Sailing Argo Ep 29 - From freedom to the pillory

In this episode we leave the freedom at the secluded anchorage of Fleinvær sailing to Inndyr, which is a small community on the mainland. They have the most fantastic old church; built around 1130 a.d. and also an old pillory. We are fortunate enough to attend a concert with the local musician Jan Fredrik Helland. "If the night" is produced and presented by him, and he has given us permission to use his music in this video.
Sailing in Northern Norway is the number one activity for us, Marena and Roger Leivseth. We love our Argo, which is a German built Bavaria 31 Cruiser, 2008. Sailing is giving us rest, peace and energy. In these beautiful surroundings it is always a pleasure to take our beloved sailboat out for a cruise. We live up north in Norway, in Fauske, just north of the Arctic circle close to the Lofoten Islands. We experience the midnight sun during summers and polar nights during the winters. Our sailing season usually starts in the end of March due to the polar nights and temperatures way below freezing during winter. We normally end the sailing season in October for the same reasons.
We are very fortunate to live in these surroundings with the love for sailing. The nearby areas are lovely places to visit, both fjords, archipelagos and islands in open sea.
Hopefully you want to follow along our journey so that you can experience the northern parts of Norway through our videos :-)
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Music: "Royalty Free Music from Bensound", iMovie, KZbin creator studio
Fair winds
Marena and Roger

[@JamesandLaurent]

These wooden churches are beautiful. We always love the 3D models of boats hanging from the ceiling. Anywhere you go in the world in a coastal community, you see them to protect fishermen. Thanks for sharing c/t.

[@SailingArgo]

+James and Laurent's World Travels Yes, they are really beautiful. We have that same fascination for those boat models 👍

[@Matt_escape]

The church interior is really nice and there seems to be some really interesting history / stories about these churches. Wish we could have been there to hear them all!

[@SailingArgo]

+Matt Escape When you hear them, you hardly believe them. Look at the size of the priest clothes hanging on the wall. He was enormous and he cast a spell on to his two sons because the treated one of their animals in a bad way. The hole family was pursued by accidents for decades and both sons died quite fast after the father put a spell on them. Many, many years later a person in the family asked a priest for help. The priest agreed to help them and the family has not been pursued by accident after that. The family is still around.

[@RobynKimberly]

this looks like a dream! sailing has a special place in my heart. the free concert had such beautiful music too :) great vlog guys!

[@SailingArgo]

+Robyn Kimberly Thanks, Sailing is a beautiful way to travel 🧳

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

I cannot believe you would sell Argo! Surely the best solution is for Roger to wear no shoes below deck so as to make him shorter? And a for a Jeanneau........? Words fail me :-)

[@SailingArgo]

+Sailing Yacht Salty Lass 🤣🤣🤣👍🏻The best comment ever 🤣🤣

[@Liesel81-across-all-borders]

really love the choice of music and the places you visit

[@SailingArgo]

+Liesel81 Thanks, he wrote the song himself and we really liked it. ATB Roger

[@TheJourneyest2016]

I really liked the portion of the computer showing us how you read the waters and such I have such a fascination for sailing and would love to do it someday. How long did it take for you guys to feel comfortable on the boat?

[@SailingArgo]

The Journey Thanks, If I say about a 100 days, I think it’s close. It’s take some time to get familiar with sailing and getting used to being on a anchorage ( sleeping while you only have a piece of metal holding you in place) then you’re going to dock in narrow places, and I maybe a little windy and maybe it’s dark as well You need to practice these things, so you and your crew knows what to do. Then it’s important to know your boat, where is everything and how does it work. Then there’s the navigation both night and day, and how does the communications systems work. And then you got the weather forecast, how do you get that without internet? Yes, I think a hundred days is almost right. But we enjoyed every second of it 😃

[@ekonto1948]

Har du något förslag på nätsida, för att hitta stora och gamla segelbåtar?

[@SailingArgo]

+E Konto Hei, det finnes en del europeiske og us sider. www.boats.com/boats-for-sale/?class=sail-antique www.classic-yachts.de/sales/ www.boatshed.com/cat/sail-boats/classic-traditional/ Det er tre, men det finnes mange der ute. Noen spesiell båt du er på jakt etter?

[@SailingArgo]

+SailingArgo Det er endel større eldre seilbåter på finn.no

[@ekonto1948]

@@SailingArgo speciell... Det är egentligen letande för två, olika projekt. Stor, med ca 25+ bäddar. Tror att stål är Säkrast och bäst. Behöver/ska inte vara "blank o putts" med massa lullull. I detta projekt "drar det bara upp priset". Bättre med "grovt och robust/hållbart" Måste vara Segel. Speciellt i dessa tider.... Fniss. Lite riktmärke. Mvh Men behöver inte vara råsegel (4 kant).

[@ekonto1948]

@@SailingArgo Tackar för olika förslagen! Just nu, tror jag det är 10 mille +, de som finns på finn..... För ca 1.. 2,, år sedan fanns en, få finn, som låg på varv i Polen. Hann inte med innan den försvann. Mvh

[@SailingArgo]

E Konto Ser jeg noe skal jeg huske på deg. Håper du legger ut litt film om du får tak i en. R

[@SailHosailing]

When you were talking about your neighbour's boat you used the word "he". In English boats are traditionally "she" (though of course, "it" is fine too). For some reason we default to "he" when we're talking about the captain (eg "She's a lovely boat, but what's he doing?"). Is it a Norwegian things that boats are male?

[@SailingArgo]

+Sail Ho no, it’s me saying it wrong. 🤣 It’s «she» also in Norway. But Argo is from an old mythology boat and it’s not a girls name. So it sometimes a little difficult to know. I never thought about that we always use «he» about the Captain but you’re absolutely right, we do. It’s strange🧐

[@SailHosailing]

@@SailingArgo Thank you for the explanation.