Sailing the North Sea - Framstig Video

Sailing the north sea from Petter W. Sele on Vimeo.

The 100 year old boat from Norway adventures to Shetland, then on to Fair Isle. Followed by travel to Orkney and back to Fair Isle then Home to Norway. Along the stormy way I mended thier sail which you can see in this earlier post: http://fair-isle.blogspot.com/2011/07/mending-sails-well-this-is-something.html

I have a brief apperance in the video mending the sail after it being ripped in a gale coming back from Orkney. I must of done an okay job as it held in a much larger storm on the way back to Norway.  The video is pretty cool check it out!

Mending Sails? Well this is something I've never done before. Framstig Tall Ship

The sail ripped coming from Orkney the night before in the strong winds and heavy swell.

The crew of the Framstig came to my studio to play around of golf while the captain tried to find someone in Lerwick to mend the sail on the cell phone? during tall ships? I'm not sure if there is anyone who does that type of work in Shetland? When I showed them my sewing room they asked if I could try and sew it? Well I can try... Moving my sewing machine outside on a windy but sunny day I did my best with the help of others. Lucky I can sew better than they can play golf. The sail was thick and heavy and I only had medium needles. I broke a few but my Juki can sew through almost anything.  The patch isn't pretty, but it will weather the storms ahead. 

in the shadow of the South Lighthouse

just outside my studio.

 



Framstig - built 1914

I was told rough translation of Framstig means moving forward.

The Framstig has sailed around the world and the sail looks like it.

The sail has been patched many times before and looks like a crazy quilt.

More patches than sail that's all part of the aesthetic. I'm just a small piece of it's history now.



The crew saying good bye while getting ready to sail back to Norway before bad forcast weather.
& we wish them luck!



all patched up.

Cheers!



         photo taken a few days before the rip. North Haven.