Saturday, August 12, 2023

Glada Laxen - Kastelholm

After enjoying the lovely fish restaurant of Glada Laxen, it was time to continue to the next point of interest in the Åland Islands.

We had turned the boat around with ropes already yesterday, making harbour departure easy. There was a somewhat strong wind and right on the nose, so we chose the combination of full main and the staysail.

The route turned out to be surprisingly pleasant after the initial spell of big waves that were stealing almost two knots of boat speed. We spent most of the day close-reached, having to do a couple of strategic tacks to navigate the rocky shores.

We crossed the ancient crater of Lumparn on a beam reach, steering with the windvane while we enjoyed lunch. Then we turned into the narrow fjord leading to the medieval castle of Kastelholm. We’ll explore here for a bit with our the crew of our buddy boat, Tuokio.

Distance today: 33.9NM
Total distance: 2381.3NM
Engine hours: 0.4
Lunch: smoked salmon wraps

Position: 60°13'45"N 20°4'43"E

From the logbook

Time	Position	Course	Speed	Log	Weather	Remarks
12.08. 9:11 Z	60°18'13"N 20°44'35"E	2°	0kt	2435.7NM	wind 12.1kt 196° baro 1020 hPa	Started main engine
12.08. 9:16 Z	60°18'16"N 20°44'38"E	2°	3.9kt	2435.7NM	wind 9.4kt 178° baro 1020 hPa	Motoring
12.08. 9:17 Z	60°18'20"N 20°44'34"E	301°	3.6kt	2435.8NM	wind 15.2kt 182° baro 1020 hPa	Motor stopped, sailing with Main
12.08. 9:23 Z	60°18'31"N 20°43'56"E	303°	5.2kt	2436.1NM	wind 19.4kt 190° baro 1020 hPa	Sails set: Main, Staysail
12.08. 9:39 Z	60°18'35"N 20°41'41"E	243°	3.1kt	2437.3NM	wind 13.4kt 183° baro 1020 hPa	Autopilot activated
12.08. 9:57 Z	60°17'53"N 20°39'22"E	234°	3.8kt	2438.7NM	wind 13.8kt 185° baro 1020 hPa	Autopilot deactivated
12.08. 10:00 Z	60°17'48"N 20°39'32"E	127°	4.2kt	2438.8NM	wind 12.3kt 181° baro 1020 hPa	Hourly position log
12.08. 10:25 Z	60°16'46"N 20°42'9"E	229°	5kt	2440.5NM	wind 17.9kt 169° baro 1020 hPa	Autopilot activated
12.08. 10:55 Z	60°15'26"N 20°38'39"E	231°	4.4kt	2442.7NM	wind 14.7kt 179° sea state 3/10 clouds 3/8 visibility 8/10 baro 1020 hPa	Autopilot deactivated, windvane steering
12.08. 11:00 Z	60°15'16"N 20°38'10"E	237°	3.5kt	2443NM	wind 16.1kt 173° baro 1020 hPa	Hourly position log
12.08. 11:59 Z	60°12'38"N 20°30'58"E	231°	4.2kt	2447.5NM	wind 13.4kt 197° baro 1020 hPa	Hourly position log
12.08. 12:00 Z	60°12'36"N 20°30'51"E	257°	4.2kt	2447.5NM	wind 14.5kt 208° baro 1020 hPa	Hourly position log
12.08. 12:10 Z	60°12'17"N 20°29'35"E	160°	3.6kt	2448.2NM	wind 15.5kt 190° baro 1020 hPa	Hand steering for the short tacking
12.08. 13:00 Z	60°10'9"N 20°27'15"E	148°	5.1kt	2451.8NM	wind 14.9kt 187° baro 1019 hPa	Hourly position log
12.08. 14:00 Z	60°8'48"N 20°18'43"E	253°	5.2kt	2456.9NM	wind 14.8kt 207° baro 1020 hPa	Hourly position log
12.08. 14:38 Z	60°10'10"N 20°13'29"E	259°	6kt	2460.2NM	wind 15kt 196° baro 1019 hPa	Windvane steering, entered the Lumparn crater
12.08. 15:00 Z	60°9'51"N 20°9'24"E	267°	5.6kt	2462.3NM	wind 14.9kt 205° baro 1019 hPa	Hourly position log
12.08. 15:14 Z	60°9'39"N 20°6'42"E	260°	5.9kt	2463.6NM	wind 16.1kt 198° baro 1019 hPa	Hand steering
12.08. 15:29 Z	60°9'53"N 20°3'51"E	340°	5.4kt	2465.2NM	wind 20.2kt 184° baro 1019 hPa	Sails set: Main
12.08. 16:00 Z	60°12'13"N 20°3'55"E	31°	3.4kt	2467.7NM	wind 10kt 166° baro 1019 hPa	Hourly position log
12.08. 16:22 Z	60°13'8"N 20°5'2"E	18°	3.5kt	2468.8NM	wind 7.1kt 200° baro 1018 hPa	Sails down, motoring
12.08. 16:36 Z	60°13'45"N 20°4'43"E	113°	0kt	2469.6NM	wind 11.6kt 167° baro 1018 hPa	Stopped