Perfect sailing

Sunday 19 August

After a Sunday morning lie-in, we set off into a Westerly F4-5, achieving a much more exhilarating 7 knots reaching with full main and staysail. This is Mate’s favourite sailing scenario, assuming the sun is shining as well, as I flick up my petticoats and fly, without heeling as hard as under the genoa. There were a few changes of foresail during the day, and as the sails were stowed ready for anchoring, the heavens opened and the day ended somewhat damply. Just South of a nuclear power station, and out of sight of it, we’d found a beautiful spot for our last night in the Swedish archipelago, at Fläskö. Once again, large numbers of small jellyfish discouraged any fleeting thoughts of swimming…