Baltic weather seems to be able to change overnight and instead of a biting cold gale force wind, today we were treated to warm, still conditions for our cruise south to the island of Møn. With the sun glinting on the barely rippled surface we could hardly believe this was the same sea that had been lashing over the harbour breakwater only the day before. Our trip took us south east back round the cliffs of Stevns Klint which we had passed on our earlier leg from Præstø to Copenhagen before turning south for the more dramatic chalk cliffs on the east coast of Møn, the highest in Denmark. Rising 420 feet above the sea, the cliffs are toped with dense beech woods and a three mile footpath runs east from the harbour at Klintholm, descending to the beach via steep steps.

Primarily a fishing harbour, Klintholm has branched out into the holiday market and apartments and inns share their facilities with the visiting boats. The main industry was much in evidence as we approached the harbour with warnings of "Stellnetze" plastered all over the charts. We weren't quite sure what these were but when we saw the extensive arrangements of posts, nets, buoys and markers lining the coast we guessed that this was it and that we should keep well clear.

A bike ride round the village revealed the season was not yet in full swing - the fish smokery closed at 3pm and the ice cream kiosk didn't open till Thursday. The only other attraction was a pleasure boat trip to see the famous cliffs from the water, which we felt had been adequately covered by our cruise here, so we didn't feel too bad about planning our next leg and moving on.

Cruising Statistics

Distance: 41 nm

Total to date: 954 nm

Avg Speed: 6 knots

Duration: 7 hours

Diesel: 46 litres

Wind: NW 3 - SW 2

Mooring: Kr.180/night

Electricity: Included

Water: Included

Charts

NV Serie 2 - S23