With a good forecast and very little wind we left harbour bound on the short trip to Broken for sun, swimming and scraping teak. Broken was as lovely as ever with many foreign boats but few club members and we continued teak maintenance and swimming as often as possible. My shoulder reacted badly to the bandage – I got a rectangular rash – so we had to buy some cheaper bandages that did not have this problem.
We stayed in Broken till the weather threatened wind and rain and left for Nykoping again but fully intended to return for family race day. Unfortunately the weather has continued to be uncertain with rain threatening often in the forecasts but less oftwn falling on the boat. However the plastic tent has proved invaluable and rain did fall heavily on us while the family race party was happening on Broken We were very sorry to miss it but got on with maintenance. We also did some tests recommended by Vectamarine and we are awaiting recommendations for further changes to prop angle as I write.
Our sails are off and packed. We did try to find someone to wash them but the prices seemed absurd at £8-9/sq. metre that’s about £450 in total which seems pricey. The new sails cost about £700 each. Most of our baggage is in the car. Badger gets lifted out of the water on Friday morning and we will be off to Copenhagen to see our friends Sten and Rosemarie on Saturday. Our Journey home will continue via Lubeck, Quedlingberg, Goslar, Lemgo and Veurne courtesy of the book Birgitta and Paul gave us.
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