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.
Comfy
We are actually having an OK time on Akka, despite the cold and nasty weather outside. Tashi amd Michi used the rain-free morning for some cycling and shopping. In the afternoon we played cards, listened to music, did some cooking. In the evening we had movie night. So glad to…
Still on Seglinge
The front has reached us, but we are only seeing about 50% of the wind the forecast predicts. Seglinge harbour was a good choice, even though there is not much to do in this kind of weather. Tashi and Michi did a little shopping and tried to find the Seglinge…