Norderney was left on
Thursday and initially getting round the end of the island was 'fast n frillin'
but as soon as we were out the wind was very good. We were aiming to go into an
island called Wangerooge for the night but the sailing was fast and as our
arrival would have been at least an hour before there was enough water to enter
we decided to go to the East end and anchor for the night. As around most of
the Frisians the channels have changed slightly and where it is shown as having
plenty of depth for anchoring, we actually dried out for a while but that was
fine and other than that we had a quiet night.
The anchorage was left at 10am
on Friday for Cuxhaven
which means negotiating the shipping lanes which have very heavy traffic and
the German authorities reasonably expect yachts to keep well out of the way.
It was thick fog and we
negotiated the shallows out hoping that it would clear once out. It did thin
but was very disconcerting and we were very glad of the AIS receiver which
shows all the ships around and where they are going.
After clearing the shallows
we hoisted the forward sail to find that it had ripped at the top during the
fast sailing. How we hadn't noticed it was a mystery. A temporary repair was made
and we carried on into Cuxhaven
where the sewing machine was put into service and a repair made.
After a couple of days there
we entered the Kiel canal and started the
passage through.
Mo was finding the sailing
very tiring and I was not much better so we stopped twice as we passed through
the canal eventually deciding that it would be pushing things much too much if
we pressed on to Poland as we had intended so we decided to enter the Baltic
and very gently sail towards Copenhagen.
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