Love, Love, Love what you two are doing! Thank you for it all! Thank you for sailing and documenting what it is like outside of the tropics! We follow many sailing vlogs and consider MJ Sailing among the best. Love and peace!
Serving in the US Air Force many years ago, I was stationed in Germany, lived off base among the locals. Seeing this episode brought back such wonderful memories of the European old world architecture and cobble stone roads.. One of the things I love most about watching your adventures, it's not all just sandy beaches and tropical islands. Better than any reality tv show on network television!!
It's my hometown! Funfact is that the city of aalesund burned down. And we got help rebuilding it from Keiser Wilhelm II. Thats why the city has the unique architecture. it's called ''Jugendstil''
Hi Matt and Jessica, it is hard to believe that there is a prettier town than the last town you guys were, but this place tremendously gorgeous! I really enjoy seeing the places you guys travel To on the boat and on the land. That town is just so perfect! Do you find the people that live there speak English? I just love seeing Georgie having her fun on the boat and testing mom and dad on land (maybe other friends boats). Your you-tube channel is like a good book, I just cannot put it down. You guys are definitely great people and can’t wait for the next video. Thank you.
Thank you so much for the kind words! As far as language barriers, we have not had any trouble in Norway with a lack of English speakers. It seems these areas generate so much tourism that you'd be hard pressed to find people here that don't speak it.
Wow!!! Jessica you have a way of bringing out the beauty of all the places you visit. But today you really did your best. Just a wonderful relaxing episode that made me appreciate all you put into bringing us your adventures.
Gorgeous drone views in the opening shots. And you really caught the beautiful colors of the town. It would be easy to fall in love with a place like that. I really appreciated the historical dialog describing the town. It gave it even more personality. How fortunate to have met up with a fan right on your arrival. Nothing like a local to help you tour the best spots, especially one that has been following you and knows what kind of things you're interested in. Thanks, "J-Lo"
now this was like your usual videos , Glad to see you looking more relaxed. I said before your videos showed you felt rushed to get to Norway, Your fans love you guys and glad to see you back to normal, Thanks so much for your videos!
I follow so many sailors who are around, dreaming of doing it too soon. Very impressed sleep of respect you have for places where you pass and also for the education with which you treat us who follow you and so rare a delicacy like yours. You make me think that the world can have hope. Congratulations!
Your cinematography continues to get better and better. The views you're capturing are terrific; including your B-roll of winches, lines &, of course, Georgie (misbehaving)
Wow, what a lovely town! y'all sure picked a winner there! Even Georgie was showing it a little love as well. Cheers to you both and looking forward to your next adventure! 👍😎🍻⛵
Very nice to see that you enjoyed your stay in my hometown (living in Oslo now). Thanks for visiting, and thanks for sharing your experience from what probably is the most beautiful town center in Norway.
I watch all your videos. But I’ll be honest. After watching these “northern “ videos. I immediately find a sailing video in the Bahamas. 😎😎😎. Fantastic sailing channel. Great video
I am so jealous, this is a beautiful trip and a great stop. Funny your talking 56 degrees and we are lucky to be in the low 50s in Holland today. Also liked the music in this video. Not sure why but the music selection really worked in this one. Keep up the great work!!!
Just looked at your website. Not sure how often it's updated as it says you're in the Azores? Like the vids of Norway. I'm hoping you'll do more of northern europe as you don't see many cruisers going there.....all Sth Pacific and Caribbean.
@@MJSailing Several times during fall and winter it will simply be too dangerous to cross even for fairly large vessels like the Hurtigruten coastal express and you will see them waiting it out in ports right north and south. :) For as long as I know there have been quite detailed plans for digging a ship tunnell inshore from Stad, but it will most likely turn out to be to expensive to materialize. www.kystverket.no/en/About-Kystverket/Stad-Ship-Tunnel-project/
I didn't believe Georgie from the start. She's a cat! What a beautiful city. I don't remember having seen a town rising straight out of the water before. Thank you so much.
Thanks for the beautiful tour! You allow us to see so many wonderful places . I was curious, I never see you attempt fishing?. What's your perspective on that? Thanks again Mike
Hi Mike! Thanks for following with the journey. 😃 I guess you don't see us fish too much as it's not our favorite type of food. We're not into catch and release, so if we do catch anything we know it will end up on the dinner table. Not that we *never* do it, but only a few times a year. Stay tuned though as we do attempt it in Norway and get a BIG catch!
Matt Just rewatched episode 19 where you explain your Cape Horn and your autopilot. I also have a Cape Horn so I thought I might explain my way. My Cape Horn is my only pilot with one addition, a Pelargic autopilot adapted to my windvane. It is very energy efficient because it uses the vane ruder to steer all the time. No wind, the Pelargic steers the vane, with wind the paddle steers the vane. Because the Pelargic doesn't "manhandle" the tiller but rather turns the vane it uses about 1amp. Just thought I would tell you about ut
I looked into using the lower priced Raymarine 1000 (and open source PyPilot) to do the same, but never got around to it due to time and money.... as always :) Our main autopilot's average usage isn't high enough to worry about on our boat too often... but if we ever get into really nasty weather, when the constant corrections are really using a lot of juice, that's when having a more efficient self steering would really comes into play. -Matt
@@mattjohnson6716 my boat is a Pacific Seacraft 27 displacing 10,000 so with some decent sail trim and balanced helmet no one is really working that hard. My Pelargic is made by Monitor windvane, so it fits really well. Your Channel is really fun...I love it Dan
If you like the high latitudes, I'd suggest a sail to the Svalbard archipelago. It's warmer than you'd think, as the Gulf Stream dies there, making it surprisingly temperate.
Sailboats often appear to be motorboats with sails and not the other way around. I haven't sailed in years, but I found the best sailing for me was to fly to a destination and rent a sailboat, and even one with a captain, just like you guys did in Thailand.
Yup... and Norway was one of the worst sailing places we've been. The wind was always on the nose. And with the tight fjords restricting your angles, tacking was out of the question..... so we motored almost all of it. -Matt
@@mattjohnson6716 Yea, I boat in the Pacific Northwest and you can be motoring with the wind on your nose, go around a point of land 90 degrees...and still have it on your nose! I spend more time motoring than sailing. I think I'll trade it in and buy a trawler... :-)
That's right! Gin and Tonic with a wedge. What's your brand? I do not like Tanqueray, too wangey. I'm okay with Bombay Sapphire. I suppose it's pedestrian but my fav is Beefeater. Clean and crisp.
I had to laugh at Georgie not staying on the boat. We took two of our three cats on our last boat vacation. One is some what “special” and isn’t inclined to leave the cabin, but his brother is terribly curious and had trouble with his impulse to leave the boat and wander the dock when at Marinas. Get back on the boat was said many times.
I only visited Oslo when I was in Norway, the homeland of my great grandparents who emigrated to Canada and eventually moved to the U.S. but my grandparents stayed in Canada. It was beautiful in Oslo. I felt like I was home. The men looked like me, my father and my grandfather. Some of the women were stunning. I would like to return. It was such a clean place. I'm not sure I would like to live there in the winter. It was dark most of the day, with sun coming up at 9:30 a.m. and setting at 3:30 p.m. on Christmas Day.
I would like to ask, who is the artist, and the name of song, that starts playing at 11:32? Both the music, and lyrics, totally "struck a chord, and thread, of my own tapestry!" Thank you for sailing some of the "cooler climates"...It's refreshing...Yes!
When I was in Narvik, there was something different about the people, I couldn't put my finger on it. Then it dawned on me: no one had brown eyes. Brown hair, yes, no brown eyes. Interesting.
Y’all need to hook up with NBJS channel that guy is a beast he will show u how to sail In those waters and in any weather that’s his back yard and play ground .
In your travels along the inland waterways have you had a chance to try any Norwegian epies? I have read there's an apple variety grown along the fiords that's harvested quite late Nov/Dec (due to the microclimate) and is particularly sought after for making bread starter yeast.
There were very few metal boats we came across, I'd say they were 90% fiberglass. Turns out you don't really need the metal until you're reaching 70 degrees north or above.
People aren’t that familiar with the Nort sea. I don’t live that far up. But very close to the ocean. So I have just been out checking the lines. It’s going to be another day with saltwater poring down the windows. Or...a nice day to stay inside. Just wanted you to know 😁
The little fjord you were anchored in the beginning of this video is the fjord that a tunnel is planned trough the mountain for ship traffic to avoid getting around Stad. Here's a short video about it. th-cam.com/video/6Py9OM5WbrA/w-d-xo.html
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Love, Love, Love what you two are doing! Thank you for it all! Thank you for sailing and documenting what it is like outside of the tropics! We follow many sailing vlogs and consider MJ Sailing among the best. Love and peace!
Serving in the US Air Force many years ago, I was stationed in Germany, lived off base among the locals. Seeing this episode brought back such wonderful memories of the European old world architecture and cobble stone roads.. One of the things I love most about watching your adventures, it's not all just sandy beaches and tropical islands. Better than any reality tv show on network television!!
It's my hometown! Funfact is that the city of aalesund burned down. And we got help rebuilding it from Keiser Wilhelm II. Thats why the city has the unique architecture. it's called ''Jugendstil''
Hi Matt and Jessica, it is hard to believe that there is a prettier town than the last town you guys were, but this place tremendously gorgeous! I really enjoy seeing the places you guys travel To on the boat and on the land. That town is just so perfect! Do you find the people that live there speak English? I just love seeing Georgie having her fun on the boat and testing mom and dad on land (maybe other friends boats). Your you-tube channel is like a good book, I just cannot put it down. You guys are definitely great people and can’t wait for the next video. Thank you.
Thank you so much for the kind words! As far as language barriers, we have not had any trouble in Norway with a lack of English speakers. It seems these areas generate so much tourism that you'd be hard pressed to find people here that don't speak it.
@@MJSailing It's not only about tourism, probably more about the children beeing tought English from 1st to 10th grade.
I'm so glad you are showing us this part of the world, cuz there is no way I'm going there to freeze my a$$ off. Thanks!!!
Ahhhhh, it's not so bad there in the summer.
MJ Sailing I live on the Texas coast. What they call summer is still cold to me. Love your channel!!!
Great video - thumbed
Wow!!!
Jessica you have a way of bringing out the beauty of all the places you visit.
But today you really did your best. Just a wonderful relaxing episode that made me appreciate all you put into bringing us your adventures.
Gorgeous drone views in the opening shots. And you really caught the beautiful colors of the town. It would be easy to fall in love with a place like that. I really appreciated the historical dialog describing the town. It gave it even more personality.
How fortunate to have met up with a fan right on your arrival. Nothing like a local to help you tour the best spots, especially one that has been following you and knows what kind of things you're interested in. Thanks, "J-Lo"
Wonderful video, and love your cat. You must be good people!!!!!
what a charming port and meeting up with JLO
It just gets better and better with you guys! Norway is beautiful, thank you for sharing adventure, cheers
Great Video guys. The scenery is beautiful.
You three are amazing. What a great ride you have taken us on. Beautiful Norway!
now this was like your usual videos , Glad to see you looking more relaxed. I said before your videos showed you felt rushed to get to Norway, Your fans love you guys and glad to see you back to normal, Thanks so much for your videos!
But now you can probably see why we rushed to get here!! 😍
Your videos are so well done. Thank you again for taking us along.
A fantastic video, the scenery is magnificent, more please
Scenery is beautiful as is Jessica! thanks for sharing.
I follow so many sailors who are around, dreaming of doing it too soon. Very impressed sleep of respect you have for places where you pass and also for the education with which you treat us who follow you and so rare a delicacy like yours. You make me think that the world can have hope. Congratulations!
Great Job!!! Thank You... :-)
Love the music - and the journey!
You guys are getting me so stoked on visiting Norway! I'm so happy you are travelling a less sailed path :)
Outstanding visuals... Nice job! Getting ready for winter here in GR... And just a little bit jealous
Really great commentary and script delivery J. This is Travel Channel level pro quality. Well done 👍
Georgie is such a big personality, she’s adorable!
Awesome Video Guys! 🇺🇸❤️
Lovely place to visit. So glad that you can visit So many places. ⛵
Your cinematography continues to get better and better. The views you're capturing are terrific; including your B-roll of winches, lines &, of course, Georgie (misbehaving)
It wouldn't be our boat without Georgie misbehaving somehow! 😽 Thank you so much for the compliments! Norway has been a dream to film!!
MJ Sailing, GEORGIE! GEORGIE! GEORGIE! LOVE Georgie.
Wow, what a lovely town! y'all sure picked a winner there! Even Georgie was showing it a little love as well. Cheers to you both and looking forward to your next adventure! 👍😎🍻⛵
Beautiful Norway 🇳🇴😊😉⛵️⚓️
Very nice to see that you enjoyed your stay in my hometown (living in Oslo now). Thanks for visiting, and thanks for sharing your experience from what probably is the most beautiful town center in Norway.
what a gorgeous hometown!
Just beautiful - Thank you.
I watch all your videos. But I’ll be honest. After watching these “northern “ videos. I immediately find a sailing video in the Bahamas. 😎😎😎. Fantastic sailing channel. Great video
What a beautiful town..
So beautiful... so much to see! We loved cruising in Norway, too. Can't wait for more videos!
Still lots more to come!
I am so jealous, this is a beautiful trip and a great stop. Funny your talking 56 degrees and we are lucky to be in the low 50s in Holland today.
Also liked the music in this video. Not sure why but the music selection really worked in this one.
Keep up the great work!!!
The nature in the northern part of
Norway is just so awesome..
Yes it is, but this is still very much the southern part :)
Thanks. I’ll never get there but now at least I’ve seen the beauty. Sign. More please
Cool video of Norway !!!
Beautiful town/scenery, Georgie looking great!!!!
Another stunning video, way to go!
Great video! Looking forward to more beautiful footage of Norway!
Another lovely video , love the drone footage , you have this down to a fine art the filming and editing 👌🍺
Thank you so much!! It's really nice to hear the videos are appreciated. 😊
Just looked at your website. Not sure how often it's updated as it says you're in the Azores? Like the vids of Norway. I'm hoping you'll do more of northern europe as you don't see many cruisers going there.....all Sth Pacific and Caribbean.
You picked a good day to cross the Stad, it definetly deserves the respect. Onwards towards Hustadvika!
We didn't have the same pleasant transit on the way down. Not dangerous, just extremely uncomfortable. We can see why it deserves so much respect.
@@MJSailing Several times during fall and winter it will simply be too dangerous to cross even for fairly large vessels like the Hurtigruten coastal express and you will see them waiting it out in ports right north and south. :)
For as long as I know there have been quite detailed plans for digging a ship tunnell inshore from Stad, but it will most likely turn out to be to expensive to materialize.
www.kystverket.no/en/About-Kystverket/Stad-Ship-Tunnel-project/
Very beautiful video! I'd love to be there! 👍👍👍👍👍😊😊😊😊😊⛵⛵
Beautiful video.such a stunningly beautiful country.wish I was there.maybe someday.enjoy the journey
Nice video.
I didn't believe Georgie from the start. She's a cat! What a beautiful city. I don't remember having seen a town rising straight out of the water before. Thank you so much.
very beautifull hope to see it^^
Thanks for the beautiful tour! You allow us to see so many wonderful places . I was curious, I never see you attempt fishing?. What's your perspective on that? Thanks again Mike
Hi Mike! Thanks for following with the journey. 😃 I guess you don't see us fish too much as it's not our favorite type of food. We're not into catch and release, so if we do catch anything we know it will end up on the dinner table. Not that we *never* do it, but only a few times a year. Stay tuned though as we do attempt it in Norway and get a BIG catch!
@@MJSailing thanks for the response. Full sails!
Place is beautiful!!!
What a pretty city, very clean even Georgie thinks so
She did seem quite smitten with it. 😻
Beautiful place. Going to have to add it to my Bucket List. 🙂 BTW, your videography is great!
Beautiful !!
Matt
Just rewatched episode 19 where you explain your Cape Horn and your autopilot. I also have a Cape Horn so I thought I might explain my way. My Cape Horn is my only pilot with one addition, a Pelargic autopilot adapted to my windvane. It is very energy efficient because it uses the vane ruder to steer all the time. No wind, the Pelargic steers the vane, with wind the paddle steers the vane. Because the Pelargic doesn't "manhandle" the tiller but rather turns the vane it uses about 1amp. Just thought I would tell you about ut
I looked into using the lower priced Raymarine 1000 (and open source PyPilot) to do the same, but never got around to it due to time and money.... as always :) Our main autopilot's average usage isn't high enough to worry about on our boat too often... but if we ever get into really nasty weather, when the constant corrections are really using a lot of juice, that's when having a more efficient self steering would really comes into play. -Matt
@@mattjohnson6716 my boat is a Pacific Seacraft 27 displacing 10,000 so with some decent sail trim and balanced helmet no one is really working that hard. My Pelargic is made by Monitor windvane, so it fits really well. Your Channel is really fun...I love it
Dan
Your videos keep getting better and better, nice job!
Thank you so much!!
norway is epic, and georgie loves it
Looks like a beautiful town. I can't say I'm not a little bit jealous.
thank you god bless
If you like the high latitudes, I'd suggest a sail to the Svalbard archipelago. It's warmer than you'd think, as the Gulf Stream dies there, making it surprisingly temperate.
Svalbard in the summer is special.
Sailboats often appear to be motorboats with sails and not the other way around. I haven't sailed in years, but I found the best sailing for me was to fly to a destination and rent a sailboat, and even one with a captain, just like you guys did in Thailand.
Yup... and Norway was one of the worst sailing places we've been. The wind was always on the nose. And with the tight fjords restricting your angles, tacking was out of the question..... so we motored almost all of it. -Matt
@@mattjohnson6716 Yea, I boat in the Pacific Northwest and you can be motoring with the wind on your nose, go around a point of land 90 degrees...and still have it on your nose! I spend more time motoring than sailing. I think I'll trade it in and buy a trawler... :-)
That's right! Gin and Tonic with a wedge. What's your brand? I do not like Tanqueray, too wangey. I'm okay with Bombay Sapphire. I suppose it's pedestrian but my fav is Beefeater. Clean and crisp.
Right now our brand of choice is whatever is on sale. 😜 (But Hendrick's when we can afford it)
I had to laugh at Georgie not staying on the boat. We took two of our three cats on our last boat vacation. One is some what “special” and isn’t inclined to leave the cabin, but his brother is terribly curious and had trouble with his impulse to leave the boat and wander the dock when at Marinas. Get back on the boat was said many times.
I only visited Oslo when I was in Norway, the homeland of my great grandparents who emigrated to Canada and eventually moved to the U.S. but my grandparents stayed in Canada. It was beautiful in Oslo. I felt like I was home. The men looked like me, my father and my grandfather. Some of the women were stunning. I would like to return. It was such a clean place. I'm not sure I would like to live there in the winter. It was dark most of the day, with sun coming up at 9:30 a.m. and setting at 3:30 p.m. on Christmas Day.
Norway is best in the summer. In Oslo the sun rise 2 am and set 11pm in the middle of the summer. Further north the sun never set.
Too bad Norway isn't more scenic 🙄 Just beautiful, music selections were perfect too!
I know...all those mountains and clear fjords getting in the way of its beauty. 😉
4:44 😂
Beautiful views in the calm weather.
Adorable 🤘🏻
I would like to ask, who is the artist, and the name of song, that starts playing at 11:32?
Both the music, and lyrics, totally "struck a chord, and thread, of my own tapestry!"
Thank you for sailing some of the "cooler climates"...It's refreshing...Yes!
Georgie is a wanderer. They sell these cat finder tag with a finding remote. It might be a good investment!
Maybe. But I'm sure it would lead us to her sitting on someone else boat. Her favorite thing. 😹
Aye m8’s, good to see you’ve got some of the Norwegian beauty. Soon the real stuff is about to begin 😉
Just wait...the Lofotons will be coming up very soon!
Wow, I was hoping you went all the way to Lofoten. Leka and Vega are also on the must see list.
Cold, chilli and dark? Welcome to Norway :)Dang, by the time you reach Trondheim you will get used to all the cewl stuff.
We actually found the warmest parts of our travels in Norway were the Lofotens. 😂
coming to Sweden ?, let me know we have a free guest dock here at home ;=) east coast Sweden , don't miss it !
We've heard so many great things about sailing Sweden, it would be a treat to visit someday.
COOL!
Think of the letter Å as the awe in awesome. Awe-lesund. 😉
It's more like 'ou' in bought. Ou-le-sun-d.
You do realy good edeting.
Thank you so much! 😃
When I was in Narvik, there was something different about the people, I couldn't put my finger on it. Then it dawned on me: no one had brown eyes. Brown hair, yes, no brown eyes. Interesting.
GUYS,
Have you noticed everyone in Norway drives the same kind of car ?
Its true. Everyone drives a Fjord.
!
Groan :)
Matt
Y’all need to hook up with NBJS channel that guy is a beast he will show u how to sail In those waters and in any weather that’s his back yard and play ground .
The trouble is, I don't think I want to go out in the weather he does! 😜
In your travels along the inland waterways have you had a chance to try any Norwegian epies? I have read there's an apple variety grown along the fiords that's harvested quite late Nov/Dec (due to the microclimate) and is particularly sought after for making bread starter yeast.
No, I don't think we did come across those. Sounds interesting though. 😀
Wooooooow!!
Did you sail to Flam? There is a brewery and pub, owned and operated by Evan from the USA worth seeing.
Watch out for the little people underneath bridges. I heard a lot of stories about them.
Stunning! How many times a day do you pinch yourselves? :¬) Webhead USA
Too many to count!!
Aw, c'mon Jess - Georgie needs to get her land legs back now and then, too.
True...she just has a habit of always inspecting other boats in the marina. 😺
@@MJSailing how was check in for Georgie when you arrived in Norway?
Jess, only boat? It's kinda like when you are the only car in the restaurant parking lot, there is likely a reason. hahaha
Hey, we eventually found a buddy to follow us out there. 😄
Haugesund is Erik the Viking country! Check out his sailing videos guys, I don’t think I’ve ever seen one with sunshine!
What a beautiful city. Are the majority of sailboats around there made of aluminum or can fiberglass survive ok?
There were very few metal boats we came across, I'd say they were 90% fiberglass. Turns out you don't really need the metal until you're reaching 70 degrees north or above.
Hi from northern part of norway
That are Norway's wenezia
I hope a certain kitty is getting plenty of fresh seafood.
Just wait a few more episodes. We caught a massive cod and she was going CRAZY for it!! 😻
Lucky kitty
awh man I wish our boat cat liked seafood... she hates all kinds of human foods.
3 year Strong! It would take 15 in the US and it still wouldn’t be done.
What was the mooring fee in Alesond. Cruise ships are a blight on all the locations they visit.
At about 7.40 in see you have some sort of a line dragging behind the boat..............................What is it?
What did Georgie do in Wick??! I feel I missed some bad cat behaviour...
She was spending her afternoon hanging out on other boats in the marina. 😽
I see sailing cats listen as well as the little land luber cats do.
About as well as any cat does. 😹
debatable! Our boat cat Cleo knows how to sit, stay, come, and high five!
A little side note, the wether report today is for 11-12m sea (40 foot) and 70 knots wind.
Not a fun day for a passage 😬
And so many wonder why we decided not to cruise there through fall.....
People aren’t that familiar with the Nort sea. I don’t live that far up. But very close to the ocean. So I have just been out checking the lines. It’s going to be another day with saltwater poring down the windows. Or...a nice day to stay inside. Just wanted you to know 😁
Tried to give you 2 thumbs up but it won't let me!
You'll just have to make a second TH-cam account! 😂
Ålesund. "All a sund".
Bom dia meou grade mestre você é o cara 10 gosto muinto da sua linda educação
The little fjord you were anchored in the beginning of this video is the fjord that a tunnel is planned trough the mountain for ship traffic to avoid getting around Stad. Here's a short video about it.
th-cam.com/video/6Py9OM5WbrA/w-d-xo.html
NO DIVING?
Ha, a little cold there for us!! Plus we're not certified.
Pronounce Ålesund: Like eel, but with an ooo instead of an iii.