SV Healer; from Belfast to Bergen

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A wide documentary photograph taken from the foredeck of SV Healer approaching the rugged coast of western Norway, backtracking the historic Viking route. The white deck and taut forestay frame a dramatic landscape of steep, dark rock faces dropping into steel-blue water, with scattered patches of late-spring snow clinging to higher slopes. Low, broken cloud filters cool afternoon light, creating gentle contrasts on the cliffs and soft highlights on the faint wake trailing from the bow. The composition uses leading lines from the guardrails and reefed headsail to draw the eye toward a narrow fjord entrance ahead. Photographic realism, sharp focus from bow to distant peaks, capturing a professional, exploratory atmosphere of landfall after days at sea.

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Browse every leg of SV Healer’s journey, from first departure to landfall in Bergen.

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This logbook tracks our route from Belfast to Bergen. Use the map icons for each leg, open dated entries for stories and photos, and follow milestone links to big moments like landfalls, storms, and historic Viking stops.

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A sleek white fiberglass sailing yacht named SV Healer seen from the bow, cutting cleanly through a calm North Atlantic swell. The deck hardware, taut stainless-steel lifelines, and neatly coiled lines show careful seamanship. The camera is positioned low at the pulpit, looking aft along the side deck toward the cockpit and twin backstays. Soft overcast daylight from a high grey sky creates gentle, even lighting across the non-slip deck and rippling water, with subtle reflections along the hull. The distant horizon and low, misty coastline are slightly blurred, emphasizing the boat’s movement. Photographic realism, eye-level composition with sharp focus throughout, conveying a professional, documentary feel of an offshore passage.