<![CDATA[And I'm off at 04:45.]]>And I'm off at 04:45. Attempting a solo sail from Helsinki to the Åland Islands. Some 150 nautical miles. Have done a 100+ before. Don't have getthereitis, hopefully. Let's see how it goes. Only worrying thing is where is fishing equipment like nets in the Gulf of Finland?

Easterly winds and a full moon made me do this now. Cloudy though.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/a7f704fe-8929-49d1-b18b-53e3ab03c30b/and-i-m-off-at-04-45.RSS for NodeSat, 05 Sep 2026 02:00:40 GMTFri, 28 Aug 2026 01:53:15 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:49:45 GMT]]>@anderslund it's great, even in gloomy weather! Sailing beats land life every time. I have to visit these islands when I get a better dinghy. Gunnarsörarna supposedly has a lot of Soviet gunplaces as well.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117189495054411111https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117189495054411111Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:49:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:33:50 GMT]]>@harald I look up all those islands on OSM, just out of curiosity. Thy look better on your photos ... Many of them could do with a OSM mapper visit, but what a place to be sailing! 🙂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/anderslund/statuses/117189432499324865https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/anderslund/statuses/117189432499324865Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:33:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:28:48 GMT]]>The aptly named Dödören has several Soviet machine gun nests. The Hanko peninsula and surrounding islands was in Soviet control by the beginning of the continuation war.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117189412664427982https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117189412664427982Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:28:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:23:56 GMT]]>I do prefer sunny Sunday before gloomy Monday. Don't think it'll be a long sailing say today.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117188213868683722https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117188213868683722Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:23:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:59:39 GMT]]>Now I'm bathing the shit out of this sauna

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117185523184800937https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117185523184800937Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:59:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:29:31 GMT]]>And we're here. Or I am.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117185168766918470https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117185168766918470Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:29:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:02:35 GMT]]>Love this place. Every time I sail past I get this wannahave feeling

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117185062861543026https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117185062861543026Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:02:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 14:45:29 GMT]]>Örö
30 min to harbour

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117184995590579251https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117184995590579251Sun, 30 Aug 2026 14:45:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 10:21:13 GMT]]>Jurmo. The end of Salpauselkä terminal moraine from the ice age. Recommend a visit.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117183956466440087https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117183956466440087Sun, 30 Aug 2026 10:21:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 10:20:24 GMT]]>@nemeciii ohi vaan. Ei ole aikaa jäädä turistoimaan

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117183953277729319https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117183953277729319Sun, 30 Aug 2026 10:20:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 10:13:33 GMT]]>@harald kävitkö kioskilla?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nemeciii/statuses/117183926329104179https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nemeciii/statuses/117183926329104179Sun, 30 Aug 2026 10:13:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 09:38:47 GMT]]>Noon.

- Up Spirits!
- Stand fast the Holy Ghost!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117183789652772146https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117183789652772146Sun, 30 Aug 2026 09:38:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 09:31:36 GMT]]>It's really nice out here! I met a sailboat, a Swedish Aphrodite 29 that looked a little racy as well, also solo sailor. The only other boat I've seen since Helsinki.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117183761357219986https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117183761357219986Sun, 30 Aug 2026 09:31:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 07:43:02 GMT]]>The good thing about leaving at six o clock in the morning is that you can have a second breakfast!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117183334458188997https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117183334458188997Sun, 30 Aug 2026 07:43:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 07:13:47 GMT]]>The Swedish empire had compulsory attendance to church. That's why all around the Finnish and Swedish archipelago there's never far between islands with a church or chapel.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117183219468763945https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117183219468763945Sun, 30 Aug 2026 07:13:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 07:12:15 GMT]]>Kökar. Really old church ruins from the 14th century.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117183213439181270https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117183213439181270Sun, 30 Aug 2026 07:12:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 06:31:23 GMT]]>Sun's out, spinnaker's up.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117183052744963771https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117183052744963771Sun, 30 Aug 2026 06:31:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 04:13:30 GMT]]>Sunrise after sleeping and working our sailing club's island for a bit. Apparently going back east, looks like 12-14 knots of southwesterlies today. Not sailing through the night, staying at our club's island at Hitis and enjoying a well deserved sauna tonight. 72 Nm to go today.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117182510569024302https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117182510569024302Sun, 30 Aug 2026 04:13:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Sat, 29 Aug 2026 13:22:16 GMT]]>@harald Riktigt bra! Det är så man lär känna sig själv på riktigt.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/MaryTheKnife/statuses/117179006112106789https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/MaryTheKnife/statuses/117179006112106789Sat, 29 Aug 2026 13:22:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Sat, 29 Aug 2026 11:16:34 GMT]]>@remaster yup, förvånansvärt varmt. 15-16 ⁰C I vattnet.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117178511849441743https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117178511849441743Sat, 29 Aug 2026 11:16:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Sat, 29 Aug 2026 11:12:55 GMT]]>@lennart I put the shortest mattress in the middle of the boat on the floorboard. Did several attempts at dozing off with a 30 min timer. I have practiced these 30 min dozes on the hard. I don't feel like it worked. Either it was too early and me being excited, or the sea state was such that it was too noisy in the boat and I wallowed back and forth. Until I tried laying on my side, which helped. I think I actually got that fall asleep feeling once or twice. I was tired, but then again needed only 2 hours of sleep and then I was up again sailing to the shop in pouring rain.

I think i tried these 30 min dozes maybe 6 or 8 times.

It's a good question. Sleep is the biggest challenge in my opinion. That's why I wanted to practice and do this. It wasn't longer than being on night watch at the club's marina, but then resting is more efficient there.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117178497497619738https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117178497497619738Sat, 29 Aug 2026 11:12:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Sat, 29 Aug 2026 11:03:54 GMT]]>@MaryTheKnife tack. Nu är man mera erfaren och vet vad man inte skall göra.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117178462000104080https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/harald/statuses/117178462000104080Sat, 29 Aug 2026 11:03:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:24:09 GMT]]>@harald awesome challenge! Did you sleep at all?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/lennart/statuses/117177597888605261https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/lennart/statuses/117177597888605261Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:24:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to And I'm off at 04:45. on Sat, 29 Aug 2026 05:23:41 GMT]]>@harald Bra att det gick vägen! Grattis

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/MaryTheKnife/statuses/117177124217176311https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/MaryTheKnife/statuses/117177124217176311Sat, 29 Aug 2026 05:23:41 GMT