Sailing the narrow straits of Brønnøysund

 August 5th    Hommelstø - Berg i Sømna

The weather showed again its nice side. Breakfast was enjoyed underway in a dead flat fjord. 

At the mouth of the fjord the wind filled in and sails could be set. Direction and windspeed gave me the curate to sail through the narrow and often busy straits through Brønnøysund (all my previous passages had been under motor). Down Tilremsfjorden wind pushed the speed above 5 knots most of the time. In the narrows the speed limit is 5 knots and since I was uncertain on how the land would blanket and funnel the wind I chose to reef the main a little.

There where no noticeable funnelling effect, but much blanketing so I raced through the straits in a whopping 2-3 knots. 

The final narrow strait was mor upwind than the others and there where some bending of the wind so I had to start tacking, and in the end help with the engine for some minutes.

At Berg I was treated to the seasons last spectacular Nordland sunset, and pizza at Klakkskjæret Pub.