SS Restauration "Coming home for Christmas!" - A Classic Yacht Delivery from New York to Norway
December 14, 2025 · 21 min · 3K views · North Sea, off the coast of the Netherlands
What this video covers
The SS Restauration, a classic Norwegian vessel, completes a 4,500-mile delivery from New York to Stavanger, Norway, in 45 days, with the final leg running from Cherbourg across the English Channel and North Sea in December under Captain Harold.15:52 The narrator joins in Cherbourg for the North Sea crossing, routing east through the Strait of Dover with the tide before turning toward Newport, then continuing along the Dutch coast and north to Norway.2:41 Conditions are consistently harsh: exposed helming positions, rain, cold, two-to-three-meter swells, and a squall that rips the jib and forces the crew to fight it down in wet, wild conditions.5:27 A severe front passes before Newport; the crew runs hard to stay ahead of a second storm 75 miles off the Norwegian coast.13:22 The ungimballed electric hob in the bow galley requires lashing down in heavy swell.12:22 The ship carries a square Viking sail, deployed downwind in the North Sea with the wind dead aft.10:43 A Netherlands Coast Guard helicopter conducts training nearby off the Dutch coast.9:19 The vessel arrives at Kvitzoy before a formal reception in Stavanger, escorted by a pilot boat and met by a large crowd.16:57 The crossing confirms that December North Sea passages demand constant watchkeeping, flexible sail plans, and a crew already hardened by thousands of offshore miles.
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