Fog cleared. No wind, then good wind, a wait for the bridge to open, then more sailing, this time a little competitively amongst the other, bridge-waiting, five sailing boats. Three of them didn’t try very hard, and we came second. The other was several sizes larger though!
Very friendly harbour-help, who also informed that they had freshly-smoked ‘sik’, a trout relative, white flesh, available. Bought, filleted and eaten. Delicious. Half today, half tomorrow.
There is a castle here which is a guide-book rave, with a significant history, so after the sik has settled, and maybe a strawberry or several, steps will be taken, (ten minutes, the harbour-hostess said).
Will only stay here long enough to view the castle, and then on to Bomarsund later, against that lovely wind unfortunately, to get back out of this ‘fjord’, which has Ålands’s golf course on one side. Looks very attractive. Distance ashore is a bit too far to judge the slice/hook play.
All’s well, from sailorJohn
Josin's 2025 cruise 
Looks like you are making good progress, but no skype contact and can’t even find you on Friends, so you must have your phone turned off. Look forward to chatting on skype again when you get back in range. Meanwhile keep up the blog and Happy sailing, from land lubber Marg.
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