KOKAR TO DEGERBY (Degora Island) – 26 miles
Day 66 Monday, 5th August 2019
The Finnish families are going home now as school starts next week – only retired couples like us are staying on.
We leave at 9 am and wend our way through many islets – we have to blow up the chart on the chart plotter and we have an enlargement on the actual chart too! So pleased again that Malcolm’s put in so many waypoints. We’re so glad that it’s great weather and calm water – superb visibility to see the many rocks. We motored all day with the main up as the wind is only 2 – 3 knots.
See a spinnaker coming towards us – well done Finnish sailor on ‘Zelda’, the wind is only 3 knots.
It’s a day of avoiding the ferries. This is the Galaxy ferry (Silja Line), 212 metres long , going down the same route as us at a speed of 20 knots.
The Viking ferry (red one) – 171 metres long – doing 17 knots. Another ferry coming the other way. Two more ferries pass us.
And the ferry docks in Degerby, just outside our berth!
Arrive at 2 pm but we’re feeling quite tired. Think it must be all the concentrating on the chart, the chart plotter and the waypoints on the GPS in the cockpit. You can’t relax for a minute when you’re going through so many rocks – and the ferries, which have priority over us mere mortals! Malcolm puts in the next waypoints to Mariehamn, the capital of Aland, and I have a quick snooze in the cockpit. After that I go to the supermarket and pay 25 Euros for the night, and get the ingredients for Broccoli Lemon Chicken. The girl in the supermarket is very chatty and asks me which country we’re coming from – she recognises my English accent!
Lady Hamilton 2019 