Fredoya

Departure from Svalbard “without” regrets but with a small pinch in the heart especially for the 4 who could not come to recharge their batteries in the cool.Many projects in mind, here is the beginning for the coming months.

It is a final decision: we will not return to Svalbard yet so attractive.A very pleasant first trip which allowed us to test maritime solidarity even with the big cruise lines, during a call for a Covid test.Beautiful memories filmed […]

With 15 days left, it was possible to juggle the weather and avoid other cruise passengers as much as possible.With the result of beautiful photos and drone image to come…Bear, beluga, seal, minke whale, fox and lots of flowers and […]

After a nice crossing of the Barents Sea, here we are in Spitsbergen where we will stay until the end of July.Then it will be Lofoten passing by Tromsø to bid farewell at the same time as the crew change. […]

As everything comes to the point, when tidying up the interior, we take out the wood laid 12 years ago, waiting for “…” Spring cleaning under a bright sun, we say to ourselves that we can put the saw in […]

After a windy and snowy month of January, the RETURN of the sun above the mountains and therefore on the mast of Fredoya which will patiently wait for the April thaw for maintenance.

End of the month and winter session under unstable and stormy but sunny weather by our 3 team members. Penultimate round to Skjervøy managing the winter depressions, between snow – rain and very strong winds, we were still able to […]

12 months ago, we were waiting to cross the Panama Canal, The Covid still creates a lot of anxiety for us but many of you have navigated through it to reach the board.We are therefore continuing in 2022 with the […]

Departure under the rain, able to stay awake until 4 a.m. to hope to see the Northern Lights … a great reward with the added bonus of the humpback whales which arrived in large numbers while the orcas, fishermen and […]

Much less killer whales and no whales but fantastic northern lights and an adaptation to extreme cold and sea life for a novice crew but on top!Photo album and plans for spring … Soon

Orcas and humpback whales are present as well as too many cruise ships of all sizes.Beautiful days without enough light to immortalize mammals and the northern lights in photos, but their heads are full of images for those who have […]

2 weeks later the link to the photos on Facebook

Arrived under a blue and dry sky after 1888 NmThe first part Concarneau – Ålesund with a small stop in Holland for a quick meal with our travelers FlOcs but above all to repair the autopilot with 2 top crew.Second […]

ÅlesundUnder the rain and with a temperature that borders on 7 ° C in the morning.We disembark the 2 creaw members and continue to Tromsø.We continue north, taking advantage of the Norwegian telephone network, therefore WITHOUT iridium and END of […]