Nous sommes donc partis par petit temps. Le soleil se lève et le voyage commence très bien. En plus je vois sur un îlot avant de sortir en mer une touffe de salicaire (kattehalle en Norvégien), une de mes plantes préférées; je ne suis pas supersticieuse mais c’est un bon signe!
Jens enregistre la destination Lerwick aux Shetland dans le système de navigation et le bateau y va tout droit. On n’a qu’à regarder le paysage …
Nous essayons de nous reposer à tour de rôle et je fais une bonne sieste. Nous avons le foc et le moteur au ralenti mais vers 15 h nous baissons le foc, plus de vent du tout. Ça bouge un peu, il y a de la houle du nord mais rien de bien méchant. Nous grignotons des ”knekkebrød”, des Wasa et buvons du 7Up, plus des amandes et des raisins. Nous voyons les côtes de Norvège jusqu’à 17 h.
A 9 h on se fait un capuccino, s’il vous plait (en poudre!).
Nous passons près de plusieurs plates-formes pétrolières, 4 à gauche et 1 à droite, plus un ”supply boat”, un grand bateau qui monte la garde près des plates-formes. Normalement il n’y a pas de couverture pour les téléphones portables en mer mais près des plates-formes il y en a et notre Kristin nous téléphone juste à ce moment là. Le soleil se couche vers 22 h 30 et le ciel est tout rouge: ”Red sky at night, sailors delight; red sky in the morning, sailor take warning”! (Ciel rouge le soir, le marin a de l’espoir; ciel rouge le matin, le marin a du chagrin (traduction approximative!).
Vers minuit et demi le vent tourne du nord-ouest au sud-est et se lève. La météo l’avait bien prévu. Et là ça commence à souffler. On remonte le foc et nous allons à une bonne vitesse juste avec le foc et le moteur au ralenti. Jusqu’à maintenant j’avais pris des notes mais plus question de le faire, ça bouge bien trop. Heureusement j’ai pris une pillule contre le mal de mer. On prend des tours de garde, Jens peut dormir mais pas moi. On est en combinaisons d’hiver, il fait 10 degrés dehors. Les vagues augmentent, 2 m en moyenne, parfois une plus grande arrive mais Maja les prend très bien.
On écoute la radio, d’abord NRK (la radio norvégienne) puis plus loin en mer je capte un programme en Anglais, un reportage sur l’Arménie. Quand le programme se termine, je découvre que c’est la ”Voice of Russia” qui arrive jusqu’à nous!
La nuit se passe comme ça, parfois c’est bien parfois un peu trop pour moi. Mais je sens que le bateau va très bien et en fait le temps passe vite. Le soleil se relève vers 3 h et, mince, le ciel est rouge! Puis le soleil disparait rapidement et il fait gris.
A 6 h, Jens reprend et juste avant d’aller me coucher j’ai le mal de mer, et pourtant j’avais repris une pillule. Ce n’est pas rigolo. Je me couche et Jens, sympa, barre jusqu’à 11 h. Lui aussi est un peu barbouillé. On change à peu près toutes les 2 h, on commence à sentir la fatigue.
Il pleut et la visibilité est réduite mais le vent baisse. Nous allons comme ça tout le dimanche. Les vagues diminuent aussi. Vers 6 h nous croisons plusieurs voiliers qui viennent des Shetland. Ce sont les concurrents de la régate Bergen-Shetland-Bergen qui rentrent.
Il pleut bien et on ne voit pas grand chose. Mais je vois quand même des oiseaux, genre mouettes, à la tête jaune pâle et aux ailes blanches et noirs. Des "gannets" en Anglais.
Il faut avoir le nez sur les Shetland pour les voir! Je suis surprise, ce sont des collines arrondies, vertes et sans arbres. On arrive enfin à Lerwick, il est 21 h 30 le dimanche 26 Juin. Heure locale 20 h 30. On a mis 37 h 30. Pas mal, on avait compté à peu près 40 h. On va se mettre au Small Boats Harbour et nous trouvons une place à coté d’un Fisher, le même genre de bateau que le nôtre. J’ai hissé le pavillon de courtoisie des Shetland (bleu avec une croix blanche).
Il faut avoir le nez sur les Shetland pour les voir! Je suis surprise, ce sont des collines arrondies, vertes et sans arbres. On arrive enfin à Lerwick, il est 21 h 30 le dimanche 26 Juin. Heure locale 20 h 30. On a mis 37 h 30. Pas mal, on avait compté à peu près 40 h. On va se mettre au Small Boats Harbour et nous trouvons une place à coté d’un Fisher, le même genre de bateau que le nôtre. J’ai hissé le pavillon de courtoisie des Shetland (bleu avec une croix blanche).
On va faire une petite promenade pour bouger un peu, sous la pluie, dinons d’un oeuf et d’un yaourt, et allons nous coucher, fatigués mais contents.
We started in light wind. The sun rises and the journey begins very well. In addition I see on a little island before leaving a tuft of purple loosestrife (kattehalle in Norwegian), one of my favorite plants, I'm not superstitious but it is a good sign!
Jens records the destination Lerwick in Shetland in the navigation system and the boat goes straight there. We have just to look at the landscape ... (seascape?)
We try to rest in turn and I take a good nap. We have the jib and the engine at low speed but at around 3 pm we lower the jib, no more wind at all. The boat is rolling a little, there is swell from the north but nothing too serious. We nibble of "knekkebrød" (Wasa) and drink 7Up, plus almonds and raisins. We see the coast of Norway until 5pm.
At 9 pm we make a cappuccino, (powder!).
We pass by several oil rigs, four on the left and one on the right, and a supply boat. Normally there is no coverage for mobile phones at sea, but near the platforms there is and our Kristin phones right then. The sun sets at about 10: 30 pm and the sky is red: "Red sky at night, sailors delight, red sky in the morning, sailor take warning"!
Around half past midnight the wind shifted from the northwest to the southeast and became stronger. The weather forecast was right. And then it starts to blow really. We have a good speed with just the jib and the engine at low speed. Until now I had taken notes but now it is impossible. Fortunately I took a pill against seasickness. We take turn, Jens can sleep but not me. We are wearing our winter overalls, it's 10 degrees outside. The waves rise, on average
2 m, from time to time a bigger one. Maja takes them very well.
We are listening to the radio, first NRK (Norwegian Radio) and then further out to sea I pick up a program in English, a report on Armenia. When the program ends, I discover that it is the "Voice of Russia" which comes to us!
The night passes like that, most of the time it is OK, sometimes a bit too much for me. But I feel that the boat is going very well and the time passes quickly. The sun rises at about 3 am and, too bad, the sky is red! Then the sun disappears quickly and it is gray.
At 6 am on Sunday, Jens takes again and just before going to bed I get seasick, yet I had taken a pill. This is not funny. I go to bed and Jens, very nicely, keeps stearing until 11 am although he is not feeling too well himself. We change about every 2 hours after that, we start to feel tired.
It rains and the visibility is poor but the good thing is, the wind goes down. We go like that all day Sunday. The waves also decrease. At around 6 pm we met several sailboats coming from Shetland. These are the competitors of the regatta Bergen-Shetland-Bergen on their way back.
It rains and we do not see much. But I manage to see very beautiful birds white with a light yellow head and white and black wings. I think they are called gannets in English.
You need to have the nose on the Shetland to see them! I'm surprised, they are low hills, green and treeless. We finally reaches Lerwick, it is 9: 30 pm Sunday, June 26,(8: 30 pm local time). It took us 37 hours and 30 minutes. Not bad, we had thought it will take us about 40 hours. We go to the Small Boat Harbour and find a place next to a Fisher, the same kind of boat as ours. I hoisted the courtesy flag of Shetland (blue with a white cross).
We take a short walk under the rain, dine of an egg and a yogurt, and go to bed, tired but happy.
Jens records the destination Lerwick in Shetland in the navigation system and the boat goes straight there. We have just to look at the landscape ... (seascape?)
We try to rest in turn and I take a good nap. We have the jib and the engine at low speed but at around 3 pm we lower the jib, no more wind at all. The boat is rolling a little, there is swell from the north but nothing too serious. We nibble of "knekkebrød" (Wasa) and drink 7Up, plus almonds and raisins. We see the coast of Norway until 5pm.
At 9 pm we make a cappuccino, (powder!).
We pass by several oil rigs, four on the left and one on the right, and a supply boat. Normally there is no coverage for mobile phones at sea, but near the platforms there is and our Kristin phones right then. The sun sets at about 10: 30 pm and the sky is red: "Red sky at night, sailors delight, red sky in the morning, sailor take warning"!
Around half past midnight the wind shifted from the northwest to the southeast and became stronger. The weather forecast was right. And then it starts to blow really. We have a good speed with just the jib and the engine at low speed. Until now I had taken notes but now it is impossible. Fortunately I took a pill against seasickness. We take turn, Jens can sleep but not me. We are wearing our winter overalls, it's 10 degrees outside. The waves rise, on average
2 m, from time to time a bigger one. Maja takes them very well.
We are listening to the radio, first NRK (Norwegian Radio) and then further out to sea I pick up a program in English, a report on Armenia. When the program ends, I discover that it is the "Voice of Russia" which comes to us!
The night passes like that, most of the time it is OK, sometimes a bit too much for me. But I feel that the boat is going very well and the time passes quickly. The sun rises at about 3 am and, too bad, the sky is red! Then the sun disappears quickly and it is gray.
At 6 am on Sunday, Jens takes again and just before going to bed I get seasick, yet I had taken a pill. This is not funny. I go to bed and Jens, very nicely, keeps stearing until 11 am although he is not feeling too well himself. We change about every 2 hours after that, we start to feel tired.
It rains and the visibility is poor but the good thing is, the wind goes down. We go like that all day Sunday. The waves also decrease. At around 6 pm we met several sailboats coming from Shetland. These are the competitors of the regatta Bergen-Shetland-Bergen on their way back.
It rains and we do not see much. But I manage to see very beautiful birds white with a light yellow head and white and black wings. I think they are called gannets in English.
You need to have the nose on the Shetland to see them! I'm surprised, they are low hills, green and treeless. We finally reaches Lerwick, it is 9: 30 pm Sunday, June 26,(8: 30 pm local time). It took us 37 hours and 30 minutes. Not bad, we had thought it will take us about 40 hours. We go to the Small Boat Harbour and find a place next to a Fisher, the same kind of boat as ours. I hoisted the courtesy flag of Shetland (blue with a white cross).
We take a short walk under the rain, dine of an egg and a yogurt, and go to bed, tired but happy.
Bye, bye Norvège/Norway
Une plate-forme
An oil rigg
Photo prise à 11 h du soir samedi, on a fait à peu près un tiers du chemin
Picture taken at 11 pm on Saturday, we have done about a third of the way.
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