Geoff Brock & Bruce Gamble
         
     
   
 
 
 
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Day 11: Vestmanna, Stremoy, Faroe Islands

A leisurely morning cruising towards the Faroes before docking in Vestmanna. An afternoon small boat cruise to see the spectacular cliffs.

Monday 19th June 2023
 
 
The distance between Höfn and Vestmanna is 250 nautical miles. It took us 20 hours to cover the distance, at an average speed of 12.5 knots.
 
In complete contrast to most of our stay in Iceland, the Faroe Islands were shrouded in cloud. This is typical weather for these islands, situated as they are in the middle of the Gulf Stream. Visibility did improve during our stay, but not consistently and not for long. Nevertheless, we loved the brooding, mysterious landscape as it slowly revealed itself. We were also very lucky that we didn't have any rain while we were here.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pre-lunch drinks to celebrate a new country!
 
The port of Vestmanna ahead.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Looking across to the other side of the bay, which was were the afternoon boat trip would leave from.
 
Some people took the coach to the departure point, outside the tourist office...
 
...Bruce decided to walk. Geoff decided not to go.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Our boat for the excursion.
 
Our route into Vestmanna is shown in blue. The route of our afternoon excursion in shown in white.
 
 
Setting off, we sailed past our ship and took the same route out as we had coming in to the bay.
 
 
Sailing slowly, we were able to get some good views of the landscape.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Turning right, we hugged the coastline, with its amazingly high cliffs.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sailing right into the cleft, through some caves and out the other side was pretty special.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The trip took almost two hours and was most enjoyable, but it was 7:30pm and I was looking forward to dinner!
 
 
 
I decided to take the coach back to the ship. Dropping my stuff off in the cabin (Geoff had already gone to dinner), I saw that our cabin attendant had been creative with our towels!
 
 
It was only a short sail from Vestmanna to Torshavn.
 
 
 
©Geoff Brock and Bruce Gamble