{"id":972,"date":"2019-07-09T04:55:53","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T04:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/?p=972"},"modified":"2019-10-02T18:02:18","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T18:02:18","slug":"mariehamn-to-bjorkor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/?p=972","title":{"rendered":"Mariehamn to Bj\u00f6rk\u00f6r"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fri. 6\/28\/19<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dep 11.16am, arr: 3.18pm. 15.5nm. 4 hours 2 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a higher-resolution map of this route, click HERE<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Bjork\u00f6r: what’s not to lichen?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With my newspaper deadline safely out of the way Kevin and I rose early and grabbed a shower and sauna.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given the long hours of daylight I\u2019m not a stickler for early rising and departure, but the jet lag was still lingering, making it impossible to stay abed much after 6am. The front that arrived the previous day was still blowing hard down onto our starboard quarter, so we lingered for an hour or two in the hope that conditions would ease a little, but by midmorning it became clear they would not. To our port was an expensive gin palace which I was eager not to allow myself to be blown down onto. So instead of releasing the windward line I had Kevin use it as a warp, keeping it taut and easing the line out through the loop as we backed out. Because of the windage I needed to gun the engine more than I would normally do, which was nerve wracking but probably the right course given that we immediately gained headway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n