The sea seems to be quite empty of boats. Maybe the slow rain and still wind doesn’t invite people out. But we keep on going. This weather is great for a bit longer leg. We’re just passing an island called Hevonkack south east of Iniö. Heading north at the moment.
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It has rained all day and it is still raining. We took the route over Gullkrona fjärd and are heading towards Nagu.
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Gullkrona Fjärd. A little rain, never hurt no-one… as Tom once sang.
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We’re on our way. The plan is to reach a harbour some 50 nautical miles north west from Kasnäs. It’s still raining.
Day four
The rain I thought we’d have yesterday, came this morning. The sky was grey when we woke up and before we got to the breakfast raindrops were falling. Totally uncool.
Kasnäs
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Introducing the vessel
Name: Träbåten
Length x width: 10 x 3 m
Weight: 3000 kg
Built 1983 in Emsalö (Emäsalo) by fisherman Uddström. There are 160 horses encapsulated in a Yanmar diesel, and they run at a maximum of 3300 rpm, which gives a top speed of 16 knots. A good travel speed is 9-11 knots. Träbåten is registered to a maximum of ten passengers but there’s only three bunks.
This is a HTML message, sorrySvartström lär sig aldrig! Det må vara franska berg eller Holländskt plattland, solens inverkan på nyllet går inte in i skallen, den tycks bara fastna utanpå. Röd och sjuk igen… Här är varmt och soligt idag, hagel igår!
A theory
Contrary to jny’s earlier posting, I presume that the fatigue we suffered of this morning was caused by the hotter-than-hell chili hash of yesterday, rather than than the bad air of Hangö. But this is just a theory.
Short and sweet
Today’s trip was no more than 21 nautical miles in 2,5 hours. The weather was quite nice for a while. We outran some dark clouds outside Hangö (Hanko) and actually enjoyed a sunny warm weather with the wind at our backs. But as we now sit in Kasnäs guest harbour the clouds have caught us and it looks like we’ll get some rain tonight. And as usual, we took the traditional harbour-beer.
Our captain is missing from the picture. He didn’t take part in the tradition this time, since he took the harbour-beer (beers) in advance yesterday. As did the rest of the crew too, but the crew is so superstitious that they don’t dare to miss a good tradition. :)
Here’s a picture of the nerd central. The geek factor on this boat is quite high, as you may see. The phones and the digital cameras are missing from the picture since we can’t charge all batteries at once…