Learning the Limfjord the hard way...11 & 12 August

The day started fantastiskt in the Limfjord, and ended (late) fantastiskt as well at Thyberøn, the exit of the Limfjord in the North sea.

On the way to Nykøbing in there Limfjord

But along the way, we learned what the Limfjord may be the hard way …

Through the Limfjord, Vinga-Ålborg, 9 August

On 9 August 2020, we move from Vinga to Ålborg, an eighty nautical miles ride through the Kattegat. On the way, we meet lots of commercial ships on their way to Göteborg and then the Baltic, but at the same time, we meet a few harbour porpoises, a whale 1.4 to 2.5 metre long, called Marsouiàn in French, quite common on the Kattegat end the North Sea. A very impressive encounter in any case... 

But there is more to the Kattegat crossing...

Vinga, finally, 8 August 2020

We made it to Vinga on the third attempt. Not to the harbour, that was full as expected on a Saturday in August, but to the Vinga Gattulvenvik, on the North side of the island. On the last two attempts, the swell was such that it was not possible to stay overnight, as indicated in the pilot book. But this time, the weather is fine, and the swell (almost) inexistant.

On the rocks to Vinga