The ghost of Ulvönhamn

Today I left my buoy around 8am in quite contrasting conditions compared to yesterday's afternoon. The wind was barely blowing and had done a 180°. The sea however was less strong but still coming more or less from yesterday's direction. So while I had the wind right on Elvira's beam, she was almost head on to the sea, climbing every wave.

Around 11am the wind died for a moment, which was rather frustrating since by then the sea was a small mess with waves coming for multiple directions at once.

Fortunately, that didn't last long and the wind came back on a close reach, which allowed me to move fast enough more or less straight to Ulvön. I had to take in a reef at some point because the wind started to pick up.

I hesitated to go on for a bit, but a look at the forecast for tomorrow showed me an alert for a blow tomorrow from noon to midnight. So I thought I better find a good shelter and Ulvön seems like a good choice.

This is one of the busiest places of the High Coast, but now I'm the only boat and I saw only 2 people on shore. It's all empty and closed for the season.