Exploring the East Coast of ICELAND, like you have NEVER seen it! Chapter 4

Name: Exploring the East Coast of ICELAND, like you have NEVER seen it! Chapter 4
Uploaded: 2024-11-24T18:31:05.000Z
Duration: 17 min 45 s
Description: Erik Aanderaa sails Tessie along the Icelandic coast, navigating shoals near the Nordfjärdarhorn lighthouse before anchoring in Næskøbstadur.

24. november 2024 · 17 min · 98K visninger · East Coast of Iceland

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Erik Aanderaa sails his boat, Tessie, along the east coast of Iceland, transiting from Farskjöfjordur to Næskøbstadur.4:19 During the 35-nautical-mile passage, he encounters 2.5-knot headwinds and navigates around the Nordfjärdarhorn lighthouse, which is surrounded by dangerous shoals and breaking waves.10:20 Before departing the area, he anchors in a fjord at a depth of 3.5 meters, deploying 22.2 meters of chain.15:22 The village of Næskøbstadur features extensive avalanche protection barriers, including reinforced walls up to 50 meters high, constructed following a 1974 disaster.14:41 While in the region, Aanderaa visits the island of Skrudur, a 160-meter-tall rock formation home to over 150,000 pairs of puffins and the site of the 1986 Suneta tanker wreck.2:53 Aanderaa pauses the expedition to fly to Norway for medical treatment, planning to return to Iceland in one week to continue his voyage toward Greenland.16:06