From Nodeviken to Kristiansand to K’sand Båt og Motor to Lillesand.
The morning’s promise in Nodeviken held all day. Lovely sunshine and a gentle sailing wind on the port quarter. Conditions stable enough to use the windpilot, and experiment a bit to optimise performance. Quite idyllic. And then we got to Kristiansand, where things were not normal at all.
Lots of very large sailing boats, using up all the space, and then some. Not even a tiny slot for little Josin.
It was all to do with “The Tall Ships Race”, though there were none of the expected “Tall Ships”. Maybe they hadn’t arrived yet, or had already gone. Whatever. Also an enormous number of buzzing small boats sightseeing. What you cannot see on this pic is that there was a tivoli on the harbour green, including an enormous Pariser wheel. That I could see from afar on the way in, so I should have been a bit prepared.
After not finding a spot to tie up, decided it was not a place to try and stay and we headed back out, to where? Didn’t have a Plan B today.
Only place in reasonable distance where we’d tied up before was Kristiansand Båt og Motor, where I’d changed the exhaust bend earlier. Thinks….. It is friday evening. The Tall Ships event must be magnetic. Place available? Probably. Putterputter. Yes.
(58 07.0N 008 06.4E).
It is just off the main drag, and many, particularly small, boats didn’t respect the 5 knot speed limit and created a bumpy evening, otherwise the night was calm.
Weather forecast was for a lot of rain, so next morning, this morning, we were away at 7 in flat calm and no wind and motored to Lillesand, (58 14.8N 008 22.8E), where I have a good friend, Svein, ex Ballad owner. It had started to rain before we got here and hasn’t stopped.
Looking town-ward. Looking sea-ward.
A hurried walk into town to buy fresh sourdough at the Geheb Konditori, (known place of supply), and food emporium to stock up. Fresh shrimp were on offer, so I bought enough to gorge on for lunch, yum!
I shall visit Svein tomorrow afternoon and then evaluate plan. Two nights here therefore. Weather the next few days looks not particularly promising so we’ll see.
Alls well
slightlydampJohn.
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