Noon position: 70° 16.0‘N 018° 25.3’E
Distance steamed since departure Alta: 144 NM
Weather: Dry, good visibility, 4/8ths cloud
Temperature: 3°C
Wind: South easterly, Force 5
Sea state: Slight seas and short moderate swell
Following extended departure checks due to her prolonged stay alongside and with all guests and crew back on board, Aurora was given clearance to sail at 2.40am.
The Deputy Captain gave the order to let go the lines and thrust Aurora off the berth to starboard. Once a a safe distance he then swung the bow to starboard to bring Aurora on to a more north westerly heading Once abeam of Amtmannsnes light, the pilot took the Conn and set courses back out of the fjord.
By 6.00am Aurora was clear of the fjord and rounding the top of the uninhabited island of Silda. She then altered to the south west to make tracks for the Pilot station at Fugloy. At 8.20am the pilot ladder was rigged on the port side and the local Pilot disembarked.
Aurora then made her way northwards passing the island of Nordfugloya to port before proceeding outside 4NM from land and altering to the south west once more.
Aurora maintained a south westerly course for the rest of the day keeping the Norwegian islands on he port side. By 10pm Aurora was passing Lofoten itself and continuing south south westwards.
