Back in Öregrund

The forecast had announced a blow from the east later in the evening, but it came a bit early!

While this morning I had a rather easy and lovely time: going with the wind, a forming sea that was easy going, only a few gusts here and there.

As the day went by, the sea and the wind started to mount, but it was all still rather nice and relaxing. I had reefed the mainsail directly this morning (just in case) and I was waiting to see if it could be shaken. It could not.

Once I passed the island of Björn and started to turn slightly toward the passage between the mainland and Gräsö, it was a different story. By then the sea had properly formed, and the wind had also grown again. So I took a second reef on the mainsail, reduced the geona to a third of its surface and went on. Even faster! At some point I managed to keep a couple of surf for some 10+ seconds and reached 11-12 kts!

Still, I was rather glad to reach Öregrund because it was a bit too wild to keep up for too long. I arrived in the marina just in time as a strong gust was shaking Elvira quite savagely on her moorings.

The different phases of the day.