06. June 2018

Today we had planned to do a shorter day of sailing. Things were interesting going through market passages mostly sailing just with the Genoa and the motor on as a safety net. We needed the motor a few times because the gusts came from a different wind direction and could cause a shift that went against the marked narrow passages. Around 15h the wind shifted and almost died but picked up again after a while. HD and I had agreed to be docked around 16h today. So we looked into 2 options of...

Sailing · 05. June 2018

Yesterday the wind prediction was starting with 5 m/s going up to 8-10 m/s which causes serious waves on open water. HD and I decided to go to Huvudskär south of us and head there over mostly open waters just towards the end go back between the archipelago. So off we went navigating between rocks and small islands towards the open Baltic sea. When we arrived there we had to reef the mainsail and then start surfing waves up to 3 meters high. It was an interesting ride towards the south. HD took...