zondag 5 september 2010

Closing the circle ; back to Norderney.

02-09-2010



Today the weather will be fine for the trip to Norderney. The wind will be force 4 northwest which is not suitable for sailing but it will veer to North during the day and sailing may be possible later.
We left the harbour about 1.5 hrs after high tide which is the moment the current on the elbe changes from over 2 knots in to over 2 knots out in about 30 minutes!
We , because there were about 20 boats leaving for Norderney or further.
During the morning we made good progress under engine with a speed up to 7.6 knots over ground.
Then it happened .We just passed the Jade appoach when suddenly the engine revs went down. Immediately I knew we had something in the propeller and put the engine in reverse and forward a few times.After doing so there was a big bumping against the hull and thing seemed better. However the speed still was about 0.5 knots less than normal so something was still in the prop.
Luckily the wind hed veered and we could put on sail. The rest of the trip was a wonderful sail on a broad reach at 5-5.6 knots through the water.
At 8.00 that evening we entered the harbour of Norderney and thereby closed the circle of our voyage.
Tomorrow we will go to Delfzijl on the reverse route of the second day of our voyage.

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