Helsingholmen

Helsingholmen
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Tonight we’re moored at Helsingholmen, a small island in the Turku archipelago. It was just a short sail from Kasnäs, where we spent last night. The trip from Hanko to Kasnäs was very hard – we had the mainsail reefed and the storm jib up, but we were still fighting for five hours beating into a very strong wind, and we were exhausted when we reached our destination. Also very wet, as the waves were continuously splashing over the top of the boat – fortunately Kittiwake held up very well, and was still mostly dry inside.

The plan for tomorrow is to have a short sail to Gullkrona, which sounds very fine from the pilot books. Then make our way to Nauvo, then work south from there and start our return journey.