Up early and refilled at the automatic fuel station. We've used a lot of fuel this year and the price of a refill is now around £80, which is frightening.
We then got out and set off under the jib in sunshine and in a gentle NW breeze which soon died out but was good while it lasted so we resorted to the engine and set off north up the narrow series of leads which is the main coastal “motorway”in a gentle northerly. This eventually veered NE so we raised the main to get a little lift, cursing all those coasting south with sails out. This is a particularly beautiful part of the archipelago with open water not far away to the east beyond smooth pale grey whale-backed rocks, and forested islands to the west. The forests contain numerous very twisted Scots pines with beautiful reddish brown bark.
For the last few miles the wind veered enough to let us get the jib up and sail to Stora Alo for the night, taking a buoy but missing a meeting with Peter Hallberg, who was in a harbour nearby. We had trouble with the internet connection for some reason that night, possibly a weak signal, so missed a message from him till too late. We saw less bird life at Stora than previously, though the water was full of little fish, sometimes fleeing through the air pursued by predators.
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