Talk:Norway

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Great to see such a site and to be part of it from infancy. I am sure this will be very useful. However, I must disagree about one thing. Do not, as is stated on the general introduction to Norway, discount the currents along the Norwegian coast. I have seen a good 4 - 5 knot current setting south west along the coast of Norway off Kristiansand. Any yacht trying to make a landfall could experience dificulties.

Also, about five years ago, I was entering the Skagarrak on a voyage from Shetland to Sweden when we had a south westerly gale which, when it met the current flowing against it along the coast, ripped up a huge sea. Look at the warning for large waves off Lindesness on the British Admiralty chart!

Throughout the island passages further north currents can be quite strong too. Be careful out there!

Safe sailing

Stephen Yacht Nausikaa

Hi Stephen,

that's an important information. Do you like to correct the article? I've been there just for short, and it seems you have relevant experience about that. --Peter 20:14, 9 November 2006 (CET)