Our position is 55:35.446N 12:40.808E

Distance covered 24.8 Nm

After the traumas of the early morning neither of us were particularly enthusiastic about setting off for our next destination, particularly as the wind was 20kn from the wrong direction and the morning was overcast. However we knew we should push on and in any case didn’t want a repeat of the rampaging sea monster incident so by midday we were sailing along the coasts round the fishing nets just under the genoa.

 I liked the way this house blended in with its surroundings

It was gusty off the headland but after an excellent lunch, Koge Bugt opened up, the sun came out and we were close reaching at over 6 knots.

  The Danes love their wind farms

  This guy turned round and followed us but I don’t think there was anything sinister there as he soon turned away again

  First sighting of the Oresund bridge joining Denmark and Sweden

Before long we were entering the visitor harbour at Dragor. This is very shallow round the edges, making it difficult to manoeuvre, and the strong crosswind made tying up even trickier. There were not many empty spaces but we finally settled on one at the end of a pontoon with a finger that we could go alongside, which would save having to lasso the poles. This was scarier than it should have been as the finger was quite narrow and open on the other side. Also there was a duck asleep where I wanted to get off and it showed no signs of moving. When I finally made it onto the solid timber(without jumping straight off the other side) it proved to be extremely wobbly even though it was fixed and not floating.

     Tied to the wobbly pontoon

But we were soon tied up with no mishaps and going ashore to see the town. Information suggested the town was medieval but we saw little obvious evidence of that. However it was a lively place on a Saturday evening with many busy bars, restaurants and ice cream parlours.  Being close to Copenhagen means it is a popular place on a sunny weekend. Copenhagen airport is nearby but Dragor is not on the flightpath so we were not aware of the many take-offs and landings.

The old harbour also seemed to contain visitors and was much more spacious than the new harbour and also contained the fishing fleet.  We bought a big box of strawberries at a small supermarket and went back to the boat for tea.

  Is the thatch medieval?

The end of the old harbour

Shallow edges to the harbour

and close to the big ship channel