This is a very tedious interruption, and the stopping and restarting of the ship very incommodious.

The sails have to be furled, the anchor cast, the boat lowered, and the captain proceeds on shore; hours sometimes elapse before he has finished.

When he returns to the ship, the boat has to be hoisted again, the anchor raised, and the sails unfurled.

Sometimes the wind has changed in the mean time; and in consequence of these formalities, the port of Copenhagen cannot be reached at the expected time.
If a ship is unfortunate enough to reach Helsingor on a dark night, she may not enter at all for fear of a collision.

She has to anchor in the Cattegat, and thus suffer two interruptions.