In the past, there was a little beach on Granhamn, connecting Granhamn and a teeny-weeny island just next to it. It is gone! I know, I am getting older, but an erosion of a whole beach in my lieftime is a set-back to my youthfull spirit 🙂 Here a before…
Today we visited the shipping museum in Mariehamn and the Pommern, a 4-masted tall ship. After that, we walked over to the other side of town, where there was a little festival going on with a local folk band, a jumble sale and some old wodden ships on display. A…
We crossed the little stretch of water to Mariehamn very quickly. It felt fast-ish, but I was really surprised when Christian’s app reported an average speed of 5.8 kts. I am very proud of my old lady.
There is this small bay north of Kapelskär, that is just special – Granhamn. It was used in days gobe-by by sailors to wait for more (or less) wind, before crossing over to the Aaland isalnds. On the island there was a pub to accomodate the waiting sailors and. While…
A new guest is arriving today and this means Akka needs a thourough clean. The bedding needs washing, the fridge re-stocking, the Systembolaget requires a visit and the deck needs scrubbing. But the end of a guest visit always has a profound impact on me sleep-wise. After a week of…
The days with Freya on board followed a certain pattern. I got up at my usual 5am-6am and did some work. Freya emerged from her “flat” (the V-berth) at 9ish and we then had breakfast together. Anchor awaytime was usually around 11am, followed by some sailing to another bay or…
The sail back from Björkskär was just perfect! We had up to 20 kots of wind on the beam, blue skies and covered the distance in no time at all. Once inside the islands, we passed many little red houses, jetties, boathouses and saunas and Sweden presented itself from its…
The weather forecast has been wrong lately and it seems to be over-estimating the wind a bit. A forecast of 20 kts turned out to be a very quiet night at 2 kts. This led me to the decision, to show Freya my favourite rock, despite a rather windiy forecast…
When we arrived at Sandhamn, we noticed that we were not the only boat to seek a berth there. About 15 boats were circling in fron of the harbour to catch a space. We decided to go around the corner to Telegrafholmen where there was plenty of space. We then…
The problem is, that I am travelling with a Scotish-person and they seem to be even more immune to the cold that I am. We had a very quiet night a Lökaö, but my guest insisted in spending the evening (until midnight) in the cockpit – in 10 degrees!
