Sailing from DE to DK

The 'firsts' abound. We forgot to say a few days ago that we passed the 4,000 nautical mile mark since we bought the boat. Today we clocked up another country by sailing from Maasholm in Germany to Sonderborg in Denmark.

Note we SAILED. The first day for a very long time where we motored out of harbour, set the sails, turned the engine off, and 5 hours later turned the engine on to drop the sails and enter our destination harbour. That is how it should be - thank you Baltic. We had everything from F2 to F5 and from driving rain to bright sunshine - all in 20 miles. And that's fine because we had the time and NO tides to worry about.

The visibility was poor and the land is generally flat so pics may be uninspiring - today's are our first Danish yacht harbour and us flying the Danish courtesy flag in our rigging.

By chance we moored next to a Nicholson 31, a small sister to ours. The owner introduced himself and offered any help we needed, as did the man from 2 boats down who caught our bow line when we arrived. The Danes are a friendly lot by reputation and it's true.