Our position is 58:55.543N 18:09.997E

Distance covered 39.7 Nm

It took us a long time the next morning to clean the anchor of the gloopy mud that had been holding us. We weren’t long out of the anchorage when the engine started overheating so we turned it off and sailed back where we had come from and re-anchored while we tried to sort the problem out. However the next time it was started everything was fine so we set off again, watching the temperature gauge closely.

Pulling the anchor up

Later on the wind at last allowed us to sail but the reefing hooks, new in 2014, sheared when the main was set. A temporary fix was to secure the reefing eye using a short piece of rope.

We approached Landsort in bright sunshine, broad reaching in a lightish South Easterly. It seemed like we’d had a long day once we were round and running with the jib poled out and manoeuvring round all the other shipping.

The light on Oja

This boat was fishing using something attached to orange floats

This came past from ahead generating a terrible wake

No sooner was the first one past than his mate came up from behind

If that wasn’t enough it was like Piccadilly Circus with ferries

The anchorage we were heading for on Rano had a very narrow entrance and it was impossible to see it from the sea, but with the help of a well-chosen waypoint, it opened up in front of us and we slipped in and anchored without difficulty.  It used to be a traditional ships harbour, but became too shallow along the shores for large sailing vessels and it is thought the Russian fleet used the harbour in the 18^th Century as there are many Russian bread ovens ashore. It was beautifully peaceful, and again we had it to ourselves. It seemed a very long way from the hustle and bustle of the big ship channels.

  Approaching Skutviken entrance

And safely inside ready for a beautiful sunset

We saw these the next morning. The bird had an incredibly loud call