The Faroe Islands - South to North

Vágur:

When we arrived in Vágur we were greeted by the harbourmaster at the docks, we did some paperwork and he called a customs officer, so we could get checked-in, into the Faroe Islands.

The harbourmaster told us that there were only about twenty pleasure vessels visiting Vágur each year. Therefore, it didn’t surprise us that it seemed like every local swung by the boat during the day we were there.

At the dock in Vágur

Cliffs facing the north atlantic 

The scenery of the Faroe Islands is mostly sharp cliffs or smooth mountains carpeted green, making it quite the spectacular sight. So, the next morning we went on a hike on one of these smooth but steep mountains. We were astonished by the amount of fencing that where put up to keep the sheep from running away, even on the steepest part of the mountain. This made it rather hard to travers up and try to dodge all the sheep.

Making our way up the mountain with Vágur in the background

After the hike Bent, Catrine and Marselius went to check out the swimming pool. Because this small town has a well decorated swimmer, they decided to build a fifty-meter swimming pool, because of this a lot of swimmers comes here to practice.

Torshavn:

After they swam we headed out of the harbour and set a course for Torshavn, about 35nm north. Because of some strong westerly winds, the night before, this made for a rocky sail. We arrived in Torshavn at night, but a regatta that where to take place the next day, the harbour where full so we had to dock up at the shipyard.

Torshavn shipyard

After a good night sleep, the crew split up the next morning to explore the capital city of Faroe Island. We rounded of the day by eating at a local pizza place and watching a movie onboard.

Klaksvig:

Klaksvig

At five in the morning the next day, Lars and Bent threw of the lines heading north again, now for Klaksvig. Almost no wind and fairly strong head current, meant motoring the 20nm. Klaksvig is a proud fishing town but have got some bad publicity the later years, because of the Long-finned pilot whale hunting.

We eat breakfast onboard before we went ashore for a walk thru the town. We went by the local brewery and pick up some local beer and cider. Then we went out at sea again and out the Karlsoe-fjord now with the current with us heading for Iceland.

Roundabout with a fishinghook

But when we were almost out of the fjord and out on the ocean, Bent noticed that his video camera was missing. A quick brainstorm later he concluded that he left the camera on the counter in the brewery. The boat was turned around and we headed upstream back to Klaksvig. An hour and a half later, he had the camera back and we headed out the fjord one last time, and this time we didn’t look back.

On our way out Karlsoe-fjord