Four to six knots of wind was forecasted for Monday morning, enough to go for the gennaker it seemed. So that's what I prepared for Sunday evening. Before six a clock I hoisted both the gennaker and the main while still in the windless marina, and six sharp I was on my way.

On a windless see as well it turned out. After two hours doing less than two knots I gave up and pulled the sock on the gennaker and started the engine. I had bought some budget digital charts for Denmark that also comes with the Norwegian weather service. When I checked their forecast I saw it was much more realistic than the Windy models. Very calm weather is rarely forecasted by the Windy models, but that was what met.no was saying for Monday morning. They also predicted northerly wind instead of easterly to begin with, which turned out to be correct when it appeared around 12. By then I had given up on the gennaker and put it under deck again, but the wind was strong enough to make good speed for the genua and main, first closehauled and later on a beam reach. I will stick to met.no for a while and see if they regulary perform better than the Windy models.

Very nice sailing, doing between six and seven knots. Except for some big banks of fog, with maybe 100 to 200 meters visibility.

I was happy to have the AIS on my fixed VHF radio, but I have only a receiver, no transmitter, so I can see other boats with AIS but they can't see me. Three times during the afternoon I was close to one "Nato warship" as it was announced on the display, and two other cargo ships, one very close. I had to call on the VHF to tell them I was in front of them. It seemed they altered their course and passed 300 meters behind me.

Coming in among the ilands outside Karlskrona the fog disappeared like someone switched it off with a button. One minute I was in dense fog, next Karlskrona was in bright sunshine in front of me. When I looked back the fog was like a wall over the sea behind me.

I have never been here before, and I have been told it is a pretty city. It is a big naval base since hundreds of years, maybe the biggest in Sweden. It has World Heritage status as well. I might be stuck here for the rest of the week because of strong winds. Wednesday seems possible to move further, but then I will be stuck two days at the place where I end up, and maybe Karlskrona is more sheltered, and both nicer and cheaper than for example Kalmar which I hope to be my next destination.