Our position is 58:34.338N 23:23.558E

Distance covered 46.9Nm

By Sunday the wind had dropped to something more manageable and was coming from the NW enabling us to head South. We managed to avoid the rocks again as we came out of the harbour, and were soon beam reaching in sunshine with a slight sea state. The log was playing up but Ted was able to free it.

leaving Dirhami

As the day moved on the wind dropped and the landscape became very featureless as we motored South.  Our course also took us across some very shallow bays so the track was rather tortuous but eventually we arrived at Kuivastu. In spite of it being 18.30 on a Sunday the harbourmaster, Tomas, was waiting to greet us, help us tie up and encourage us to have a sauna. The harbour was modern (opened in 2012) and apart from a certain amount of noise arising from the proximity of the busy ferry was very comfortable.

Entry to Kuivastu

Unusually there was another British boat there, Antipole with Tony and Ynskje, also flying a CA burgee, and we invited them on board the following day to share a drink or two. A most convivial evening followed a quiet day and we agreed to join them on their Ovni the following night. We were waiting for the wind to go round to a more favourable direction so we could continue South. We also took advantage of the unexpected lay day to take a short walk to investigate the old inn visited by Arthur Ransome and referred to in Racundra’s First Cruise.

The slightly derelict Arthur Ransome inn

but then most of the buildings in the vicinity seemed to be slightly derelict

Drinks on board the beautifully fitted Antipole with Tony and Ynskje