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Wayfarer
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v/ Jon Saxhaug |
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INFO : N.Cape at Lat.
N. 71* 10' 21" and plateau 304 m abv Sea
Level. Most Nothern Spit/tongue of land
of Norway is the low point, Knivskjellodden, on the
left at Lat. N. 71* 11' 08" about 8,5 km West of N.Cape. |
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Big
Seas at Blodskuttodden[Blood-cutting-point] |
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Morning in Kjøllesfjord |
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Hello
WAYFARERS - North Cape News of 2005 JUN 22 ! Very late
to bed last night after driving 650 km from the morning at Honningsvåg by North Cape we were lucky to catch the last
flight in the evening from Kirkenes by Russian
border, to fly 1hr.50min back here, where we by car northbound used 30
hours continous driving being 4 drivers taking
turns to drive the car with the trailer behind pulling Wayfarer 4935 -
gorgeous trip! From the
North Cape plateau 307 m above sealevel we watched
the Artic Ocean below and down there W4935 had
passed by 2½ hours earlier. We had been out from the nightstop
place Gjesvik(where we all four slept in a small
cabin on a jetty by the harbour with W4935 -
who used 10½ hours from Hammerfest to there - tied up below) on a
"Bird Safari" to see *bird mountains* with Sea-eagles and the
largest single colony of 360.000-400.000 pairs of Puffins(Norw. 'Lundefugl') called the Sea-Parrot in some langu-ages. Paid a lot of money for that whereas Jon
& Jo in W4935 did the sightseeing free of charge! They later
ran into double reefed mainsail and small jib conditions, and
strong currents before being becalmed at *Kinnarodden*(meaning
the point/cape by Kinna before/west of Gamvik), where they floated about enjoying new caught
Cod with vine and later Coffee avec - some kind of tasty fluid added
while hailing the midnight sun or fog! Last message from last night(21st JUN
05)! At N.Cape I climbed - demanding work - down to Hornvika(narrow bay) where King Chualonghorn
of Siam in 1907 with party in boats had landed and climbed up 307 meters
to walk on the plateau. In the Panorama Building - built into the rocky north
face of N.Cape - there is a Panorama showing this
and also a small Thai Museum(like a small WAT temple) with a statue of
the great King Chualonghorn much admired for his
doings - among others opening up Siam towards the West, and having a
fine relation-ship with the Kings and Kingdoms of Scandinavia. Impressive to
think that soon 100 years ago he walked around up here, and indeed you really
had to walk and climb then ! W4935 by
W1348 as reporter - with K.jr. + K.sr. being
'pit'-workers/supporters for the first phase. KenW1348"Maitken" |
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Got
this morning, 2005 JUN 23, the following SMS in Norwegian: |
*Hard vind, ingen
vind, stekte torskefileter, tåke,
så sol og regn og liten kuling. Kom surfende inn tetrapode-moloens havneåpning i Berlevåg m. liten fokk og klossrevet storseil. Skikkelig W-turseiling! Ank. 03.00, drikker øl nå kl. 3
morgen under cockpitteltet, mens regnen trommer. Vest-kuling
varslet, forventer liggedag! Vi har da ferie!* |
In
English: "Hard/strong winds, no wind, fried cod-filéts, fog, then sun in a break, rain and incr. "liten kuling" (gale-force
about 12-14m/sec. Ken). Came surfing into Berlevåg
through the gap of the 'tetrapode-breakwater' pier-heads
on small jib + double-reefed main. Real W-cruising! Arr. at
03.00 a.m. now drinking beer under cockpit-tent while rain is
pouring/drumming the canvas. Westerly galeforce
warning is on, expect lay-over day. We are on vacation and mid-summercruise aren't we!?" |
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Just received 2005 JUN 26 at14:49 EUR. |
"Ohoy Ken ! We have now just arrived Vardø. Only W-trysail, running in 'liten
kuling'(F 6 ~ 12-14 m/sec. Ken) from NNW, 3 - 4
meter waves, however no spray! A real faboulous
trip, marvellous seaworthy 'ship', quite outstanding!
Had a Cafe-owner from Hamningberg along, who never
sailed bef., got seasick, but still very positiv.
At a Thai-Cafe in Vardø, we're smiling
all over from glorious 'summer-cruise' ! Nice
day to you"
Jon & Jo Norw.; "O'hoy Ken! Vi har akkurat
ank. Vardø. Bare 'W-trysail',
lense i liten kuling, 3 -
4 meter bølger, ingen sprut! Fabelaktig tur, en sjødyktig skute, helt
fremragende. Hadde med Cafe-eier
fra Hamningberg, som aldrig seilt
før, sjøsyk og svært positiv. Thai Cafe i Vardø, smiler over en herlig sommertur!
God dag fra Jon & Jo." |
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27.-6-2005 Latest
SMS from this morning: |
"Hard
on the wind, tack-tack, lots of wind! Went into Kiberg
in the night. Now running SW. Sun, good speed. Happy ship!" Jon Norw.: "Hård motvind X-på-X, mye vind; gikk inn til Kiberg i natt. Nå lens SV-over. Sol, god fart. Happy ship!" Jon |
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Msg.
evening of 2005 JUN27, Monday: |
"W4935
'BRIS' arrived this evening at Kirkenes. Now
enjoying beer and potatoes. Really appreciated the
*W-trysail* in rough conditions with 3-4 meter waves into Vardø. Will tomorrow start the very long car-journey southb. for Oslo." Jo & Jon. Happy
indeed I am now, and shall pour myself a whiskey to celebrate their safe
arrival! Ken W1348 Norw.: "W4835 'BRIS' ankom i kveld(mandag
27/6 05) til Kirkenes. Nyter nå pils og poteter. Verdsatte virkelig *W-trysail* i barske forhold med 3 - 4 meter bølger inn til Vardø. Starter i morgen
den lange bil-turen sydover til Oslo." Jo
& Jon. Sannelig
er jeg glad over deres lykkelige ankomst og skal feire
det med en liten *skarp* en!
KenW1348 |
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