Glewitzer Wiek - Stralsund
Today’s sail was to be a short one: a downwind run from our anchorage to catch one of the six daily bridge openings at Rügendamm.
Wind was light, so we went with the full main and genoa, until it was time to reduce sail in order to not overshoot the bridge schedule.
We had a lunch underway, then dropped sails and went into a holding pattern. The bridge opened for us and we motored into the Stralsund harbour.

We’re now moored in Dänholm, across the Strelasund strait from the picturesque Hanseatic city of Stralsund.
We will stay here for this week as Suski needs to do a business trip to the Alps.

- Distance today: 8.6NM
- Total distance: 196.7NM
- Engine hours: 1.2
- Lunch: spaghetti with avocado sauce
Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
17.04. 10:57 Z |
54°15'15"N
13°18'37"E
|
170°
|
0kt |
236.7NM |
wind 10.7kt 51°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Started main engine
|
17.04. 11:02 Z |
54°15'17"N
13°18'40"E
|
43°
|
2.1kt |
236.7NM |
wind 9.2kt 49°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Anchor up, motoring
|
17.04. 11:18 Z |
54°15'20"N
13°17'3"E
|
238°
|
3.6kt |
238.1NM |
wind 11.5kt 33°
sea state 2/10
clouds 8/8
baro 1030 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main, Genoa 1
|
17.04. 11:18 Z |
54°15'19"N
13°17'1"E
|
234°
|
4.2kt |
238.1NM |
wind 12.8kt 28°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
17.04. 11:36 Z |
54°15'9"N
13°15'4"E
|
287°
|
5.1kt |
239.6NM |
wind 13kt 43°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Too light winds for hydrogenerator usage if we want to make it to the bridge opening
|
17.04. 12:00 Z |
54°15'58"N
13°12'3"E
|
310°
|
5.1kt |
241.9NM |
wind 11.3kt 46°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
17.04. 12:20 Z |
54°16'53"N
13°9'50"E
|
255°
|
4.2kt |
244NM |
wind 12.9kt 97°
sea state 2/10
clouds 8/8
baro 1030 hPa
|
Sails set: Main. Slowing down a bit for the bridge opening
|
17.04. 12:46 Z |
54°17'20"N
13°7'45"E
|
341°
|
3.4kt |
245.9NM |
wind 10kt 22°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Sails down, motoring
|
17.04. 12:51 Z |
54°17'35"N
13°7'33"E
|
336°
|
4.1kt |
246.2NM |
wind 9.3kt 44°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated
|
17.04. 13:00 Z |
54°18'5"N
13°7'6"E
|
322°
|
3.2kt |
246.9NM |
wind 9.2kt 59°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
17.04. 13:25 Z |
54°18'25"N
13°6'44"E
|
329°
|
4.9kt |
247.5NM |
wind 4.4kt 12°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Motoring under the Rügendamm bridge
|
17.04. 13:39 Z |
54°18'46"N
13°6'28"E
|
289°
|
0kt |
248.2NM |
wind 12.5kt 56°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Stopped, Dänholm Nord
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