Flekkefjord to E(i)gersund

25-07-2010


YELLOWDREAM ROUTE weergeven op een grotere kaart

Today we motored from Flekkefjord to Egersund . Motored not because the absence of wind but because the wind was right on the nose ( I know it's never o.k. for a sailer).
The trip was a bit bumpy but the weather was fine with a clear blue sky.
There is one little question that always comes up when we sail this part.
At about 2/3 of the trip ( the third sun from the end) there is a rock with a remarkeble white top on it.



Rock with white top.You can also see that the sea is a bit bumpy.



Who did it ( if someone did).

Looking at it through my binoculars it lookes as if there are dripstripes coming from the top.
maybe its a custom of everybody who climbs the top to take a pot of paint with him(?!).
However it also could be natural because in this area there is a lot of titanium ore present that also looks whitish.
Maybe one day i will know.

We stay a day in Egersund.Tomorrow the wind will be on the nose again , but Tuesday it will be lighter and on the beam . Because the part between egersund and Tananger is the only really exposed piece of the Norwegian westcoast and 50 miles long we want a nice trip!
Also I have to do an oil exchange. Off course (!) my electric pump I use for it did break so I had to find a new one. Lucky enough the local chandler had the handpumps most people use for it so I could do the job.
So tomorrow we will go for Tananger or , if we are fast enough , to Stavanger where we will be between the Skjeres(skerries) again.



The Gjestehavn (guestharbour) of Egersund.



YELLOWDREAM in Egersund Gjestehavn.