A 'champagne cruise' back to Germany

The weather yesterday was as expected. We woke up at 7 to no wind at all. And the forecast was for light winds until late afternoon, so by 7:20 we were on our way south through the Guldbergsund.





An hour or two later, we passed a 'wind farm' with 162 windmills:





As there was no wind, zero KWh were being generated, so the cost per KWh was infinite.....

This is 'champagne cruising', not because we drink champagne (no alcohol when under way and we finished the Champagne on Lyn's birthday anyway), but that's what it's called.

After the wind farm, there was a 3 hour crossing of the Mecklenburger Bucht. Although we have GPS plus a plotter on the laptop, we also do 'old fashioned' navigation when there are no marks to refer to. It's fun as well!





By the time we got to Burgstaaken, 7 hours after leaving Nykøbing F, the wind was about 5 knots. Not good for the participants in the Kite Board Pro competition that was planned. Greg also competed here, many years ago.





Late in the afternoon, the wind picked up to around 15 knots. By that time we were safely moored and had walked to Burg, the nearby town.

This morning, I cycled to Burg to get the German Internet working on the iPad again. Lyn is doing some work. We may stay here for a day or two before moving on, weather dependent. Still two fairly exposed stretches until Lübeck, from then it's rivers and canals.