Not so quiet a day

Bjuröklubb! Finally, I managed to reach today's destination! This wasn't the relaxing day I had hoped for!

It all started rather well. I even saw a seal as I was leaving furuögrund who once they realised that I was close jumped in the water but kept looking at me with just eyes and nostrils above the water.

The wind started as expected and the sea was rather quiet for a good part of the day but around 2 p.m., the wind started to grow stronger and stronger, I took in one reef, then another and that seemed to do the trick for a while but in the end, I still had to roll a bit the front sail. I also tried to look for some shelter in the lee of an island and then off of the coast but without success, in the end, as it got even worse when I was just a few miles away, I started the engine and did the last 1.5-2nm with it.

I'm now at the SXKK buoy and I'll wait to see what is up in the morning before deciding what is next.