A short motor today from Dragor to Copenhagen (7.7 miles). The wind was coming from the north and given the channel to Copenhagen is not very wide, there was no way to sail, so we motored all the way. There are various options for mooring in Copenhagen, but we chose …
Twelve knots of wind and sunshine – a perfect combination which couldn’t last …. and didn’t! However, while it lasted we had a great sail. We started from Rodvig just after 8.30am and for the next three hours managed to sail at between 5 and 7 knots – past further …
A very relaxing trip today – Klintholm to Rodvig (24.8 miles). Warm and sunny – the only thing missing was the wind, so it was the job of the iron topsail to get us to Rodvig today. However, it was a very pleasant trip and initially took us past the ‘White …
A lovely (if chilly) sail today from Gedser to Klintholm (35.9 miles). We set off about 8.40am with a lovely breeze, but a slightly murky and chilly day in store. We manage to host sails almost as soon as we left Gedser (by the ferry port) and finally took them …
A trip of three halves today. We set off just before 9am from Burgstaaken in grey murky weather making our way carefully past the moored U-Boat. Okay it was on the shore, but you can never be too careful! The U-Boat is U11 and she is part of a U-Boat …
Derek and Adie have now joined us and, in a change of plan, we decided today to head east. With easterlies forecast later in the week, we decided that we would get as much easting as possible and so headed from Kiel to Burgstaaken (48.6 miles). We set off around …
The marina where we are in Kiel (Durstenbrook marina) was originally built for the 1936 Olympic sailing event. It has almost certainly been extended a bit since, but the signs of its age are there! The sailing in 1936 took place in 4 classes. The O-Jolle was designed specially for …
We have now finally made it to the Baltic. Today’s trip was a relatively short one from Rendsburg to Kiel (24 miles). The final stretches of the canal were broadly similar to yesterday – there isn’t much variation along the Kiel Canal – but it was a little more open …
We did the first section of the Kiel Canal today – Brunsbuttel to Rendsburg (35.5 miles). It is not what would be described as one of the most scenic canals in the world – interesting, but not scenic. It is mainly straight and wooded, so by definition there isn’t much …
Lauwersoog to Brusbuttel – 119.2 miles in 26 hours and 50 minutes. Today’s trip was a passage. Having got a bit behind, we decided to head for the Kiel Canal in a single hit and so set off from Lauwersoog at 10.05am. This was a little earlier than the passage …
