Varberg to Vassingso anchorage
9th June 2014
Light NW wind Force 3/4
Visibility good.
Distance sailed 16nm
This was the first day that we had the wind from the north. we left Varberg at about 10:00 hours The point of sailing was a port tack to windward and I found that I was not sailing as efficiently to windward as the rest of the fleet. I quickly fell behind the rest of the fleet and as a result I resorted to using the engine. The citadel at Varberg took a long time to go out of sight. I was sailing on my own and out of sight of the rest of the fleet.
In the afternoon I sailed northwards by tacking within sight of a large nuclear power station Ringhals which again took a longer than I expected to sail past.
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| Ringhals power station. |
At 18:30 hours I again started the engine to make some progress against increasing NW wind. I motored the final 6 miles Vassingso anchorage. where I met the rest of the fleet at 19:30 hours. I was grateful for a hot meal cooked by the crew of Windroos.
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| Drascombe fleet on my arrival in the fjord |
Later in the evening the raft of boats split up and we anchored separately in the Fjord for a quiet night at anchorage. I watched a colourful sunset and quickly retreated into the cabin when the mosquitoes came out to bite.
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| Drifter 22 Appuski too |
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| Sunset |
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| An increasingly rocky coastline. |
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