Ecologbook: One last sailing before the Kiel canal

In a rather calm weather but amid a lot of nice tall ships, I left Marstal to go south to Germany and to make my approach of the Kiel canal.

In the narrow channel to leave Marstal and head south, I was overtaken by one of these tall ships, and there was really no more space for anyone else in the channel at that moment. It was a bit stressful to see 3m on the depth meter and knowing I couldn't really give them more space even if I wanted to. Anyhow, that went quite well.

After that all went rather smoothly, there wasn't much wind nor sea, setting up the sail went without a hitch, the autopilot was handling things correctly, and I could simply relax, and enjoy the surroundings.

Towards the end, though, the wind died down, and the last leg was made rather laboriously.

Once in Laboe (the marina I'd elected for the night), I had to try to decipher which cryptic system they employ to mark free space. At the end, I gave up, and I just picked a temporary spot to ask someone on shore where I could go. The spot I had elected was not supposed to be free, but, as my neighbour told me after calling him, the owner of that spot was not going to be back before noon the next day. So I was able to stay where I was and relax.

The neighbours on both sides were really nice, and after having grabbed a quick dinner, I talked some more with them and gathered a bit more information about the Kiel canal.