Passing Kalmar, heading towards the very south of Sweden to turn towards Kiel wich will be our first pit stop on the way to South-Hampton.
12.15 Left Sandhamn, waving god buy to my parents, my brother and some fiends of ours, geared up in yellow: oh my I am trendy even at the sea, for you who dint know yellow is the colour of the summer.
Dave Steering out of Sandhamn
10-15 kts wind, Easterly so initially on the beam, hoist full main and delivery jib, good speed, 9 kts
Hi- tech navigation; course and waypoints, WPT, plotting and a visit to the toilet. My hardest quest is to walk at the boat not falling. Leaving Sandhamn behind brought me the same feeling I usually get when getting on an airplane, you know when you sit down at your spot, has stored your bag and you feel that you are at the beginning of an adventure that you don’t know what it has in hand for you, you just know that you like it because it will bring you somewhere.
14.30 Snack time, a great sandwich with cheese and salami on the bread bought at the old fashioned bakery at Sandhamn. Dave told me we’d do 4hrs of 4hrs on. I went for a nap woke up and felt really sick, thought oh no not this. I went for the toilet and throw up, but just a little so I thought some fresh air would do it. Went up on deck and thought shall I take a seasick pill or endure and hope for my body to adjust, I did the later.
20.00 Dinner. Will I be able to keep it were my biggest concern. Ham and cheese pie, and it went well, no veggie here for a while.
22.00 Dave told me I better try to catch some sleep before my night shift with Giles 00.00 to 05.00. A bit scared of how it would turn out I did go down for a sleep and it worked out well even though the sea was a bit busy.
Midnight and I geared up properly to be out in the cold. Still freezing but we had some coffee and chocolate so we did ok. It is interesting how you bend time when out like this. You kind of entering a bubble of logic, everything you do you do for a purpose and by that it becomes so clear. It is relaxing. And Giles and me had a pretty nice night, my mission was to make sure he didn’t fell asleep and did pretty well. A red sky and the moon reflecting in the sea as we sailed along in the night. I thought it funny, or maybe I should say typical me that I first, since I was a kid, sailed the V70 boats in the Volvo, the most prestigious race in the world and that caught me to take the opportunity to sail to England with these guys.
Cornflakes and yogurt for breakfast and coffee of course
09.00 Oh my I slept deep and was a bit morning tired when Dave woke me up. A coffee out the sun fixed it. Change of plan, we are burning too much fuel so re-route to stop at Kalmar to re-fuel.
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