Rambling around Rønne
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 …
Tag: Bornholm
Rolling to Rønne
From Germany to Denmark – that was today’s mission. With the best forecast for several days we left Sassnitz at 0610 and with a promising looking breeze we hoisted the main inside the harbour, headed round the mole and pulled the job out. That was then the last we heard …
Yawing to Ystad
How wrong does a forecast have to be before it ceases to be a forecast? well – today’s was on the margin of that … The forecast was for a westerly of around 7-9 knots. The reality was a south westerly of around 18-22 knots – quite a margin of …
A change of country
We had to sort out a new courtesy flag today. We headed for Bornholm – an island roughly 20 miles south of the south-eastern corner of Sweden. It is an island which has been fought over for years – originally Danish, the Swedish conquered the island in 1645. However, they …
Surging to Simrishamn
Actually not much surging at all was involved on this trip. Having been delayed in departing from Ystad by the weather, we were a day behind heading off. Roger and Sue had arrived to join us and so we decided to spend the enforced lay day heading off on the …