by Celia Bull | Nov 19, 2023 | Selkie Explorers News, Uncategorized
Never really felt like Norway in November until now! We come round Statt, the fist of land that punches defiantly out into the Norwegian Sea. We cross over on a day of infinite blue sky, when the fighting waters are taking a breather and lapping gently against the...
by Celia Bull | Nov 4, 2023 | Selkie Explorers News
I have found it a murky month here onboard Selkie: a month of unexpected challenges. There are silver linings, and I am so lucky to have fallen upon these tricky times in Bergen under the wing of the kindest and ocean optimistic person, someone who has kept me...
by Celia Bull | Oct 15, 2023 | Selkie Explorers News
At the same time as I was preparing Selkie’s deck with a more central jackstay to keep me very much onboard should I trip on my solo voyage across the North Sea to Norway, Reventas in Livingston were running a test on their pilot plant rig: does their process degrade...
by Celia Bull | Jul 22, 2023 | Selkie Explorers News
This year so far has been brilliant and illuminating, with barely time to catch my breath. It feels only right and proper to announce here on my webpage that I am heading back North come the autumn. My time in Norway during the winter blew me away, luckily not...
by Celia Bull | Feb 28, 2023 | Selkie Explorers News
Låder, Rennesøy. This is where I saw the great pulsating, sweeping curtains of green and pink light leaping through the star lit sky. A low rocky bay ringed by islets where the eagles gather to shake their tale feathers, disturb the wildlife and excite the Selkie...
by Celia Bull | Feb 17, 2023 | Selkie Explorers News
God I love this! It’s blowing a gale out there. Winds of 50 coming out of the North West. The boat stinks of diesel fumes with the Refleks stove that had to be turned off when the gusts swung through violently, blowing smoke back down the chimney. That was one thing I...
