20.29 Local Time // 60° 15' N, 005° 14' E
At the dock
On June 4, we reviewed our passage plan before our departure from the marina in Hjellested. Challenges for the day might include thunderstorms and increasing, gusting winds. We attached the staysail, then motored from the marina and hoisted the mainsail with one reef which is becoming a smooth team endeavor. We also raised the headsail. Sailing south, we used a relatively open area to practice and hone wind awareness including the wind vane, the tail tells, the wind on our faces, and the effect of the wind on the water. Next, we practiced points of sail by sailing in a triangle pattern.
As we neared the dock, we used our pickup skills to rescue a hat that had blown off! We returned to the marina and docked the boat with amazing efficiency, using the skills we’ve built over the last days. After our chores for the day were completed, we enjoyed time in the sauna before a delicious curry supper and prepared to head into more open water in the morning.
Katherine Glaser
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The basics
Somewhere northwest of Hawaii, Nordic Falken is locked in a relentless close reach—the kind of sailing that makes brushing your teeth feel like a philosophical crisis. The crew is pushing through fatigue, soaked clothes, and the slow realization that the tropics are well and truly behind them. But the high pressure is closing in, and with it, the promise of eased sails and something resembling normal human existence.
Pacific pace
Somewhere north of O'ahu, with the wind finally in their favor, ten strangers became something harder to define. Falken is moving fast across the Pacific — crew from every walk of life finding their footing, their rhythm, and each other. The passage has barely begun, and it's already delivering.
24 hours of resilience
Thirty knots of wind, a 2.7-metre cross swell, and a crew being pushed to their limits — the first 24 hours aboard Falken have been anything but gentle. Seasickness has taken its toll, but the boat keeps moving, carving north toward calmer conditions. Last night, between the chaos, the Milky Way stretched clear across the sky.