A new toy
I got myself a second-hand sextant. We played around with it today and took some sightings. Very curious to see where my calculations will put me.
Archipelago sunrise
I have seen a few of these, but the magic of a sunrise in the islands is always breathtaking.
A beautiful sailing day
We started rather late, as the wind did not make an appearance until 11am. But then the sails were up very quickly. From then onwards we we hardly ever dropped below 5 kts. A nice ride acorss Kanholmfjärden topping 7.5 kts before we changed course and were running before the…
A moose at midnight
Margit and I were watching a fabulous moon-set, when a moose mum with her 2 babies swam by. What a magic moment. In the background you can hear us whispering and “Is scho guat Mama” (“It’s allright mum”) by Wolfgang Ambros. How fitting.
Another galley view
I must confess – I can’t get enough of these galley views
A seal sighting
I have seen a few seals in the water and while it is always exciting, it is also a bit disappointing, as you just see the nose sticking out of the water. Not so today. As we passed Mansören, we saw this beauty posing for us.
Busy-Lazy at Storön
After a busy-layz day I got a nice sundown at Storön. The little bay was packed during the day, making a last stopover on a Sunday afternoon. In the end it was all for me.
Cosmetics
There are so many aspects I love about my Akka boat-life and DIY is a big part of it. The charme of the 70s has worn off Akka in some spots and some cosmetic updates are therefore part of my to-do list. Today I wanted to use up the strips…
My parasol
We bought a small Indian rug many years ago, and having had no use for it at home, I took it to Sweden to use it as a parasol Seeing the colourful fabric fyling above the cockpit, evokes feelings of pure happiniess in me! I love it
Midsommar
This was a full-on midsommar! Almost 29 degrees, blus skies and very happy Swedes. I spent the afternoon at Vaxholm and the turnout there was impressive. I guess there were about 1.000 people mingling around the midsommar stang. We certainly lack such a comunal summer fest – well done Sweden!