Svinninge Marina 59°27´26.00N 18°16.55E
Every close-knit-group develops a certain jargon to create a sense of membership (or maybe an easier way of excluding others). Sailors are not different, oh no no! They love jargon! There is no left, right, up, down kitchen, loo, bed, rope etc. For almost everything a marine-specific word exists which makes the uninitiated feel humble.
Akka is currently parked on land at Svinninge Marina near Stockholm. But a sailor would scoff at such landlubber words. He would rather say that Akka is “on the hard”. This expression might relate to the hard surface she stands on (well almost everything is harder than water) or maybe it relates to the fact that life is “hard” when on land. I will tell you next week what the real background is as I will be living on the hard from Saturday onwards until Akka is launched on Fri 30th May.