Welcome to the theme park

I left Umeå this morning when the mist dissipated a bit. The wind was much stronger than forecasted, of course… I started on the engine for a while to get out of the narrow paths. Then the fun started…

First off, it was quite ok, lots of waves, lots of wind, but ok. Then the theme park opened.

Starting with a spooky train: a thick mist came out of nowhere and surrounded me. That was quite ok, I could still see far enough to know I was alone and to avoid rocky stuff.

Followed by a bumper car on the port tack: the waves weren't in sync with the wind, and so on that side, they were beam on (on top of being messy) so Elvira was drifting, shaking, gliding in all sorts of way.

On the other tack: rollercoaster! Just like on Thursday evening, the waves were tall, and Elvira was going up and down, up and down, on and on.

But at any rate, I managed to reach a buoy in Järnäs where I'll spend the night hoping for fair wind tomorrow.