From Nyborg to Svendborg on the island of Fyn, we motored south for 25 miles in glassy waters with not a breath of a breeze.
It was the first day we had not been able to sail since we came back to the boat. It was sunny but boy, it was cold, motoring gently down endless wide fjords with green land at either side, fluffy white clouds above.
We arrived at 'the Danish Riviera' as Svendborg is known. It is very pretty, but the long winding approach had something we hadn't quite expected which felt suspiciously like a tide in this tide-less Baltic. It was a fierce current of 2 knots or more against us, dragging us toward buoys and cutting our speed from 5 knots to 3. The currents apparently result from water building up, pushed by strong winds.
Once inside the inner commercial harbour we managed to go alongside a pontoon, (see pic) much easier than struggling with a bows-to space with the dratted poles at the stern.
Not only is the town more cosmopolitan than many of the ports we've visited, even the harbour is.
Here we encountered the first British sailors in our Baltic trip, and a French boat too. Otherwise it is solidly German. Ninety per cent of the boats we've seen on the move in the last week have sported German flags. Germany's summer holiday season lasts longer than the Danish season. I suppose Danish marinas must be very grateful for the custom.
We sauntered around Svendborg to see churches (see pic) have coffee and er..a Danish, and track down the two charity shops (one closed, one open)
Tonight we dined on salmon on a bed of hoisin noodles and tomorrow we will stay here for more culture and fresh food shopping.
No comments:
Post a Comment