Balchik to Constantza

July the 5th.





The skipper and Micael wake up early in the Sunday morning to leave for Romania. But they soon conclude that the wind is all too strong, and it's thunderstorm in the sea. But we have agreed with the Bulgarian pass-police to check-out at 6:00 AM, so we leave the marina for the pass and tull pier.


We cannot moor there - the wind is too strong - so Micael jumps to the pier with all the passports, he hopes to solve all the border control by himself.

But th Bulgarian pass police want to follow their rules: they have to see the boat and the crew members and Micael must write a crew-list.

After a long discussion Micael reaches an agreement with the pass-police - Ellide Embla goes back to the marina where it is possible to moor. The police look into the boat and go back to their pier with our passports. then they come back and say we must leave the marina within one hour after the pass control.

By now, somewhat after 7:00 AM guys are tired and the wind is just getting stronger. It rains heavily. So, everybody goes back to sleep.

We wake soon after 9:00 AM when somebody knocks on the boat. It's the pass police who are irritated that we are still in the marina and say that we must do the pass control again. After some discussion we gen max 10 minutes to leave the marina. Now the sun is looking out and there's almost no wind. So, we leave in haste.