The right wind to cross the North Sea is still not there. The mast was placed down early morning to adjust the wind station and the wheel in the top of the mast.
The crew then carried out four test sails of ten minutes each, rowing. With the mast down the crew rowed on all sixty oars and then with only every second oar. The distance reached was basically the same; 0,33 og 0,34 nautical miles against the wind (10 m/s.).
Mast and rig are taking our speed
Rowing on all oars or just every second oar made no bigger difference. The reason is the lack of space on board. It's very difficult to really get a long stroke when rowing, when all sixty oars are used.
”There's no doubt - it really is more reasonable to only use every second oar", Skipper Carsten Hvid concludes.
The next test showed that mast and rig steels a lot of wind. 0,19 sømil was reached in ten minutes rowing with the mast raised. Mast and rig stole almost a third of the wind when rowing against it.