Spring was cold. So cold that we only left in late March. In the middle of the afternoon we left Humlebæk Harbor. The wind was in the west. We showered through the flat water for sails in the cold clear air. Down the coast. It was still sad and gray, but in a few weeks it would be happy and green. After a few hours we called at Tuborg Harbor.
We Vscar tired after sailing. Went to bed early and kept the heat fine under the duvet and blankets.
But it is difficult to sleep the first night after a long winter. I dozed, but woke up when I suddenly heard a strange slurring sound.
Has a sea valve or hull penetration leaked?
Scary thought, but not very likely and it will not sound like that either?
What about the toilet? Why should it suddenly jump leak? But wouldn’t it sound like that if it did? Does this mean that water is now penetrating? Maybe, but I wonder if it will still sound different? How fast will the water penetrate? Can it reach the swamp without making the batteries wet. So wet that the electric pump can not be used to drain the water out? What if I fall asleep and water rises over the floorboards when I wake up?
The brain continues to work energetically with other options until I rise out of the warm bunk and into the icy and damp cabin.
No water in the toilet and only condensation at the penetrations to the toilet, sink, kitchen sink, cooling water, echo sounder and speed log.
The penetration of water thus excluded.
When it gets light, we lie down, finally finding both the liberating deep sleep and waking up rested and dazed late in the morning.
When we had eaten, we sailed to Chr. Harbor. The sky was cloudless and there was that very special spring light.
We found a good place and enjoyed the sunshine, which now for the first time this year provided warmth.
I had forgotten all about the slurping sound that had kept me awake. But as we relaxed in the cockpit, I hear it again.
Only then do I notice the small light ripples on the water. They hit the thigh. It gives the unknown, but, when I now think about, still familiar sound.
