Scouting the Baltic Sea

After getting an interesting tour of Chirstiansø went to Svaneke harbor. Here we got after having moored securely, time to taste the local food (again) and the popular Svaneke-Beer. On his way home through the streets ran a sixth crew us up, and David was now back on board, so every man indfandtsig the flight deck for a late-night thunderstorm (Irish) coffee ...

Since we had found that the oil burner really did not work we got, the next day called a reperatør up who came and looked at it. Fuel pump was replaced. After two days waiting to get a pump sailed in from Copenhagen, we got it finally installed and Diana is again dry and warm - HAPPINESS.

However, blowing it too much that we can or will go our way out of the blue wave, and we drive away the waiting time by looking at Waterfall in Døndalen, Shoppe in Ronne, eat herring in Gudhejm and play billiards with Bent Watchmakers and Mogens, the retired master builder ... quite nice to hang out with a few of the locals. The gates to the dock is closed because the wind from NW offers some sizeable waves, so even though we had some daredevils who were bold enough to go our way out of it, so we were not allowed.

David has this morning left the boat again, in favor of the mundane life at home in Copenhagen and we are again a little tired, but fortrøstningsfild crew aboard ... we keep ourselves ready to sail, if the forecast holds true and the wind subsides at night ...

Continuation Follows

The tour has come to Kalmar is located at the bridge to Öland, here we are tonight and sail to Christian Island

The pictures are from a small port on Öland called Byxelkrok where we slept and ate yesterday.

Thank you for follow our farms and see you soon ... ... if i understand this a little one!

at. 15:09

There Chlles in cockpit with Dario Von Slutty and a fresh sour which is cool. A nice sunny but chilly afternoon ...

time of writing are heard DUB reggae at full blast, and at approaching slowly 17:00 which is the next project and we are getting ready.

ALL WELL

Pikhans has left us. That we had to find around noon. 13:00 (very impressed with his stamina)

he was probably too much of the guitar playing and singing angels who had descended from heaven to entertain robert in cokspittet.

18:23

Well fed in Swedish sausages and Trines beetroot salad

Led Zeppelin stands for dessert. Hertz now rejoice at not being able to see land anywhere.

We have made a single attempt to communicate with the radar in Almindingen ... "WHAT DRINKING MILLER ??????"

19:00

Michael Jackson entertains now cockpit personnel ...

The displacement time with beer mat-trivia (some Holbæk girls will know the game) ...

Lindvig winner of 35 pieces in one hand

Trine wins in 9 pieces in each hand

02:20

doing a little hullabaloo navigation and passes Emerald Princess, who choose to stop to let us pass in front, but we are not to be fooled and meet course the usual give way and goes behind ....

result = HUGE cruise ship is stationary until we are past

D. 20/5-09

Then we have driven a little time in vasahavnen and the associated so uncommon beauty stockholm .... some board had visited the Vasa Museum, which of course was quite obvious, since we were fortøjtet approx. 100 next door.

13:00

departure from Gästhamn Vasa

15:22

Then we crossed two bridges and a lock ... we have just passed Gröndalsbron and has 20 mil for the next bridge ...

the guitar playing by Rune and eating homemade bread (by Mikkel Hertz) with secrets made garlic.

Now it rains and all mustofanter room lists to get dressed for the occasion ... ..

The rare-Mustofant She has gone below deck to find his red and white regnvejrsham forward ....

D. 21/5-09

Kl. 12:45

we are free of the archipelago and set course 167 against Visby ...

02:30

(Trine and the Bette Squirrel)

The position is listed in the manual log:

The depth decreases drasrisk from approx. 100 meters to 4.2 meters

we determine to be sailed over a whale .... or perhaps a Russian submarine ....

maybe we should keep an eye on the echosounder works ...

D. 22/5-09

We moored in Visby on Gotland and has shed deck, chill, heard music, economic drinks etc.

we have tasted the Gotland kitchen consisting of lobster, wild boar, cucumber jelly, sweet potatoes, white chocolate mousse, parfait and cosmopilitans ...

and now we have mysteriously been visiting board of various Norwegian and Swedish sailors ....

Sorry the lack of pictures ... but now the weary blogger announce its arrival in the party

Trine

So far you can get out and away, was to Estonia in the east and west of Stockholm, one can deform

justifiably say that we actually are on the way home again because Gotland lies to the south, thus

Out and back - by Diana of Faaborg

A wise man once said "It's the return journey, the greatest adventure waiting" or is it just me

have an expectation and hope to ride the last 10 days will be just as important as those who

already passed in the Baltic Sea.

Time wasted with soap bubbles in Vasahamnen or festive bobbelfest in honor of Sidse on her birthday

home in Denmark.

There has been broad agreement on the Stockholm and the surrounding archipelago has some of the

most spectacular city and nature we have seen. The trip out through out the archipelago was really an experience.

Two locks and four bridges were paseres. At one bridge we had to fight a little for space with another

boat, as seen in the pictures.

Below, more exciting bridge and more expectant waiting, maybe it sounds noticeably strange that one can

welcome to come under a bridge, but when there just is nothing else to do so it becomes really a

great stuff and there is precisely what makes it über cool to sail.

A happy man in Mustojakke, in a boat in a lock, a Swedish archipelago

A focus lock crew of top action characterized tumult, or a fun experience to take water elevator.

When we were coming through Stockholm waterways and out into the forest island's fresh water was at close to the 1700th

And when the night pressed on, we were still not come out in the Baltic Sea, tilgendgæld we can all

fyrkarekterer available for Swedes like the guy, MANY PINE

Now approaching Visby on Gotland is fast approaching, or waves called it enough, then we will see

what it offers. Something with delicious food, stone gizmos on the beach and a fine old town think

I will. But I'm ready to be amazed and overwhelmed by the beauty once again.

And then .. I hope you are doing well in both odder and Horsens, greeting Uncle T

And for all you other fools enjoy the work, trajectory, bill payments, writing assignments and indifferent

TV watching ... greeting Captain America one of the planet's Free Spirit.

May 18

After a slightly delayed departure from Haapsalu in Estonia is the tour moved on to the Swedish archipelago, and we're at. 13.10 subject to below Wasamuseet in Stockholm after a little over 31 hours on the Baltic Sea.

Close Encounters of other road users were limited to a few visits of small birds, and a close but quite undramatic passage of a cruise ship: Emerald Princess.

From landfall at the entrance to Stockholm, and up to Gamla Stan is 40 miles and passing through no less than 12 charts - what a port maneuver.

Arrived crew shall sausage and Béarnaise depots filled up, without food and drink pigeons hero at all.

It is raining, but there are excellent bathing facilities and internet connection, we are in a Scandinavian capital, and now we've also got something to eat. Not bad!

How can the raging Baltic also look Mikkel Hertz was somewhat disappointed but archipelago lived fully up to his expectations.

Nota ... the photographer is happy with the motives of the sunset.

We decided Saturday afternoon to postpone the departure from Haapaslu, since there was still a bit too much wind, and not everyone was quite fresh.

Moreover, there was, as mentioned, great opening celebration of their newly established marina, so we had fortunately something to take us to ... ..

besides a very speedy confrencier was performance of various kinds, and they had finally got beer taps inside the bar. At midnight, all the bunks and ready to weigh anchor early.

at. 6.50 on 17 / 5 we were free of silt in Haapsalu, and stung off the motor, the quiet and calm manner, without it resembling wind.

A little excerpt from the boat's log (aka. motorsejladstrivia)

at. 09:30

we have again been joined by a little bird has started to remove the many insects that we have with Haapsalu. It has been known not going to leave us again ... it eats, sleeps, chiller, eat and sleep - exactly like us.

at. 10:04 (local time at destination)

we have observed the fauna around us has gone berserk. The last couple of hours we've spotted, and the team now firmly a seagull (maybe two), our new pikhans who attempted to leave the boat, but regretted a large flock of guinea pigs out on the starboard side, a flock of cormorants right promotion, and later a small cluster of seals.

15:09

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The time is gone and Estonia are explored in every nook and cranny. Yesterday we were in Tallinn and see what it kuknne offer today's Mikkel Hertz going on, and tomorrow it seems that the weather becomes navigable

Again, it will say that it is not gale or more, but hva'skidt .... the port festival here in Haapsalu tonight therefore flag parade and the fresh cooed teak deck

In Tallinn we were on maritime museum nameplates from the wreck, salvaged along the Estonian coast

Cosy evening with movie and snack (Casino Royale) The MTV generation unfolds to div. Suede and spice girls stand with a Homy Tuch which we donated to Haapsalus new marina, which will be inaugurated today

We are now ready to sail, and has converted all of victual food - just to warm up ... Besides Mikkel we have Rune board again. He beat Jeppe follow in Tallinn (and kept him apparently awake all night), but he's back ... mysteriously, tired and pale.

Otherwise, the day started early, accurate pm. 07:00 when Trina stood up to take on Dieselrov in Haapsalu, a local ester ... the 100 liters of diesel is now procured, and poured into the tank so that oil fired again have something to drink. The last days have been something else cool board. Then we went to war to scrub the deck, as it dawned on us that there was anything to go by. With a little elbow grease and a tiny brush, it might be possible to scrub large algeplamager of the ship, so now she is nice and clean.

16.00 We are now ready to go to sauna safe arrival to Ventspils in Latvia after 23 hours. Arrived at Ventspils approx. at. 10.00 after a nærvepirrende approaching. The reason threatened constantly coming up under the keel at us, and we could sense that indsejhlingen would be somewhat difficult. As we passed our waypoint - a anduvningsbøje approx. 8,5 mil from the harbor, it proved to be a joke-bend, which was not there. Then we did the port hole in the binoculars and could see that we had an approx. 180 ⁰ bad direction relative to the 4-meter-high waves. It came despite waves of fatigue and container ships well. (However, they had attempted to sleep experience what it was once again being thrown out of the bunks - BLUE MARKS!, Ed.) We are obviously the only tourists in Ventspils. This requires of course to our timber supplies and prepare a well-deserved breakfast consisting of bread, cereal, oatmeal, coconut (frozen milk, ed.) Baked beans fried eggs and beer bitter. Now is the small matter as kammet over and we have drained the boat and switched to swimsuits. Habermas .... Ter, according to agreement with Lindvig lit sauna, it is clear pm. 17.00. ALL WELL.

Two golden quotes (after draining of Diana):

Lindvig to Trine: I just had to be sure that if I jump into the harbor, then I get up again. But now the phone room ready .... I said telephone room I meant, of course, bathing ladder ...

Lindvig to Trine: DO NOT shit on my stomach because I'm naked. (Said as Trina drew a cross on his stomach irritation that he kept pushing the logbook while she wrote - he was not completely nude)

As the boat was drained of everything that could be consumed (and there was certainly a part when we arrived in port) we went out in Ventspils, to find some dinner. There are evening in Ventspils only one place to go TEX MEX restaurant - excellent food, but definitely not prepared for our crew. at. 21.00 we gave orders to all that the restaurant had left the beer and pressure resulted thus also (possibly with help from the French navy, who was also in town) to dry Ventspils total for beer ...

The details of the evening is censored for the sake of underage readers, but it started with a tasting of local specialties (vodka) in Latvian portions ...

10 / 5

18.45 Easy Ventspils immediately after being stood up. ...

Genoa and Motor out through the port. Kanon. 5 m / s SW

19.45 Sat mainsail. Goes with both sail 4.5 knots over ground. 6 m / s NE

20.30 Event 14 ⁰ Time pitrabrød with Tun v. Lindvig who have decided to change their name to Thomas Mann Fjelgaard spasser Lindvig. We are full and well. The Bette Squirrels and Jeppe has gone to bed. Lindvig space provides still in the galley with sausages and herbal tea. Rune is at the helm and undertgenede sitting in the cockpit starboard side and enjoy a beautiful sunset. We sail abaft the beam and go 3.9 knots for mainsail and genoa. Everything is perfect if it were not for spasser Mann, who now have the whole ship to smell hemskt of burnt sausage. Everything is opaque to gray-blue smoke. When we reach our waypoint for 5, 74 mil, we are little more east and want to hit the sydvestestiske islands in just over a day.

20.59 Rune: (after a long artistic pause) Arrj I'm looking forward to this we must tighten up in an hour ...

23.42

57 ⁰ 38.200 '

21 ⁰ 46,129 '

There occurs a little tension in the cockpit of a large vessel right ahead. After some time scouting the binoculars we learn that the ship was a ferry going in or out of the Gulf of Riga, and therefore not on a collision course with us sailing 44 ⁰. Away to starboard, we have a flock of geese enervating, which are apparently intends to haunt us the rest of the night. Now there are again doubts have arisen about the ferry, but Rune finds when we finally see its bagbordslanterne that no cow is on the ice.

23.53 The geese have taken our wind, and we have midlertiudigt tabtr go. A few minutes later, we log 3.7 knots again after coming off the geese.

Lindvig Quote: "I am tired krafedeme of nature" and Rune: "Brent or ... Lortegæs"

02.30 Beautiful and starry night. Moon has finally come into view, since it was full yesterday (Hyttel sleeping namely still searching for a maratontur in Ventspils)

The engine turned on, Win 0-1 m / s SW

03:37

57 ⁰ 47.313 'N

22 ⁰ 09,775 'E

Now in Estonian waters Estonian Coast Guard radio call requesting the identity and destination.

"Have a nice trip ytterligere on"

You would probably just be sure that we were a little sejhlbåd without danger of hitting the ground.

06:45

57 ⁰ 58.482 '

22 ⁰ 29.999 '

Nothing new there is only water view. Jeppe and the Hound

08.20 log 731, 5.5 knots

58 ⁰ 04.2 '

22 ⁰ 43.8 '

Only water

Reached 09.15 WP 18, 5.7 knots

58 ⁰ 7.23 '

22 ⁰ 51.1 '

Slightly hazy west. term of 2 M

nothing to see

09.20 Can see the lighthouse Allirahu to port - distance approx. 3.5 M for 20 miles we run low on charts: - /

11.06

58 ⁰ 12.6 '

23 ⁰ 08.4 '

5.8 knots 2-3 m / s good run - Only water

Motor has been running around. 7 h 30 min ~ Diesel Consumption approx. 20 l - an estimated 140 l back.

11.45 puzzled over the distance to the WP 19 and parity. Found a mistake in typing, adjusted and aligned.

12.20

23 ⁰ 15.0 '

58 ⁰ 17.3 '

Changes the rate to 51 ⁰

When we reach 23 ⁰ 30.2 Ø we must change course to due north as 0 ⁰!

13.25

58 ⁰ 20.6 '

23 ⁰ 24.8 '

5.3 knots 2 m / s, 21 m depth

14.02

58 ⁰ 22.3 '

23 ⁰ 30.2 '

Changes the rate at 0 ⁰, 19.6 m deep, 5.4 knots, 6 m / s

14.15 Off Engine 6 m / s are 3 knots for genoa alone

16.00 will suit yby barrel

12 / 5

We are now in the port of Haapsalu in Estonia.

A very pussenussehyggelig small harbor. The marina is in the Western European standard, and also brand new. The people are friendly and we were well received. 17 euros each. day, cheap beer, cheap food, great view - nothing to complain about.

Weather tease however. The weather forecast says up to 20 m / s the next day and it looks like we will get to know Hapsalu pretty well before we come here.

Depth is not much. The keel must be mashed through 1 / 2 m silt to enter the pool, but it can be done.

8 / 5

10.50 departure from Klaipeda wind 3-4 m / s NE

11.25 We've put Genoa and mainsail. Then there is breakfast. Win 2-3 m / s S

13.00 Kicki Strap's go. The block must be changed, we make the rope longer - it was a little too short - is whipped!

13.15 bucket overboard in an attempt to wash the deck. We sail butterfly path 342 ⁰. Win 4 m / s, 3.5 knots

15.45 Deep Purple and Tom Collins in the cockpit. Course 340 ⁰. High solar, wind 3 m / s, 2 knots

16.45 0 to 2 m / s engine is started

18.31

56 ⁰ 06895 '

20 ⁰ 54.105 '

0-1 m / s Kus 340 ⁰ We 6.2 knots and plays guitar

19.00 pedals serve stew from Klaipeda in cockpit (Klaipedasgryde, ed.)

19.41 We scout what looks like a bottle and goes 180 ⁰ off course to pick it up. The Bette Squirrels are sent to bathing ladder (Telephone room, Ed.). But alas the bottle was empty and we went back on course 353 ⁰

23.00 Sails: Genoa and Mainsail, Win 7 m / s 5.6 knots, course 9 ⁰. Half Wind: o) Jeppe and Thomas at the helm Liepaja across starboard

01:50

56 ⁰ 47.6 '

20 ⁰ 58.1 '

Rune and Jeppe approx. 6 knots 8-9 m / s

2:42 Unfortunate jibe. Lost intake air to the toilet and had stretched an arm. The wind has turned south and taken to 14 m / s. Recovers mainsail and continue for genoa alone. 5.5 Knots rate 21 ⁰ passed Akmenargs.

03.30 the wind has dropped to 6 m / s The Bette squirrels are mad at the wind.

56 ⁰ 55.0 '

21 ⁰ 01.0 '

It rains, 4.5 Knots

03:55 It is still raining, the wind has dropped to 5 m / s. The Bette Squirrels are still mad at the wind