Almost calm, so we took the opportunity to sleep a bit longer today and didn't haul anchor until 11.

Since we have been pressing on for some days in a row now, it felt really good to relax a couple of hours.

A really light breeze barely kept us moving for a few miles. Then dead calm. Flogging sails in the swell. This is about the worst conditions I could think of, an opinion I guess I share with most sailors.

All the landlubbers I know always worry and ask about storms. Being becalmed is a lot worse, since it gets to your nerves.

Thus we motored the 15 or so miles to Kristianopel. This picturesque little village that was the location for at least two really bloody battles between the Swedish and the Danish Armys in the latter half of the 1600's as I described during last years cruise. I spent three nights here last year waitning for the SW to decrease or veer.

We took the opportunity to wash some sheets and towels here, and it was nice to talk to Sven-Erik, the Harbour Master again. He is a very nice guy and a great personality. Also one of the few still among us, who actually has been 'sailing for his bread' as young.

We really appreciated a hot shower too, since we haven't had one since Nyn�shamn. The picture shows the Navy ship 'Visborg' that we met a couple of days ago.