23 September

A Sunday with beautiful weather and hardly any wind, made all the 'landlubbers' invade the port. Bikers, icecream-eaters of all kinds etcetera. I almost began walking around with my hat to collect entrance, like a I was an ape at a zoo or something. Then in the afternoon a 60 ft schooner came and tied up to the dock. Believe me or not, but about 20 kids singing religious songs invaded the dock. Discreetely, I took shelter below decks and an hour later they were all gone, much to everyone's relief. I invited Sven-Erik for a whisky in the early evening. This is about how exciting (very pleasent though!) this day was. I'd really like to leave tomorrow. NE winds 22-32 knots are predictedfor Wednesday-Friday. This could provide me with a perfect ride south around 'cape' Sandhammaren and then west to the Falsterbo canal.

24 September

I untied those dock lines (admit it can be hard at times...) at 8.30am and motored in the calm, quiet and sunny morning for an hour. The predicted light southerly breeze came, and I was eager to set sail again. It came out luckily. I just managed to steer 220 degrees close-hauled, which was the exact heading to Ungsk�r,where I turned west in the route between this island and Utl�ngan, further south. A lazy broad reach in 15 knots of wind pushed me on to the island of Arp�, where I stayed for the night. I intend to enjoy a cuple of days in this little archipelago, while I wait for the NE wind to arrive. I consider this day as a lovely bonus, sailing in sun and light winds.