Our neighbour during the winter, Marc on his aluminum boat 'Vo Lu Mondu' (that he bought as a bare hull and finsihed off himself) is eager to sail north in the Baltic Sea this summer... but I wonder if it wouldn't be better to leave the dock first?

Anyway, he persists in claiming that he will leave April 15, so he's having a fare-well party onboard his boat April 13. All parties are most appreciated, but farewell parties are not quite my favorites... we will actually miss him, always with a smile and a joke when we meet on the wharf.

Good luck and Fair winds to you mate! I did that trip in 2007 and it's just superb. The warmer seas and the dolphins are calling for Isabelle and myself now, though...