Marina of Kiel, one of them, not all look like Sandhamn and Marsstrand, that´s my eralier extension of marinas and yacht-clubs
Three days and three nights at sea, a personal record, just steered in to Laboe, close to Kiel, in the morning sun with a cup of coffee in my hand after a long night. It is a feeling similar to the one when you sit in an airplane on your way to start going in for landing and you start to se the town from the air, you feel excited as you come closer, I got the same felling when hang up the German flag in the wires by the sail. It is tradition that you change flag when entering national water.
We stooped in Kalmar and filled up the boat with fuel, and our selves with McDonalds. I realised that Öland is far longer than I thought. Since turning the at the south of Sweden we have been sailing along the shipping- line up until just before midnight when we crossed the line. It was a beautiful sunset and for the first time I felt the warm, I had just woken up, around 22.30 and was standing in my long sleve and sailor bottoms, barefeet, the luxury cruiser passed one by one and as we sailed pass Fehmarn it brought me to the city and to the amusement- park, they are always lit up in the darkness. That first part of the night it felt as a luxury to bee out at sea, a feeling of freedom and also of excitement for where to stop next, what that will bring, a bit like back-packing, going out in the unknown. Still pretty organized as I know where we are going just not always predictable in what weather or what speed, But I am in good hands.
It is a lot to get used to, to sleep when you are of shift no matter the time a day, to remember to eat and drink water. I have my Herbalife products with me and actually had a shake with orangejuice and my pills to it yesterday afternoon when off watch and started to read the kiterunner. Me and Giles had the night shift from midnight up until now and I can promise you that I was tired around 6 when it still was cold. Around 4.30 we had dinner: heat up food, pretty cool. You open a big bag whereas you pour in a liquid from a smaller bag and then waits for 10 minutes it then heats up the inner bag where in you food is. We had a veggi one and it tasted pretty ok, I say better than freeze- dry food. That you actually have to eat a while before to make you body to adjust to it. For me I am trying to adjust to the life at sea. Both when it comes to lifestyle and to sailing it self. Learning more every day, and this morning I actually could help out to take down the sail, I folded the sail and climed the mast, tied fenders up when were to go in to the Marina. Small things but it feels nice not only to be in the way.
We are staying the night here for Dave and Benny to clear custom and as the Canal is only open between sunrise and sunset so you have to go early in the morning to be able to motor ( you are not allowed to sail) through the 98.5 km long Canal originally built so that the German fleet could move between the Baltic and the North Sea without having to pass through the Kattegatt, opened in 1985. Until then we will go to Kiel for some proper food, a shower and a beer, maybe not in that order thou. Yeah another thing to adapt to; I brushed my teeth first time last afternoon, and have had the same clothes on since Sandhamn doesn’t really make any sense to change. No sleep since yesterday afternoon. I just say as I always have: shy sleep when you can do more fun things, as having a hotwater shower and then go down town Kiel : )
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