Today is the last of a couple of days visit in Visby. I got here after a record-breaking crossing from the Swedish mainland, 16 hours of beautiful night sailing. That was four days ago. Here I have visited with my family, and we have started the summer feeling. Picked lots of strawberries and made strawberry pie, strawberry jam and had a wonderful BBQ in the sun with my daughter and her family. Weather is fantastic. And the wind is blowing from the east or the north, so it is starting to itch in my sailing south soul. Tonight I got Isabell ready for an early departure tomorrow morning. Going to sail across to the northern tip of island Öland, to the harbour of Byxelkrok tomorrow.That’s only 47 NM, and with good wind it will take less than 12 hours from here. The high pressure area across Scandinavia right now keeps the wind in the right direction for my sailing plans south. The harbour has been quite empty, only very few boats coming in and going out. The major part of the visiting boats have definitely been Hallberg Rassys and Najads. Even a Malö was here yesterday. Orust standing high on the early sailing crowd… Well, being here has done me good and I am ready to continue south. So exiting!
While here I received the spare parts to my oven/cooker and now it is as new again. Since Rastaholm I have had only one burner working on the stove. Now it is easier to cook a full meal again. And I have no more deadlines waiting ahead, just the wind direction to worry about.