Sails set, 7 knots, on our way from the Faroe Islands to Iceland. Standing in the cockpit with a smile on my face, rechecking the chart that’s shown on a display. No kidding. „Rosengarten“, it says. German for rose garden. What a name for a piece of the North Atlantic. Sailing from the Faroe Islands to Iceland …
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Sailboat Adventure Ahead. Route: Faroe Islands to Iceland
In the middle of getting ready for a sailing adventure. Moody 42 Center Cockpit Ketch. My friend Mike Henderson, sailing genius, is taking me along, with his beautiful sailboat Pangey. Tomorrow, I get on board, Wednesday we do a little sailing around the Faroes, and on Thursday, we start the crossing. Route: Faroes to Iceland, approximately two and a half days …
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Video: Gjógv. Famous gorge seen from village, cliff and sea
Scene of event: The outermost north-eastern tip of Eysturoy, about 30 inhabitants. The picturesque village of Gjógv, named after a sweeping 200-meter (656ft) gorge. Gjógv, the other way around: Very few people get a glimpse of the place seen from the ocean. This is where my video comes in …
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Being shipwrecked: Reflection, rescue and reward
One rope, two vessels and a comforting sound. Chug-chug. A marine engine, lively doing its job. Our engine – the exact opposite. Stubbornly silent. Out of order. As quiet as a mouse. The bad news: We are shipwrecked. Disabled and adrift. Powerless. For hours. The good news: Our ship, the M/B Irdi, just has been taken in tow, by the Susanna …
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The Magnificent Nine: Swimming, from one island to another
Let’s redefine swimming. The Magnificent Nine. Nine men, nine swimmers in triathlon suits. Nine Faroese on their way from Streymoy to Eysturoy. Means of transportation: physical strength. Only stopover: Flesjarnar, a group of skerries located between Hvítanes and Toftir. Distance: approximately 4,5 kilometers. Come along …
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Ocean rower Livar Nysted: „No time for babysitting out there“
No one to help. Nowhere to stop. Only the other side. Ocean rowing. One of the hardest sports in the world. Many say: the hardest of all. More people have been to space than have rowed the Atlantic Ocean. I’m just about to meet up with one of them. Livar Nysted (45). Faroese ocean rower and painter …
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The fabulous underwater world of Ingi Sørensen
Each time I’m on a rowboat, fishing vessel, sailing ship or ferry, I think of what is happening under the surface of the water, at that very moment, and in general. Deep down, covered by the water line, hidden from view, there is another world, intriguing and of surreal beauty. North Atlantic waters. Meeting Ingi Sørensen, photographer and diver …
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