Selje to Sandsoya

We woke up to even calmer winds than forecast and with conditions looking good for crossing Stadt we had to decide to either make a move today or find ourselves "stuck" in Selje for possibly up to a week. As much as we love Selje we are getting ready to have the boat taken out of the water to make repairs to the engine and so we decided it would be in our best interests to take any possible crossing that came up.

South point of Stadt 

Calm at the first turning point

So at 10am with the seas a glassy smooth we left our home for the night and headed towards the southern point of the peninsula. As we approached we could see slight waves in the distance but nothing like what we had encountered in 2014. So we pushed on at around 5 knots, whilst slightly unpleasant it was much better than we had experienced with the outboards during the crossing from Shetland and we were confident to carry on.

Jet trails with their shadows below

Stadt

As per usual we were perhaps erring on the side of caution a little too much and as a local cargo ship sped along past us about half a mile closer to the shore we knew we were safe to move further in. With sheer cliffs there is something unnerving about being so close to shore. The actual "dangerous waves" area of Stadt stretches to about 15miles and we were pleased to get through it without too much difficulty, Had we decided not to go today its anyone's guess how long we would have waited before the conditions would have been suitable again.

Sea beginning to change

Village facing out from Stadt, must see some amazing seas in Winter!

Stadt views

With this evenings wind set to be a bit breezy we decided to head to Sandsoya another place we had also been in 2014, arriving 6 hours after leaving Selje. Shops etc are closed for the next few days as everyone gears up to celebrate the 17th May. If possible we will head further inland to follow the inner routes north to where we will have Quickstep lifted ashore.

Stadt

Snow on the mountains