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!
Back in business
It was a long journey from Vienna and as I am not getting younger, I feel the effetcts of night trains and the ladder-up/ladder-down exercises more an more. I left Vienna on Saturday for Berlin to connect with a second night rain to Stockholm. Berlin was great for my day-visit,…
Thank you Akka, good night Akka
The conditions on the journey this year were often tricky, but Akka helped me out more than once. I am so glad to have made the decision to buy her 10 years ago. Sure, she is not the fastest or most spacious boat, but then I haven’t spent silly amounts…
Mr. Gällnö
Apparently, the nickname given to me by the Ramsmora marina staff is “Mr. Gällnö”, because I always talk about my favourite island. 🙂 I feel it is a good nickname, as Gällnö has never let me down and I love it. And so it was again on our last day…
Back in Sweden
A 5am wake up call got us ready for the hop over to Sweden. It started with quite a bit more wind than expected, but settled down to 12-15 kts on the beam for most of the day. Perfect sailing until the wind piped up, the waves got uncomfy and…
Skärgard-Feeling
After 3 days in Seglinge we woke up to some glorious sunshine and a perfect Skärgard day. Easy 25 miles to Möholm where we spent the afternoon chilling on Akka. Most memorable were a couple of sea-eagles who were working on becoming a couple.
Bored silly
It has been 3 days on Seglinge in grey, rainy and windy weather and we were stuck inside Akka for most of the time. Tashi and especially Michi got somewhat restless on day 3.