Norway’s sailor king

A new book about King Harald V has been released just in time for the Christmas shopping season. It offers some fresh insight into the Norwegian monarch’s great passion for sailing, even describing how he’s been knocked unconscious in the middle of a regatta. He didn’t let that blow, or others, spoil the chance sailing [...]

Tall ship stands tall after 75 years

She’s been a movie star in the role of the Windjammer, sailed in nearly all the Tall Ships Races and won many of them. Arguably the tallest of Norway’s Tall Ships, Christian Radich is celebrating her 75th anniversary this weekend, and all year long. Even Crown Prince Haakon was taking part in the main celebration Friday [...]

Huge regatta sets sail

Around 900 sailboats with 6,000 sailors on board were positioned in the inner Oslo Fjord on Friday to start sailing south to the lighthouse at Færder. They’re all taking part in the annual regatta known as Færderseilasen, and King Harald would be among them. Norway’s 75-year-old monarch, an avid sailor who took part in the [...]

Huge regatta was faster but smaller

Oslo’s annual Færderseilasen (the Færder regatta) was a wet but fast affair over the weekend, with its 860 participating boats propelled by strong winds down the Oslo Fjord. Registration this year was much lower than in earlier years, when more than 1,000 boats have taken part. No one had a clear explanation for the downturn [...]