Adventures of Sailing Yacht Mist
Sailing in Germany
We arrived late at Cuxhaven and left early the next morning. The conditions for sailing to Helgoland was good. We had a close reach all the way. Full main to start with but as the wind increased we reefed the main and ended up with a bottom reefed main and full jib. Good speed, we …
Together with our neighbours on sy Josephine we planned to go to Cuxhaven together. The tide was right at 1800 and an our before that we motored out to the waiting point and half an hour later we were let into the lock. Almost no wind so we motored together towards Cuxhaven. The current got …
When we got out of bed in the morning around six thirty there were some boats circling at the canal waiting point, when we had finished our breakfast they were still there so we quickly made the boat ready and motored to the waiting point and we made it just in time. So no waiting …
We left Spodsbjerg at seven a´clock. Light winds right in the nose so no sailing. When we got closer to Kiel the traffic intensified and there where several sailing ships, some naval ships and the usual shipping. We moored in Holtenau just north of the Kiel canal locks. A walk to the supermarket and a …