Kjell Wevling — an appreciation
Kjell Wevling, the Norwegian yachtsman who made many Shetland friends in over 30 years of sailing to the islands, has died in Askvoll, Norway, at the age of 82. Kjell first crossed the North Sea to Lerwick in 1977 in a little motor cruiser with a convoy of other small boats.  He was immediately enchanted by the landscape, the wildlife, the Norwegian place names, the dialect, and the fact that the locals still celebrated and revered Norwayâs wartime heroes of the Shetland Bus. He was also delighted with the camaraderie in the cheerful bar of the Lerwick Boating Club, where many of ...
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