#11. Bergen to Amsterdam | Pre-Departure

July 18, 2024 | Getting ready for a passage
Hjelmås, Bergen

We are in Bergen as we speak, or actually, to be more correct, in Hjelmås, about 45 minutes north of the city, rafted up to ISBJØRN at her summer berth.

FALKEN arrived to Bergen from Galway on Saturday and I flew in with Andy. Last year when we looked at the schedule we realized that both ISBJØRN and FALKEN will be in Bergen at the same time, for the first time. We had to do something special! We hosted an ‘Open House’ on Sunday in downtown Bergen, and on Monday we took both boats out sailing up the fjords and got some stunning photos of the two boats alongside each other. Nikki who is the skipper for this leg arrived Monday and we have spent the last few days getting the boat ready and planning the passage south to Amsterdam, a new port for 59º North.

Crew will come out to FALKEN today, this will be our third ‘All Female’ Crew’, something we started back in 2022 when Emma, Nikki & I sailed ICEBEAR from Marstrand, Sweden to Portsmouth, UK.

- Mia