Hanöbukten
Only Hanö Bay (see above) and the Arkona Sea now separate SY Blue Layla from the German coast. With the usual westerly winds, we are waiting for the right wind and weather window to complete the last 200 nautical miles across the open sea – ideally under sail and without breaking anything. Early in the morning, we head past Utklippan (see below) and first to the southern Swedish coast of Skåne, where we wait for the right breeze for SY Blue Layla’s final leg.
Above: On the way, we sail past Ales Stenar (“The Stones of Ale”), one of the largest megalithic monuments—a kind of Stonehenge—in Scandinavia. Fifty-nine stones, each weighing up to 1.8 tons, stand overlooking the sea on the 37-meter-high coastline. Why some of these menhirs were dragged here around the year 600, some from 20 kilometers away, remains unclear. Below: The harbour of Ystad, where we wait for the right wind to cross the Arkona Sea.
