Statistics: SY Blue Layla’s Baltic Round 2023
Days at sea = 25.
Distance travelled through water (DTW) = 1372.19 nautical miles.
Longest leg = Hohe Düne - Sandhamn: 185.82 nautical miles.
Shortest leg = Degerby - Rödhamn: 11.52 nautical miles.
Average distance travelled per day = 54.89 nautical miles.
Maximum speed through water = 9.8 knots: at Gotland Sea.
Minimum speed through water = 1.2 knots: in the entrance to the Dragets Channel.
Ports and anchorages visited for the first time = 16.
Best shower = Hohe Düne.
Nicest shower = Sandhamn (a simple sanitary container, but after 185.82 miles at sea).
Bruises = 21 (17 due to levitating inside SY Blue Layla in strong wind and heavy waves; four due to U.'s ungentle descent from the boat off Kökar via Blue Layla’s bowsprit > jetty edge > sea).
Mosquito bites = 34 (29 of them on A.).
Most delicious rökta räkor = Kalmar fishmonger, served at Sandhamn.
Sheets too loosely trimmed = 37 (U.’s opinion).
Sheets slammed on too tight = 37 (A.’s. opinion).
Fenders required = 11 (just enough).
Swedish blueberry muffins required = 10 (ditto).