Season 2020 in sixteen photos

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As yet another year draws to an end, it is again time to look back to the sailing season 2020. The year 2020 will be of course remembered from Covid-19. For us, the travel restrictions posed by Covid-19 didn’t have that much of an effect as we did not have any special plans for this season. On the positive side, the year 2020 brought some big changes to our sailing family as our little baby boy was born in the beginning of July.

During the season 2020, Dolphin Dance II logged 1250 nautical miles during 76 sailing days. Engine logged 60 h, and thus, 78 % of the nautical miles were powered by green energy. We spent 74 nights on board. The season lasted seven months as the first trip was on the 10th of April and last sailing trip was on the 9th of November.

Here are sixteen photos that represent our sailing year 2020 best.

First sail of the season (10th of April) always feels quite special.
Celebrating 30th of April “Vappu” at sea.
Great sailing weather on Southern Archipelago Sea (21st of May).
Björkö is one of the finest natural harbours in the Archipelago Sea (May 2020).
First sail with a newborn sailor boy. He was 9 days old and already enjoying the ride. (July 2020)
Main summer holiday trip started on the 27th of July. Here sailing towards Åland main island in fresh norhwesterly wind.
Full moon over Lumparn. This anchorage by the calm Lumparn was one of the highlights of the season.
Northeastern Åland Archipelago delivers: quiet anchorages, unspoilt nature and spectacular views to the open sea (August 2020).
Beautiful mooring by the open Bothnian Sea.
Autumn sailing at its best (or worst)? Wind 30 kts and pouring rain (September 2020).
Dolphin Dance in her element as she is making steady 7 kts passage speed in gusty breeze (September 2020).
Bothnian Sea ahead! We took a course towards north during Autumn Break (October 2020).
After the rain there is a (double) rainbow! Sunday evening in Kustavi (October 2020).
Chasing the November sun. November is the greyest month of the year, but not this weekend (8th of November).
The last night (8th of November) at the boat couldn’t be better. Clear night offered a good chance to test new camera gear.
The first snow on 20th of November. Dolphin Dance was lifted out a couple of days later.