I am not sure exactly why it has taken me so long to get Akka ready this year. I arrived last Wednesday evening and still, the sails are not up yet! Sure, there is work-work, but normally Akka is afloat within a couple of days. Not his year. Maybe it…
It is so good to be back! And what a welcome Sweden had for me. To start with, there was a completely empty airport. The only people present were the arrivals from Vienna and the customs official checking the Corona-tests. And when I say empty, I mean empty. The car-park,…
Not much to say, alas! Covid has kept us at home and Akka on land. Let’s hope for a better year 2021!
Another season gone and Akka is put into her blanket for the winter. We had a wonderful time and covered Tallinn, Helsinki, Stockholm and Visby and a lot of little islands in between. Fantastic anchorages in a mixed bag of a summer. There were the cold days at the beginning…
Our sailing holiday is drawing to a close and we are waiting for the lift-out on Monday. A stop over at Gällnö and the tomorrow to Ramsmora around the corner. We are actually looking forward to the end of the holiday now. Sounds odd but we have been out-and-about for…
We spent a whole week in Stockholm and loved it. Work-work, culture, walks, cafe lattes, cappuccinos and museums was great for 7 days but today we left. Not far but a a nice day with a short stop-over at the Kaffeekuchenhaus to meet our Austrian-Swedish-German friends. A great couple of…
After all these weeks of solitude in the islands, we are desperate for city life. Some museums, cappuccinos, shops and cinemas. Stockholm it is fur us now for a few days.
Two very nice female sailors shared the little harbour at Hävringe with us. BTW: I find it great to see an all female crew in this y-chromosome dominated sport – thumbs up from Akka! Two days later we chugg into Nynäshamn and had to laugh out loud when we realzied…
Victoria was a bit under the weather and we spent 2 days at Nynäshamn. Rest, proper toilets, showers, washing machine, supermarket, electricity etc. meant 2 days relaxing. Also nice. BTW. All is well again and we are on the road again.
Sailing in the southern archipelago has been an eye-opener to us. We know the Stockholm archipelago (Arholma to Landsort) now pretty well and love it. Sailing in the isles further south is different. It feels there are even more islands, more anchor bays to choose from, more to explore. The…