Sailing to Greenland Part4. -The return back to Norway. -

Hi everyone!

Heres the last video of my attempt to reach the east coast of Greenland, wich I recon many of you already know didnt happen this year either. Join me as I have a great sail back home from Faroe Islands to Haugesund, Norway- or 400 NM in one go! WE WILL MAKE IT TOGETHER JULY 2022!!

Im looking forward to start on new video projects now, and to use my creativity to give you more of the best sailing in my waters here up north :)

Erik

Check out these sailing channels for more northern sailing!
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[lkkrvrm]

Give this man a drone sponsorship... thats the best commercial they will ever get in their life...

[stevepederson]

No Biquinis, Just Sailing! You are the baddest living Viking on the planet.

[bartboosman]

Eric, excellent seamanship shown; most important is to live to fight another day. Surely next year you try again most probably make it. Just take your time.
The deceptive thing about tides around Faroe is that there is hardly any vertical movement between high and low water. If you compare that to, for instance, Brittany, with a range of 5 or 6 meters or more, there must be strong tides everywhere yet in Thorshavn you tie up on the quay in the town center and that's it. You are much less aware of the tides. Neap and spring tides only show in the horizontal movement of the water and at spring tides these can be extremely strong. Around Mykeness, at a spring, the tide can run at over 12 knots. When I made it safely into Sorvagur a local gave me a little yellow booklet, published by the fishery department (?), that showed the tides around the various headlands and included warnings of specific places. I should have had that information before but, as I said in my comment to your previous video, I was completely off guard which was only made worse by the overwhelming friendliness and hospitality of the locals and the clear blue skies those days.
Also, the winds can be treacherous if you are, as I was, sailing on the leeward side of the islands. Winds may suddenly fall down the cliffs with great force or, as I experienced around Mykeness, get funneled around the high vertical cliffs so that at sea level they are double or triple the nominal wind speed.
One last lesson I learned while sailing in those areas, is that the locals are used to tough weather. And that they refer to wind strength in m/s rather than knots. 2 knots is about 1 m/s, but as a Norwegian you may be used to the m/s. Once I asked a local fisherman about the weather for tomorrow and got told that it would be 'not too bad'. And the wind? 'Yeah, westerly breeze, about 20 to 25'. Being used to knots I thought I could handle that pretty easily and prepared my trip but indeed the next day it was blowing a full 9 Bft. I chickened and stayed in port. The fisherman went out, business as usual.

[AlluringArctic]

Amazing video as always Erik, thanks for the shout out! :) See you in Greenland or somewhere up north again!

[patricklaine]

It's great that you recovered so well from Covid Erik. I'm really looking forward to following your preparations for your trip to Greenland next year. One day our wakes will

[sadams]

I've been following other sailing channels on YouTube for years. But you have some of the best cinematography out of the lot. Always enjoy watching your videos.

[hedrewablank]

Amazing adventures with Erik. So down to earth and humble enough to accept the set back. Strong enough to get back up and soldier on. Fair winds buddy. Looking forward to the next adventure! Stay strong.

[littlechap]

"Find an island and drink beer." Now that's a plan!👍

[yurikonstantinov]

It was very cool and a little sad. I didn’t think before that yachting in the north is so exciting and dreamed of yachting in warm countries, now I see how beautiful it is there and I also dream of going around the Scandinavian peninsula from St. Petersburg. Thank you !

[apt]

Shoutouts were really cool - All great channels! You're an inspiration.

[MaxTennant]

Erik - the ultimate Viking, brushes off COVID like a head cold!

Your videos are amazing, I just hope you get picked up by national Geo or something. Your narration and storytelling is fantastic and your quotes are very inspiring.

Keep up the good work!

[randymcmeekin]

The most important thing is that you recovered from this terrible virus Erik. So glad you are safe and healthy. You will make it next year and we will be eagerly following you.

[marchaller]

Dear Erik, whatever be the faith, we are all sure that you'll go to Greenland successfuly one time: Go ahead, and be brave as your viking ancestors!!!!

[oreilly]

The very brave determined and consummate sailor Erik deserves all the help we can give him.Bon Voyage Erik and good luck.Your video sailing blogs are the best their is on sailing, thankyou.

[ebrahamnostalgic]

Your every blog seems like tonic for my melancholy. God bless you buddy.

[rinrat]

I love the gracious promotion of your sailing colleagues.

[evanatkins]

I am a non sailor but love these. Now have these parts on my bucket list

[marinaarmstrong]

Despite the other sailers like Uma who also started to make videos of the Northern seas, Erik Aandera still remains the best with his NBJS videos.

[Outdoorswithmikey]

Love the sound of your groceries my friend 🍻

[SteveeCee]

You remain a total inspiration to us Erik. Love your content, never give up, just great, thanks. And I love, Aluring Arctic, Sam Holmes's and Sailing Uma, great channels I watch all the time, worth a watch agreed. That's what makes you stand out Erik, you sir are a gentleman, scholar and explorer par excellence!