WARNEMUNDE TO STRALSUND
Day 4 Thursday, 23rd May 2019
A sunny day, although quite roly poly early on following the strong westerlies of yesterday. Put the alarm on for 5.30 am and were outside the harbour by 6.30 am. This was a box mooring so you have to hook the ‘lassoes’ back over the posts, whilst releasing the bow lines, first on the lee side then on the windward side.
After 5 hours sailing in an north-easterly direction, we got to Darber Ort and took an 80 degree turn eastwards, towards Hiddensee. Hiddensee is a long thin island just off the big holiday island of Rugen.
Winds from 14 knots to 9 knots so we sailed all the way until 3 pm, on a beam reach until Darber Ort and then goosewinging until the wind died, half a mile short of the buoyed channel. After Hiddensee we turned south towards the channel to Stralsund, another Hanseatic city like Rostock.
There are many shallows on the way down the buoyed channel – so that’s why you have to stick in the channel!
After 58 miles, and arriving in the Stralsund City Marina at 6 pm, we were greeted by a noisy rock band, part of the Hafen festival complete with a ferris wheel, roundabouts and stalls! The marina is quite expensive – you have to pay for a card which opens the toilets and showers, electricity and water. Malcolm ended up getting a cold shower (he ended up showering on the boat) but mine was hot. In the end we ate on the boat as we hadn’t slept well last night and needed an early night. Watched the first episode of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, second series, before collapsing into bed with the rock band still playing….
Lady Hamilton 2019 