Sailing

Monday, September 7th 2009

Yesterday we went for a sail on the local fjord. We experienced a variety of weather. We were thankful for a strong wind which made for good sailing. It was sunny at times and windy and rainy at others. The weather changed frequently and we were blessed with witnessing the beauty of rainbows as the sun and rained intermingled to produce a beautiful landscape. It would rain and I would get soaking wet then the sun would come and I would dry out then it would rain some more. Mariella took shelter in the cabin when the rain became too heavy. Crystal remained comfortable while wearing her nice boiler suit, protecting her from the wind and rain.
We putted away from the dock using the motor then used wind power once we left the shelter of the cove. After sailing for a while I wanted to give fishing a try. While sailing the main body of the fjord I let out a trolling line. The line was in the water for about an hour and we hooked no fish. We decided to sail up a smaller channel where we finally got into some fish. We caught a bunch of mackerel. Mariella and took turns fishing. In the end we hooked eight fish and landed six. We were the only sailboat out on the water the entire day. I guess the other Norwegian sailors did not want to brave the unwelcoming weather. After a day of sailing and fishing we docked the boat and drove up the street to Crystals in-laws. They treated us to hot coffee and a pancake snack. Crystals father-in-law offered to clean the fish and her mother-in-law started frying them. Two hours after landing the fish we were eating batter fried Mackerel. What a great day!