The weather today was quite different from yesterday with light and varying winds. We started with a challenge.
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The Draget Canal is a protected shortcut (se last post). It was once a Viking fairway and it is first described in a cronical of a trip by tha Danisch King Valdemar 1219. The water level at that time was 3 meters higher and it was a sound between the islands.
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Land rice reduced the depth and a Canal was blasted in the second half of the 19th century. The canal today has been restored some years ago and is now 5 meters wide and 2 meters deep.
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No problem for Sally with 3.56 m beam and 1.85 m draft. We did however, bring part of the overhanging trees down on deck but no harm was done to the rigging.
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We sailed east after the narrow fairways around Draget to the outlying island Huvudskar (Huvudskär). There are around 200 islands around Huvudskar and the harbour/anchorage is very well protected.
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It has been inhabited for centuries fishermen, pilots and later custom officers. A special law for the island was recorded 1450 and in force into the 19th century.
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It is now a protected area with special requirement on quiet activities (no motoring, loud music, parties etc). A beautifull place ión this nice summer evening.