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
| 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
|