A bit of open water, first thing in the morning, with a solid 10+ kt wind. 17nm in 3.5 hours, no trouble, though they do grow some whoppers out there. We’re spending the day & night at Dragør, which is practically Copenhagen, just on the other side of the airport, and about a 1 hour bus ride home. It’s vacation, so we stay. It’s practically a miracle anyway that we were able to get the weather forever going our way, and timing a 14 day sail nearly perfectly. Glad we didn’t take the day off at Ærøskøbing, Ristinge was amazing and who knows what would have happened if we tempted fate.

Position Uppppdated.

Oh yeah, and here’s some pics from the last two days. More unbelievable weather and great sunsets.

-ben

Again, Denmark must be the preeminent source for quality fields of wheat, grass, and other stuff. Femø is a nice little island, Omø was just as nice, but even littler, with the ugliest little ferry boat possibly ever floated (so said our Danish neighbor in the harbor).

Today we sat and had a beer within ear-shot of an older couple, they asked if we were American, and when we replied yes the gentleman said, “Jesus Christ”. They had lived in the U.S., he was in the Air Force, was 80 years old, and she Danish and him we presume American. We also learned they were soul mates, both widowed. We didn’t learn much more, they were in a hurry. They walked through the mini-golf at the restaurant, hopped into a small plane, and took off. No shit. It was pretty cool.

And at last- dolphin video, terrible quality, but proof none the less.

Pics from yesterday… the beach was amazing, it was a lot like swimming in the ocean, there was even a sandbar a little bit out. Not much from Svendborg, was feeling lazy. We are headed east today, above Langeland over to an island called Omø. Probably lots of motoring, we’ll see. So far we’ve used 13L of fuel, just topped it up again this morning.

Video: Wake-up call

-ben

The sun was simply not cooperating, so we left Ærøskøbing, and headed south east.

How to describe the day? We had perfect sailing conditions right down a narrow channel, between a litany of bouys, a navigators delight.

We head for Ristinge, little known to us to be “Denmark’s smallest harbor”. How do you know you’re in Denmark’s smallest harbor? First, you run aground. Second, the man who tows you off the ground immediately suggests you go ask ‘that guy coming in’ for fresh shrimp, because he will have them. After having cooked the shrimp, you ask a local how best to peel them, at which point they call over another local to consult. The remedy- head over here to this table, I’ll get some beer, and we will show you.

The locals’ kids then took it upon themselves to fish for mussels- successfully. They swim, fish, we drink, and eventually, after the kids go on a beer run, we cook the mussels aboard Rini. Three children absorb the utilitarian beauty that is Rini while you cook their catch, the sun sets, mussels are done, shrimp and mussels eaten, and so on.

What a day.

We took a walk to the new beach before all this happened, and pictures will follow.

-ben