First sailing!

Perfect weather for first summer sailing: moderate southerly wind, sunshine and blue sky!

Jim has mustered in around 11 and helped preparing Meritaten for leaving Rosättra servicevarvet. We left the harbour around 11:30 on engine, unrolled genua and continued on sail. It became however motoring for most part of Vätosunded - wind died there, behind high coastline.

Entering Norrtäljeviken welcomed us with good wind so we put up mainsail and genua, killed the engine and continued on sails all the way to Norrtälje.

It was a quick sailing, with wind back all the way. We could run sails in butterfly configuration - talking and smoking pipes all the way.

We’ve met just a handful of boats - two - all of them motoring against the wind.

We’ve entered NSS harbour on engine and at 15:00 Meritaten was tied to her summer place. Klar on the boat, one more pipe, tea with honey - and so came my family to pick us from the harbour.

Very nice beginning of the season indeed!

Thanks Jim!