Work song

I'm in Norrbotten now! And if all goes well (knock on wood), I've a plan to reach Luleå on Sunday!

I left Furuögrund this morning after 8am (after a proper goodbye to my goosy neighbours). I spent a bit of time on the engine to get in a place where I could put on the sails safely, and decided from the get go to put on one reef on the main sail. And I was jolly glad about it an hour later! The wind and the sea were stronger than forecasted (at least a bit) and the gust of wind could last some minutes with a brief 10-20 second break in between. Add heavy rain on top of it and you'll get a pretty good picture. But all went well, Elvira behaved remarkably well and even though it was a bit intimidating being completely alone on that sea, I didn't feel in danger of anything at any point. Well, maybe because I was just feeling wet from all the rain that had found its way under my coat through my head and neck… (The hood didn't stay in place properly cause of the wind and the rain was making such a racket on it that it felt more like a Chinese torture than a protection at that point).

I reached the harbour I was aiming for quite briskly overall, and I was back at work around 1pm.

After work, I went to inspect the sauna on the island and started to cut some wood, so it would fit the small sauna chamber. Now I'm just waiting for the right temperature before going for a quick dip in the sea and sauna!