I left this morning at about 9:30 pm as I knew the wind would only start late. I motored out of Rödlöga and managed the tricky bits when the sea was a sheet of glass. I thought that since there is no wind, let’s keep motoring. Usually you can tell from the texture of the sea surface where the wind is. But today – a sheet of glass. At 10:30 am I was fed up with the engine noise and decided to just sit it out and wait for the wind. So I hoisted the sails and switched off the engine. What a surprise that there was wind! About 2 Bft and we managed to sail between 3 1/2 and 4 knots – on a sheet of glass, not a ripple in sight. I have never seen anything like it.
At 2 pm I arrived at Stora Nassa. It is a little archipleago on its own and contains about a 2-3 dozen of islands. Stunningly beautiful and scary to motor through. The areas where you can motor are strewn with underwater rocks and the whole things is not deep to start with. Last year Victoria and I made our way to Stora Nassa in the Folkboat. There was quitea lot of wind and while we were checking out possible places to moor we ran out of fuel on the outboard – MEGA SHIT! Victoria managed to hoist the jib blindingly fast and we sailed on without and mishap. Phew!
Since I arrived quite early it was easy to find a mooring spot and once again I am amidst some very friendly but reserved Swedes.
Here some bad news: The algae situation is getting worse by the day and you can see them almost everywhere. Not as bad as it was on the way back from Landsort, but still bad & ugly. There is also a special kind of blue algae, which I was told is actually poisonous. The whole Baltic is suffering from to much fertilizer being washed into the sea and the situation is getting worse. Some Swedes I have talked to, said that it is the worst they have had it for over 10 years. Here some impression from the not so nice side (north, since the wind come from the south) of Stora Nassa.
