This blog is all about Egil and Øyvind's sailing trip that will hopefully see them go from New Zealand to Kirkenes in northern Norway. The trip is planned to start sometime in April 2009 and finish around august 2010. Later rather than sooner.
The teams previous sailing experience is limited to a number of daytrips that can easily be counted on one hand. That is if the hand has seen a bit of rough use. For instance in combination with chainsaws or other finger decimating machinery.
If the crew is inexperienced The Ship is definitely not! «Liberty» is turning 50 this year and is one of the first fibreglass boats ever made. Hopefully she'll not retire herself for another couple of years.
The blog will mostly be posted in English so our non-scando friends can follow it. Yes, we are thinking of you guys. Both of you.
However there might be the odd post in Norwegian. These will most often have contents of special Norwegian interest that might be better addressed in Norwegian. Alternatively we just don't want you non-Norwegians to understand when we're gossiping about you. However, don't despair: We'll soon grow tired of it and start posting in English again, so stay with us!
Also we of course don't have internet while at sea (well, we could, but that cost money and anything that cannot be paid for in services, seashells or homemade alcohol is not included in our budget.) So posting may be irregular, though we might type stuff up while at sea to post it when we reach land and can access the World Wide Web yet again. In other words; things might be quiet for a while, only to explode in a sudden avalance of blogging.
The «Pessblaut» name is a north Norwegian term meaning being soaking wet, or, more literally; having pissed one's pants. Both not unlikely to happen to the guys during the trip. One of the things will quite likely be a problem of somewhat permanent character, rather than an accidental occurance. Which one it will be is anyone's guess. Depends on the weather I assume. Especially in light of the aforementioned sailing experience, or lack thereof.
So: Stay with us and cheer on us. Pray for us not to sink, run aground, run out of money, have a run-in with any authorities, get the runs, get sick, get tired of cruising, get saltwater allergy, get pirated, eaten by cannibals or navigate wrong and end up in Tahitit where we might take local brides and grow old, fat and sunburnt. Because all these things would stop us from entertaining you on the «Pessblaut» blog.
Peace out.
The teams previous sailing experience is limited to a number of daytrips that can easily be counted on one hand. That is if the hand has seen a bit of rough use. For instance in combination with chainsaws or other finger decimating machinery.
If the crew is inexperienced The Ship is definitely not! «Liberty» is turning 50 this year and is one of the first fibreglass boats ever made. Hopefully she'll not retire herself for another couple of years.
The blog will mostly be posted in English so our non-scando friends can follow it. Yes, we are thinking of you guys. Both of you.
However there might be the odd post in Norwegian. These will most often have contents of special Norwegian interest that might be better addressed in Norwegian. Alternatively we just don't want you non-Norwegians to understand when we're gossiping about you. However, don't despair: We'll soon grow tired of it and start posting in English again, so stay with us!
Also we of course don't have internet while at sea (well, we could, but that cost money and anything that cannot be paid for in services, seashells or homemade alcohol is not included in our budget.) So posting may be irregular, though we might type stuff up while at sea to post it when we reach land and can access the World Wide Web yet again. In other words; things might be quiet for a while, only to explode in a sudden avalance of blogging.
The «Pessblaut» name is a north Norwegian term meaning being soaking wet, or, more literally; having pissed one's pants. Both not unlikely to happen to the guys during the trip. One of the things will quite likely be a problem of somewhat permanent character, rather than an accidental occurance. Which one it will be is anyone's guess. Depends on the weather I assume. Especially in light of the aforementioned sailing experience, or lack thereof.
So: Stay with us and cheer on us. Pray for us not to sink, run aground, run out of money, have a run-in with any authorities, get the runs, get sick, get tired of cruising, get saltwater allergy, get pirated, eaten by cannibals or navigate wrong and end up in Tahitit where we might take local brides and grow old, fat and sunburnt. Because all these things would stop us from entertaining you on the «Pessblaut» blog.
Peace out.
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