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...

How far have we gone in exploring the Baltic? 19 January 2020

After 12 years sailing in the Baltic, the first seven with La MaLouine, un brise de mer 31, and then an OVNI 445 for the past five years, as we are considering moving to the Adriatic sea in the coming year(s), I used the long dull and dark evening of the Swedish winter for entering in Google earth all the routes that we have followed along the 7,OOO nautical miles that we have been sailing in the Baltic with Belisama, since 2015.



And this is how it looks like in the Baltic. The map above includes the intended routes for 2020, which will see us sailing through Latvia and Estonia...

Catch-up post since 20 July... 26 July 2017

Well, since 20 July in Rødvig, we have swallowed probably 300 miles and 3 gales. Quite a bad weather on our way to Copenhagen to pick a friend couple and get back to Sweden. And quite an unfriendly weather since. From Rødvig to Copenhagen, we experienced probably the thickest fog we have ever encountered. Impossible to see anything before too late, unless you navigate through the radar. Thanks to the radar...

Klintholm to Rødvig, through Vordingborg - 19-20 July 2017

After years in Sweden, one gets amazed as soon as seing colours in the fields. Denmark is part of continental Europe, and I am getting the same feeling I have when driving from Sweden to southern Europe, that continental Europe starts in Denmark. I realise that I am missing it when I see it, but not at all when I don't. Isn't it perfect?

Blooming fields around Klintholm.

Sassnitz to Denmark - 16 July 2017

Where in Denmark? The initial plan was to reach Klintholm, on the island of Møn, Denmark, a 52 nautical miles ride from Sassnitz. The weather forecast looked very fine, with South-West winds from 5 to 6 m/s in the morning up to 8 to 10 m/s in the afternoon. Belisama was flying above 7 knots on average for the first hours. Then the wind got much stronger, around 12 m/s, with gusts up to 15. Three reefs and the trinquette handled it nicely, but the sallow waters around the south-east point of Møn resulted in short cresting waves very unpleasant. We decided to finish on engine, for safety reasons, when entering the shallow waters resulting in cresting waves at the southeast point of the island. 

But the engine did not start...

Kristiansø, 7 & 8 July 2017

Kristiansø is a tiny Danish Island south-west of Utklippan, on the way to Bornholm. At this time of the year, the small sound where one can get shelter is quite packed with three to four rows of boats moored alongside.

Krisitansø sound.

Certainly a must in Southern Baltic!