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Limfjord Sailing Day 2:Tambohuse to Tissinghuse

It was already warm when we woke up. While Klarie made some breakfast tea in the kitchen building, I cleared the bedding and took down the boat tent. It was going to be hot so I wanted to be covered well to avoid sunburn. I had brought a synthetic T-shirt with long sleeves and a merino shirt, but chose a cotton shirt which had become now slightly oversized over the years.

We breakfasted in the shade and watched a group of pensionados setting off and returning for their morning walk. Vincent had found a bike for public use and bought some knackebröd at a nearby camp site. Inge had to take it easy after a nasty fall on the beach. Meanwhile the temperature was rising and the sun was eating away our shade. Our goal for today was Tissinghuse, a small private harbour. Time to go and make the best of the southern wind!

We left Tambohuse and lowered the rig for the fixed bridge to Jegindö. The breeze died while we entered the quiet waters on the north side. Aries drifted in front of us. We slowed down to a crawl but the Ilur kept moving. Whereas Hatseflats with its high prismatic coefficient (0.68) moves quickly when it is windy but sticks to the water in the light stuff.

We tried to conserve our energy with energy bars, salted nuts and drinking water. In front of us, Vincent was standing up in Aries and tried his hand at angling. No luck today, it was simply too hot. The windmills on the hills of Thyholm hardly moved. We sat very still and drifted past Aries at 0.8 knots.

After Jegindö the air started moving again. We picked up a little speed. In the distance the windmills were moving slowly. While we were passing the southeast shores of Agerö, we saw some black rainclouds. The little breeze helped us to reach Tissinghuse and we tied our little boats to the inside of the high quay around the harbour. We lifted the sails and oars onto the quayside and put the boat tents up before the rain.

The heavy rain didn't come after all. The clouds blew over and the oppressive heat remained. It was nice in the shade with the ice creams that we bought from the freezer in a hut on the quayside. A couple of cyclists waited for the skies to clear, there was a Belgian family with an old camper and a toddler who could not find the end to 'Happy Birthday' and there were some local folks walking their dogs. A couple of blokes launched a small power boat to go fishing and there was a family with youngsters buying ice creams.

People saw the flags on our transoms and asked from which country we came. 'The Netherlands', we replied. 'But surely your country has an orange flag? And did you sail all the way to Denmark?'

For dinner we had chicken curry flavoured pot noodles and mixed nuts if I remember correctly. The evening fell, all the daytrippers were gone and it became very quiet.

Distance: 6 miles, 11km