Visby to Nynäshamn - 6 August 2017

After having reached Visby last week, we left Belisama at the fiskhamn and took the ferry to be at work for the week. Our friends stayed in Visby in the boat to enjoy the island. By Friday 4 August, we made it back to Visby to get the boat back to Stockholm.

Belisama on her way from Visby to Nynäshamn, 5 August 2017

But this was planned counting on fair weather conditions. Which was not the case... It is always surprising to see how calm the sea looks taken in picture from the big Gotland ferry, when the wind rages over 15m/s!

From Kalmar to Visby, through Grankullavik - 27 to 29 July 2017

With the new crew in charge, we took a ride from Kalmar to Visby, with a stopover in Grankullavik, at the northern tip of Öland and where we had been on our way down south in late May.

9 knots average under spinnaker...

A nice ride back to Utklippan - 26 July 2017

From Sölvesborg, a good lateral wind brings us quite rapidly along the 42 miles to Utklippan. For the first time in a week, we see some sun getting through the clouds.

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...

Last day in Sassnitz - 15 July

The whole crew is back and we are eager to depart from Sassnitz to Klinteholm, Denmark. However, the forecast was for a fantastic sunny day, without significant wind, and if wind, right in the nose... While tomorrow, we should have lateral good wind all the way for the 50+ miles. No hesitation, but another day in Sassnitz!