Just a few pictures of a 1571 NM journey.

Helsinki-St Helier

Planning…

This is what two people need for a month at sea

Helsinki

Norwegian toast reality

Toast ad

Lunch at Gatwick

Dessert

Windmills in the Channel. To be avoided

Welcome to Jersey

Elizabeth harbour

oz.pom

The lock, low tide

Saint Aubin Bay low tide

The lock, high tide

Elizabeth Castle

St Helier Harbour

How temporary?

Posh fish’n chips

Kentucky fried chicken

First night at sea

AIS track

Unpacking

Some safety gear

Brighton-Den Helder

Happy crew arriving in Brighton

How polite can you be?

This is so organised

What about Tesco?

Dream dwelling

Always ready to help

Hurrying out on a mission

Small upgrading

Documenting

Evening before departure

Movie numbers…

Ready to set off

Watch list

Leaving Brighton

Happy owner

White cliffs

Somewhere on the French coast

Mild traffic

Forecast not optimal

Cap Gris-Nez

Maritime butter, of course

Optical illusion

Approaching Rotterdam

Nav station

Happy in Den Helder

A bit of dampness

What kind of second hand shop am I driving

Yummy bananas

Happy to have power

Royal Marine Yacht Club

Colour coordinated skipper checking the weather

Den Helder- Cuxhaven

Fishing boat

Texel beach resort

Lunch

Ingenious padding for not falling out of your bunk

Lonely buoy

Captain selfie

Owner not relinquishing the helm

Entering Elbe River

Cuxhaven

4 minutes on the shower clock

35 seconds to spare and time to take photos

Early morning, seal taking a nap in the harbour

Breakfast in the dark

Kiel canal

Brunsbüttel

First lock

Camping on the canal banks

Waiting to get into the lock in Kiel

Laboe

Accidents happen in port

On call pharmacy

Cocoa needs some cream

Local speciality

Buy your ticket for the beach

Laboe -Ystad – Karlskrona

Sometimes it’s good to check AIS

When the exhaust water isn’t flowing

No wind, no engine, doing some pirouettes

Ystad

Wonderful antiques at the chandlers

Candle light dinner coming up

Ystad Marina restaurant, murder scene in Wallander-city, known as restaurant Chez moi in one movie

Rescue tow

Even the skipper is smiling

First check of seawater filter, nothing wrong

Finally, it’s working again!

Karlskrona-Nynäshamn-Hanko-Helsinki-Porvoo

Near Kalmar

Dating with MS Romantika

Special wraps for lunch

Looking for wind and a new route

Happy in Hanko