Hammerhavnen

3.7. Rönne-Hammerhavnen. The morning was sunny and warm! We took a walk around the pretty little town and bought some food. A Finnish boat came in right next to us just when we were leaving. Our plan was to sail to Christiansö but the wind was from the NE and very gusty so we just sailed to the NW corner of Bornholm to a nice little Hammerhaven 12 nm north of Rönne. The wind was up to 13 m/s and even with reefed sails we did over 8 knots at times. In the end the wind was getting too strong for even these sails. The harbor was full with quite a few boats double parking but just as we arrived a German boat was leaving and we got a very good place at the end of the small pier. Lots of local people spending their day around the harbor and a bunch of divers had come ashore just before us. We walked along a small path to a big medieval castle, Hammershus. Tomorrow we leave Denmark and head for Sweden, we try to stop at Utklippan but it’s probably full in which case we carry on northwards.