let's have a look on Thermometer For a while now In my glasses It is 9.10 Hope you Enjoy Short as I do This morning in the sun We are down now Closing in to Southern tip of I haven't measured for a while I am not sure how long It is to southern I will check it later 50-60 knots A little bit in the distance But it is not so far in real world You see Pegasus A little bit tricky actually I am not sure also How surveyed this area really are A little bit slowly My first anchoring In Arctic Ground also Quite big actually We are anchored between two glaciers Welcome to Arctic Midnight First anchor here Between two glaciers We made it Eva will also be on the movie Cheers So now Eva is also With us Quite happy Hello Claus How are you Now we are quite far up north North 78 degrees For the moment And you remember North Pole 90 degrees North And we are heading More north In a day or two And I have heard something about People flying balloons Some 100 years ago Maybe a little bit more And I have heard About many different people At that time Tried to reach the North Pole On different ways but in balloon And even a swedish guy Andre I think Is the name Maybe you can help me find out What Andre did And how it went for him And if he discovered the North Pole And if he did not Do that Who did First That is the two questions I would like you to help me Find out the answers For this time I think it has to be the small one