Fresh westerlies was forecasted on Friday, so the 65 miles to Bornholm shouldn't be a problem in one day. I took off at six in rather weak winds but soon it piped up. So did the waves, coming in an irregular pattern that made it difficult to go goose winged on a run. Also the wind changed direction, not much but frequently. The genua was constantly collapsing when the boat was rolling, and filled again with a bang. Also the main was flapping from time to time. Extremely annoying and bad for the sails, so after some hours I gave up and started sailing the angles. Coming about half way, the wind became more stable and the wind seemed to have made up it's mind, and I could set a straight course on a broad reach towards Rönne, the capitol on Bornholm. I arrived at 19:30 in the little marina and was able to get a longside berth. Not so many visiting boats, I saw one Polish and one German flag.

Update Saturday:

Strong winds today, a bit too much for the 60 miles to Karlskrona on the Swedish mainland, so I decided to do some sightseeing on the bike. Bornholm is a very popular tourist destination. It is much closer to Sweden than to Denmark, only 20 miles compared to 73 to the nearest Danish land. Even Germany and Poland is closer, so it is a bit strange that it still belongs to Denmark, but so did the inhabitants decide, making uproar against a peace treaty that gave the island to Sweden some time in the 17th century.

My expectations was quite high since I have heard many positive things about Bornholm, but I found it a bit hyped. As many islands tend to be in my opinion. The town Rönne is sort of medium pretty. It was heavily bombed by the Russians in the last days of WW II, since the occupying Germans was ordered to capitulate to the English instead of the Russians. 

I biked toward the center of the island for some hours, and back to Rönne on a more northerly path. Pretty enough but not much different than other parts of Denmark or south of Sweden.