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12th May 2024 : Oslo-Dragsund (15M)
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The Southerly breeze can still be felt on the small pontoon in Dragsund. It’s blowing less than
nearly 20 knots we had in the afternoon, and which saw us practicing hoisting up the jib,
reefing the main sail, and even reefing the jib… but still it’s not the flat calm we had
when departing in the morning.
Laure passes the looong line from Helsinki through the eye of the aft mooring buoy, gives it to
Camille who handles the slack and tries to stop a Saltimbanque pushed by the wind, then
jumps to the front and attaches the bow of the boat to the pontoon. That’s good, our automatisms
are coming back fast! We have arrived. Despite the nice blue sky, the air is still a bit chilly,
we are early May in Norway after all. The front deck, right on the sun, is a better place that the
windy cockpit for our welcome drink.
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The southerly seabreeze can be rather strong in the Oslo fjord.
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The amount of pollen in the water indicates how intense spring can be here...
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And this is it, we have departed.
Oh we are not very far away, but we have left the comfort of our house, so beautiful in this
explosive Norwegian spring, for the more eventful life at sea.
We will need a few days to be back to our sailors’ selves. Also to get some distance from the almighty “To
Do List”, which has been ruling our lives since we have decided to leave jobs and home by the end
of the year to focus on blue ocean sailing. We are basically swapping one intense life for
another!
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For now we cheer to our departure, our nice first leg sailing, and to all the preparation work that
brought us here. But very soon new topics of discussions emerge, especially the most common of all:
the weather forecast… On the menu these days: very little wind in the Oslo fjord and in the northern
end of the Skagerrak, and force 6/7 (admittedly from the East) on the southern tip of Norway. The
optimal strategy is not that simple… but this is a story that begins tomorrow!
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Let the adventure begin...
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