The Swedish Hallberg Rassy beside us at Utklippan wanted to leave at 9am, so that made our decision easy; we left at 08.50. On a lovely sunny morning we left (slowly) through the eastern entrance we had come in through and hoisted the sails. Again, the wind was teasing us, …
Utklippan is a wierd anomaly – two islands called Södraskär (South skerry) and Norraskär (North skerry). They are the most southeasterly point of Sweden and there is virtually nothing there. So … an ideal place to stop! Actually it is a good place to stop as it is an ideal …
While we wait for a crew change, we have got a few days in Rønne, so, we decided to explore the area …. by foot … Well at least by foot once we had caught a bus somewhere! Armed with a four day bus pass we decided to try and …
A nice relaxing start today. The bridge at Stralsund only opens at 08.20 and 12.20. The former was definitely off the cards, so we had a relaxing start and left the marina at 1150, drifting slowly down towards the bridge arriving bang on the opening time. It might almost have …
A short motor today. Nothing much exciting apart from the depth at one point! Even in the very narrow channel, the depth went down to 1.4m under the keel rather suddenly. A rapid turn seemed to gradually bring it up again, but the channels here are so narrow that you …
Luckily we weren’t in a hurry this morning because the marina staff certainly weren’t either. We moved round to the fuel berth around 09.45 but they were busy taking a boat out of the water. However, it seemed more of a reverse hokey cokey lift as they took it out, …
Yesterday was a very short trip. The marina at Westhafen needed our berth back, so once Pat and Stephen arrived on board, we attempted to fill up with fuel at the fuel jetty just outside the harbours. With a police boat filling up in front of us, we waited our …
After a couple of days of quite gusty winds, the weather decided to go from all to nothing today. We left Travemünde at 0750 in a complete calm and during the morning the wind built 200% from 1 knot to 3 knots … not enough to even think about sailing, …
With a couple of days to spare, we decided to explore Travemünde and Lübeck. Travemünde is probably best known as ferry port these days and it is busy with ferries coming in and out constantly. However, it is also a German seaside resort with a lovely beach at the mouth …
A tense ten minutes …. Had they seen us? Did they have their sights on us? Were we about to be shot from the water for daring to intrude on a gunnery range? Would we make a clearer target with the sails up or down? Then …. relief …. a …
