I started this blog almost 2 months ago. normally 2 months of silence would indicate that maybe i had gotten second thoughts ... or even given up. leaving this as one of the many 1 post blogs you find around. this is luckily not the case, as i have been planning, thinking, dreaming and talking to people about the sailing project. most importantly i

We've clocked in to the new year and at the moment of writing we now have 2 years 11 months 11 days 6 hours 37 minutes and 18 seconds before 2010 is upon us. i've looked at the things i need to do and then started counting backwards. the plan is to start the circumnavigation in 2010. prior to that i want to have sailed the boat for a year, giving m

3 months has passed since i last wrote. much has happened since then. i spent february and march planning like normal: talking back and forth with hans lange at lange maritime, working out the details for the brand new ovni 395 i wanted to buy. the plan was to spend this year working out the details and buy it next year. sounds simple? … it could

Time has flown ... i can't believe that almost a year has passed since my last blog entry. if anything, it proves that i've been busy, and haven't been traveling much. the only traveling i've done has been a couple of trips home to stavanger and working my ass off this summer for hurtigruten on ms nordnorge. in case you have no idea what ms nordnor

Tanna in vanuatu is all about the volcano, so needless to say when we were there, we were all about the volcano. it was awesome. we spend an entire afternoon and an hour after dark witnessing the fury of the volcano. it is amazing. anywhere else on the planet we wouldn't have been allowed as close, but on tanna: no problem, but look up for falling

When looking at a catamaran i'm looking for the following features. basically this list helps me eliminate catamarans that won't measure up to the kind of sailing i want to do. 1. size: 38 – 44 feet in length. 2. 360 degrees visibility of the outside when seated inside.3. a high bridgedeck clearance of 6% of lwl.4. good sailing performance, parti

Welcome to paradise. if you haven't been to palmerston, don't plan on flying here. the nearest airport is 2 days away on a fast moving motor boat. besides the supply ship that shows up here every 3 - 6 months, the only other contact with the outside world is with sailboats that stop by. last year 90 sailboats stopped here and from the looks of it,

When i left sydney i flew straight home to stavanger. even though it had been over 2 years since i was last at home, i didn't stay long … in fact i was only there for 5 days before i boarded a plane and flew on. this time my destination was far north in norway: bodø, the first proper city you meet after crossing the arctic circle. why am i here?

In 2010 i’m going to set sail on a circumnavigation. i’m making this blog to keep track of my progress and so that you can read it and help me stay on track. right now 2010 is 3 years 4 months 17 days 1 hour 21 minutes and 18 seconds away … that seems like a long time, but i have this strange feeling that time will fly, especially when i look

We left noumea fully planning to sail to coff's harbor, but plans change (as they often do when you're dependent on the direction of the wind). we actually had decent wind for most of the trip, but some bad weather was brewing further south and when the haul out facility we were supposed to go to broke their cradle, so they couldn't do anything for