The forecasts for today and tomorrow suggested that to go to Klintholm today and around Møns Klint tomorrow might be a bit uncomfortable, so we decided to go to Præstø instead. We have previously wanted to go there, it is supposed to be a nice picturesque town.
As it is about 30nmiles from Vordingborg to Præstø, we left around 9:30:
You then have to navigate through 20nmiles of narrow channels, in the end you emerge from the Bøgestrøm into the Fakse Bugt which is quite open water. There was quite a lot of oncoming traffic and together with the precise navigation required, it was quite a busy day. Once in the Fakse Bugt, it's only about half an hour before you get into the unmarked channel towards the Præstø Fjørd. So using the GPS, visual observations and of course the chart, you get through the shallows to the buoys leading into the Præstø Fjørd and eventually Præstø Havn.
We found a nice place where we could use our stern buoy hook again, first time since Sweden last year. Stern buoys are the norm in Sweden but rare in Denmark:
The harbour here is indeed nice, but the town was pretty dead on a Saturday afternoon. Typical Danish 'vegetation' though:
Just before supper time, a swan family came to visit:
The weather appears to be changing a bit at the moment. After a few weeks with lots of sun, it's raining now. And our two forecasts give conflicting ideas about tomorrow's wind conditions.
So no predictions of where we'll be tomorrow, rather a review of how we got here:
Location:Havnepladsen,Praesto,Denmark
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