The day started out with overcast sky and drizzle. When we wanted to cook coffee our gas bottle was empty, so we decided to postpone breakfast and just grab a cappuccino at the restaurant. But the restaurant would not serve cappuccino until 9.30 o'clock.
Then we decided to just cross over to the island next north that had a small store and how we read the harbour book also gas bottles.
Well as soon as we left harbour it started to downpour as if someone had turned on the shower!
You would think with so many things not going our way even before I had had my first coffee to wake up, the day could only get worse!
Far from what happened!
Motoring over to the other island Enklinge worked well having my whole rainwear on from boots to pants and jacket. I actually forgot to put on my awsome bright yellow "Südwester" but was fine anyway. The distance was only 1 sm under motor so we were fast after just 30 minutes after we left Glada Laxen.
Now at the next pier we just waited until the rain stopped and then went to get our gas. Everything worked out smoothly and the guys even found more fishing gear at the store.
On the way back we found strawberries again as big as I have not seen before!
Back at the boat we finally had coffee and brunch. Then the guys tried their fishing luck at this pier. Martin soon had 2 Abborre and Antonio also.
The sun came out again and the wind suddenly surfaced.
So just before 14h we set out to sail our longest stretch so far with winds as strong as 6-9 m/s with gusts that made the lines whistle (more than 10 m/s)!
What an awesome sailing day it become with more than 6 additional hours on the water of which we sailed at least 4h.
Coolest, but also exciting was tacking between islands and a lot of stones in the water west of Simskäla north of Ålands main island.
We reached Bomarsund that I visited a bit more than 2 weeks ago with Daniel, Margret and Thanya. Then we arrived around 16h and got one of the last spots, today we arrived shortly before 20h and had still plenty to choose from.
I have to compliment my crew, without their spirit to keep sailing I would have turned on the motor a few times either because passages got to narrow or wind on our nose requiring a lot of tacks. Also beeing on the water grew our appetite that Antonio knew how to tame with excellent snacks or food creations.
Well now Ulrike tries to bake a "Zöpfe" while the guys again are fishing at their next pier!
All in all we did 30 sm today with the strongest wind I have been sailing with any of my guests / crews so far. Without an experienced sailing crew that would not have been possible! Ulrike's navigation skills also were great especially during our tacks between islands.
I am very grateful for this cool day that started so crappy!
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