Family sailing - Flatten
It was blowing hard last few days so we waited for calmer weather for family sailing to Flatten. Finally, we got the window on Saturday although forecast was warning against hard wind again on Sunday.
We departed home harbour late afternoon on Saturday. Wind was blowing from the right direction so we sailed all the way on broad reach, only on genua.
Flatten welcomed us with only few boats, most in the inner harbour. Since long-keel Meritaten is not really turning on a penny I never go into inner harbour. External pontoon was empty and Thomas’ wooden motorboat was there so we hanged with him.
Approach on sails but last few meters with help of Yanmar-san. Never enough training!
Apart from small rain in the evening - reminding us that it’s summer in Sweden - weather was perfect. As always - we took a walk around the island which takes no more than 10 minutes indeed.
My favourite place which I doped “The Fisherman Harbour”, was exposed to wind so empty.
We tested my new bathing/boarding ladder and it prove to work very good. I dismounted the previous, rope ladder which now became flowerpot shelves. The new ladder became a part of the onboard equipment on Meritaten.
Late night onboard, playing games in oil lamp lights.
On Sunday we took a bath in the sea. Water was far from warm, around 15 degrees, but taking a dope is compulsory when on Flatten!
We left around 1400, with beam to broad-reach so again we sailed only on genua. It was indeed blowing hard, we were reaching 5 knots on partially rolled sail.
After entering Vätökanal we still were able to sail, now on run. For the first time the wind was steady enough to go on sails under Vätöbron!
We arrived to Rosättra around 1700, just in time to meet Kaika entering her berth.
Good family sailing it was!