Contributions by John Lancaster-Smith

John Lancaster-Smith says:

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30m pier with approx 4m depth.
Water is not drinking water.
Berthing inside guest pontoon recommended due wash from passing ships.
Payment by VIPPS or bank transfer. Account number published on dock, proceed with NO40 for IBAN.
Mordal Båthåvn
A useful stop

2 x helpful | written on 10. Jul 2024

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We've spent 3 nights here during SW F7-8. The harbour has occasional gusts but otherwise is great.
Good facilities, included in overnight berthing fee and open 24hrs.
The hotel/pub is open again under new ownership and is worth a visit.
The new fuel dock (next yo the nearby Joker store) has both gasoline & diesel (the cheapest I've seen in Norway this year).
Marina payment via GoMarina keeps it easy for us that cannot use VIPPS :-)

2 x helpful | written on 29. Jun 2025

John Lancaster-Smith says:

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We've spent 3 nights here during SW F7-8. The harbour has occasional gusts but otherwise is great.
Good facilities, included in overnight berthing fee and open 24hrs.
The hotel/pub is open again under new ownership and is worth a visit.
The new fuel dock (next yo the nearby Joker store) has both gasoline & diesel (the cheapest I've seen in Norway this year).
Marina payment via GoMarina keeps it easy for us that cannot use VIPPS :-)

2 x helpful | written on 29. Jun 2025

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A wonderful anchorage on the west coast of Burra.
Beautiful white sand in a bay that is protected from most wind directions.
Good walks and popular with wild swimmers also.

1 x helpful | written on 16. Aug 2024

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There's now a permanent mooring in the location shown.
We did manage to anchor approximately 400m before the position shown.

1 x helpful | written on 30. Jun 2025

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Precedes the other anchorage shown by approx 400m and potentially offers better protection from southerly winds. Anchor in approx 8m

1 x helpful | written on 30. Jun 2025 | updated_on 30. Jun 2025

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We visited in fairly benign conditions, light N/NW breeze.
Anchored in the middle of the pool with the only mooring to the south of us.
Whilst our (Rocna) anchor took a few moments to bite it did and on recovery it was full of silty sand.
We would visit again in similar conditions at this quiet time of the season.

1 x helpful | written on 11. Jun 2025

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A beautiful sandy beach on the east coast of Mainland Shetland approximately 9nm North of Sumburgh Head.
Good holding in sand, though some kelp can be found so ensure you are dug in especially in the western side of the bay.
A solitary buoy resides in the middle of the bay, it's purpose is unknown.
Our most recent visit saw an an arrival in a F6 Southerly wind with quite some swell until entering the bay itself which was without swell.

1 x helpful | written on 8. Aug 2024

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Another of Shetland's best beaches.
Offering shelter from the East through to the West, though with possibly a bit of swell from the West.
Good depths and sand, though weed patches to avoid.
One solitary (private) small boat mooring towards the Western end of the beach.

1 x helpful | written on 9. Aug 2024

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At the head of a 1nm inlet the anchorage provides plenty of space for a number of boats to anchor albeit in approximately 15m depths.
Attractive surroundings, with a number of number of functional buildings around the head of the bay.
There is no obvious place to go ashore.
Shelter should be good from winds ENE through S to WNW.
There is quite regular helicopter traffic heading out to the rigs

1 x helpful | written on 25. Jul 2024 | updated_on 25. Jul 2024

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Pay attention to rocks either side of entry. Chartplotter required

0 x helpful | written on 3. Jul 2025