Four days in Agersø

Day 1

The windy conditions from the ‘wrong’ direction sent us to the island of Agersø instead of our plan to revisit the Dodekalitten, twelve wind-singing statues in Kreganæs.

But there were other delights there, including a great fish and chips shop, excellent ice cream (of course!) and a barrel sauna with a picture window, overlooking the power station across the water.

Day 2

We knew there were several stormy days ahead, but we reckoned we could navigate the cargo ships and the Storebælts bridge and head to Kerteminde before the storm, where there is a delightful artist’s studio and museum. Hey ho.

On our way, things got a bit lively and our second reef had problems (of our own making). We decided to drop the main, to protect the sail, and then the genoa.

Unfortunately furling the genoa without the protection of the main was itself a hard grind, and we failed to notice that the furling drum was under enormous pressure until we realised it had internal riding turns.

Time to drop the Genoa onto the deck, and turn back towards Agersø to examine the situation.

The furling drum was completely damaged and the furling rope was so fouled up inside that it had to be cut. What a mess.

Day 3

The wind howled, but we had other things to think about. It seemed that every marine shop in Denmark was out of stock of replacement furling drums.

Eventually we found a distributor in Hamburg who took pity on our situation and set us up as a marine shop customer with a very small order. Our new drum is now on its way to Anders back in Augustenborg.

We celebrated with a barbecue, sheltering behind the clubhouse by the old windmill, and very good it was too.

Day 4

The wind had not eased, but the sun was out, and it was a perfect day for a walk across the island.

The beach on the stormy side of the island confirmed our decision to stay just one more day.

Not such a bad outcome at all.