As we wanted to go to St John we needed to sail upwind against the trade winds. So we did it and tacked several times and finally made a spot landing at the first bay we wanted to go to.

Sailing upwind against 5 Bft was an intensive and exhausting time. The swell first was rather short with wave height of 1 – 2 m. Later during the day it became longer. MaRe climbed up the waves and glided them down. Depending on the wave conditions she ran from just below 3 on to more than 7 kn.

After we dropped the anchor, and cleared up the boat we were tired but happy. The friends on board sailed for the first time enjoyed the day.