The 9th of June 2009 started with a nice sunny weather. We got ne wind blowing some 6-7 m/s for the beginning. Very soon the weather changed for the wind up to 15 m/s and the rain and Thunder.
First 80 Nautic Miles we had +7,5 knots average speed. The lady was well balanced and everything was perfect.
The crew "smelled" the changes in the weather at the right moment - we had all the time just the right sail-load.
Somewhere around 22.00 the wind was gradually going down and just in the midnight there was no wind at all. We had to start the engines, especially because we were in the middle of the Ship traffic-junction near Rügen/Southern Sweden.... 30 minutes and Silence. The engine Tilted.
Then we set the sails up and next two hours just circulating with the sea-streams.
The morning came the wind came.... at least 3 m/s and a small movement was noticed, but there was also a fog that limited visibility. Somewhere at 9.00 the fog disappeared and we started to move towards Copenhagen.
In Copenhagen we had to call towing help (wind was too high, we did not want to break somebody elses boats) and we got it from the Royal Tuborg Sailing Club. They towed us in their beautiful new port to wait for the repairman that should come the 11th to fix the engine.
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