Thursday 21 June
…so it’s raining, of course. However, today’s weather forecast offered a window in the wall of windy days, so we took advantage of it and left our wet berth for a passage through Moon Sound, even though we could see neither shore for foggy mist – or misty fog, if you prefer. By lunchtime we were able to fly the genoa, and with a little rocking and rolling, we surfed downwind as the mist gradually lifted and the air dried.
For a while Mate took over the steering from Jeanny, just for the fun of it, keeping a close eye on the chart for nearby hidden rocks, and narrowly avoiding a local ferry whose channel we were silly enough to try to share. Towards the North of the Estonian mainland, there seemed to be something of a convoy approaching Haapsalu harbour, and sure enough, most of the yachts that left Kuivastu on Moon ahead of us turned up here. In addition, a Canadian-flagged yacht joined the throng, and we discovered we’d traversed the Caledonian Canal, back in Scotland last Summer, in her company. It really is a small world.