Sunday, June 29, 2025: No chance to slip and row with *Elsa 2* – wind was too strong. So everything was postponed to Monday.

Slipping went smoothly, and the journey began with tailwind toward the island of Ærø. The wind soon shifted to headwind and stayed that way. The next day, we rowed to Marstal and then continued through the Danish South Sea – a dream – all the way up to the northern tip of Ærø Island. During the night, we crossed from Ærø to the island of Als. We set off with a beautiful sunset and arrived on the other side, just south of the Funen ferry, about three hours later. We spent the night there, waiting out headwinds of up to 21 km/h.

The weather changed to rain and thunderstorms. We just made it into the ALS Fjord and found a quiet bay to anchor in – a restless night.

The final leg was on Thursday. First, we crossed the fjord to row with a sideways tailwind toward Sønderborg/ALS Sound – which worked out. In the sound, the wind was relatively calm, but conditions suddenly changed again as we exited toward the marina, and we had to steer into it against strong headwinds. But we managed.

As the weather turned stormy, *Elsa 2* was immediately slipped and made ready for transport.

Four amazing days accompanied by seals, dolphins – and seasickness.