Phyllis Nickel - Norwegian Cruising Guide. Vol 4: Norway West and North Coast, Bodø to Russian Border

Norwegian

Cruising Guide

th Edition

Vol.

Bod To The

Russian

Border

By Phyllis Nickel, John Harries &

Hans Jakob Valderhaug with Eli Husum

Norwegian Cruising Guide

Volume

Bod to the Russian Border

8th EditionUpdated January 2019

By Phyllis Nickel, John Harries &

Hans Jakob Valderhaug with Eli Husum

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Harbours and Anchorages Overall Map

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Bod to Narvik with

Lofoten

Narvik to Torsvg

Torsvg to Nordkapp

Nordkapp to the Russian

Border

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Bod to Narvik with Lofoten

This chapter includes Lofoten the chain of islands separated from the mainland by Vestfjordenlong considered the destination for mariners cruising North Norway due to its stunning mountain scenery and snug anchorages. However, equally worth visiting are the spectacular remote anchorages, surrounded by snow-capped mountains, of the inshore is- lands and the narrow fjord systems on the mainland side of Vestfjorden. This creates a dilemma for the sailor with limited cruising time, though it is worth noting that the distances are relatively short in this area. For ex- ample, the whole length of Lofoten is only about nm and the width of Vestfjorden ranges from to nm.

If you are not going any further north than Lofoten, you may wish to consider following the order of harbours and anchorages in this chapter, starting in Bod and traveling in a counter-clockwise direction around Vestfjorden, making detours into Tysfjorden and Ofotfjorden, and up Raftsundet a channel that leads out of Vestfjorden to the north to visit famous Trollfjorden. Continuing on to the north through Raftsundet, you could turn west and stop in Laukvik to see the midnight sun before re- entering Vestfjorden through one of the channels further to the south. Or you could retrace your path through Raftsundet, and then sail south down the chain of islands, crisscrossing to the Atlantic side if time allows and you are so inclined, until Skomvr where you can make passage directly to one of the offshore islands around the Arctic Circlesuch as Myken or Trnaor to Holandsfjorden (Volume III).

An option for those of you passing through Lofoten on your way fur- ther north, is to make landfall at Skomvr and then work your way north