Sunday 13 May
We pottered down the well-buoyed channel across the Kubitzer Bodden, weaving our way through the sandbanks, and exchanged cheery greetings with the first yacht we have seen, since we were in Whitby last October, to be flying the red duster: the British Ensign. My crew were occasionally disconcerted to see wildfowl and seabirds standing in the water just metres from my hull, but Mate kept a close watch on the depth readings.
Another lovely morning, with very little wind, and we arrived in Stralsund, in sight of the huge bridge that carries road and rail traffic over to Dänholm and thence to Rügen, a popular holiday destination. Skipper brought me neatly alongside a visitors’ pontoon, with a friendly Swedish Hallberg Rassy to chat to, while they went off for a stroll around this attractive Hanseatic town.