{"id":8309,"date":"2026-06-05T11:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/?p=8309"},"modified":"2026-06-04T11:51:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:51:04","slug":"norway-fjords-sailing-diary-stavanger-to-haugesund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/norway-fjords-sailing-diary-stavanger-to-haugesund\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway Fjords Sailing Diary: Stavanger to Haugesund"},"content":{"rendered":"

After arriving in Stavanger and enjoying a well-earned evening ashore, the crew of Challenger 3 prepared to leave the city behind and head deeper into the Norwegian Fjords. With fresh supplies loaded and the yacht ready for the next stage of the voyage, the crew set off into Lysefjord to experience towering cliffs, quiet anchorages and some of the most dramatic scenery of the entire passage north towards Bergen.<\/p>\n

Extract from the Ship’s Captain Log Tony:<\/strong><\/p>\n

After a relaxing day here in Stavanger yesterday, the crew are ready to head off and go exploring the Fjords!<\/p>\n

0900 CEST: CH3 will shortly depart to explore the length of Llsefjord, before heading to Trodalsvagen for a night on the hook.<\/p>\n

Clearances completed yesterday morning after the crew did a deep clean, refilled the water and reprovisioned the fresh rations, so we are now well stocked for the remainder of the voyage up to Bergen!<\/p>\n

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Baaa! Baaa! We end our day at anchor off Trodalsvagen surrounded by green pastures and sheep. An end to a perfect day of cruising Lysefjord. We departed Stavanger on Challenger 3 at 0900 after a lovely crew dinner the night before.<\/p>\n

\"Anchored

Sheep in the Fjords!<\/p><\/div>\n

Our menu for the day included tomato pesto pasta, cinnamon buns (thanks to our resident baker!), and Thai chicken curry. The first mate continued to demonstrate his competitive eating prowess vacuuming up any leftover scraps. Truly no waste on this voyage!<\/p>\n

Lysefjord was stunningly beautiful. The sheer cliffs were reminiscent of the end of The Fellowship of the Rings. Made us feel that we were truly having an adventure. The crew faced and conquered their fears taking turns climbing out the spinnaker pole for a better view of Challenger 3. Some may vow never again! But a good time was had by all.<\/p>\n

\"Sailing

Lysefjord<\/p><\/div>\n

1900 \u2013 CH3 is anchored in a simply splendid little bay at Trodalsvagen (58d 53.6’N 006d 2.6’E)after spending the day exploring Llysefjorden and pole climbing in spectacular scenery.<\/p>\n

\"Pole

Pole climbing<\/p><\/div>\n

Tomorrow we plan to head up to Haugesund.<\/p>\n

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Another Extract from the Ship’s Captain Log Tony:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1730 CEST: After finally departing our anchorage at 1130 this morning (anchor windlass packed up with 60m of chain out, but fortunately we had plenty of voyage crew to winch it all in!) and a day of motoring in low cloud\/drizzle, CH3 is now moored safely alongside at Haugesund.<\/p>\n

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From peaceful anchorages surrounded by sheep-covered hillsides to dramatic fjord scenery and life aboard a Challenger 72, this stage of the voyage offered a true taste of sailing in Norway. For those interested in experiencing the Norwegian Fjords by yacht, our Norway Sailing Adventures<\/strong><\/a> trips explore many of these spectacular areas while combining offshore sailing with unforgettable cruising scenery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Challenger 4 leaves Stavanger to explore Lysefjord, with dramatic cliffs, peaceful anchorages and life aboard in the heart of the Norwegian Fjords.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[209,487,215],"tags":[753,302,752,754],"class_list":["post-8309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-norway","category-norway-challenger","category-sailing-holidays","tag-haugesund","tag-lysefjord","tag-sailing-in-the-fjords","tag-trodalsvagen"],"views":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8309"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8317,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8309\/revisions\/8317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}