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A summer of gales
August 23, 2026 · 15 min · 3K views · Skagerrak
What this video covers
Nova Loman alters her planned route from Norway to Kiel, Germany, to avoid a northerly gale.5:16 She departs a harbor where rising water levels from the North Sea surge had previously threatened her solar panels against a high wharf.1:48 During the 64-mile passage, she maintains a reefed main and a small headsail, averaging six knots.3:35 The route requires navigating a narrow corridor between a wind farm and a shoal, where wind-against-current conditions create sloppy, unpredictable seas.8:36 After clearing the bridge and the wind farm, she encounters calmer conditions in the lee of the Danish coast before tacking into a bay.8:36 She motors the final 10 miles to reach an anchorage at 12:30 a.m. The following day, she paddleboards ashore in 30-knot gusts, navigating through a field with an electrified fence that delivers a shock through her wet paddleboard.12:29 She concludes the trip by walking to a nearby village.14:45
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