#11. Bergen to Amsterdam | Heading Offshore

July 21, 2024 | Day 1 at Sea
Offshore Bergen

The first 24 hours of any trip with a heavy upwind start are always going to be chaotic. This past day has not been an exception. A scene akin to the climax of the film Triangle of Sadness came to mind as Mia and I handed over to one another at 10pm last night. “There is a bucket stationed in every area” she said to me, to the familiar background track of hurling. Someone had gone for round 2. But I’ll tell you - I’m not sure I’ve ever seen so much puke come with so many smiling faces. The crew are determined to soak up every last second that they can on deck. And so on they go, braving the undressing and dressing manoeuvre again and again and again. Impressive!

The good news is that the wind has veered around to the West now as forecast. So hopefully we will have a bit of reprieve from the bashing soon. It’s already tracking round the right, with Kaitie on the helm doing a stellar job following her course whilst the crew of Jaime and Lindsey trim sails to the changing wind. We had the staysail up all night with 3 reefs in as the wind exceeded 30 knots. Now happily flying a slightly reefed jib and one reef in the main zooming straight at Amsterdam at 8 knots! But now thinking that through … you can probably see that on the tracker :)

— Nikki