Having settled the details of the winter lay up at the yard in Fehmarn, we sailed 30 miles South to the town of Travemunde on Thursday 16th August to attend the Cruising Association rally. A lovely sail close reaching at 6knots in sunshine nearly all the way.
We moored at the Passathaven marina, so named because the huge four masted barque Passat is moored on the outside of the marina.
There followed a series of trips and parties to celebrate the gathering of the 20 or so boats. For us the highlights were a trip up the river to Lubeck on a replica sixteenth century sailing ship and a tour plus dinner aboard the Passat.
The weather has been very hot, 30 degrees and no wind so we have been moving around slowly and seeking the shade!
It has been interesting to visit other folk on their yachts. The most experienced sailors are a couple of old ladies of 75 and 78 who have sailed all over the Baltic and Norway during the last ten years in their 36ft yacht!
The boats range from a huge 45ft Halberg Rassy to a little 28ft Twister that has been sailed across the Mediterranean as well as the Baltic.
Perhaps the only common denominator is age, every one seems to be retired, which makes sense I suppose. Who else can spend half a year sailing?
On Monday 20th we move on and sail East. More of that later.....
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