The daily weather pattern

Wednesday 23 May

As we are still under the influence of an unusually static high pressure area, the weather seems to follow a daily pattern, familiar to Mediterranean sailors, of winds building in the afternoon. Today we left port and hoisted the mainsail, as we were heading directly into the very light Northerly or Nor’easterly wind. By late morning we set the genoa as well, the engine went off and we were actually sailing. The air is cold but the sun is warm and pleasant.

Around lunchtime the wind strengthened to around a Force 5, and we were down to the staysail, still with full main. This was another easy day, and by 1530 we were secure on the new quay opposite the small fishing and holiday village of Mrzeżyno. We enjoyed another warm welcome from the enthusiastic harbourmaster, and were very grateful for the kind assistance of Michael, an ex-pat British local, who was very handy with anything mechanical, and in no time had made and delivered a fitting of the right size for the water tap, so my nearly dry tanks could be filled.