Our jumping off point to Estonia is Örö, what a beauty and what a name! It was used as a military installation but that does not hamper the beauty of the island. Unfortunately this is known to many sailors, so the little guest harbour was full. But we were directed…
Very little wind at the moment, so the diesel had to come out and do its thing. Still a beautiful day in a fantastic landscape.
Gently we made it to Finland yesterday. There is not much wind at the moment, so travelling is not as fast and exhilarating as last year, but who cares! It is sunny, it is warm and we are sailing through a spectacular island landscape – just beautiful. We are currently moored…
Great sailing, great weather, great archipelago, great anchor bays – great time! The weather is lovely (ok, it could be bit warmer) and we are having a great time here in the Alands. We found another lovely bay to anchor in and are enjoying every minute. We are lucky sods!
Possibly the most beautiful bay we have been to! No kidding. A little bay south of Degerö offers good shelter from the north wind and is a real pearl. A well marked entrance, 2 cardinal buoys and 2 enslinjen, help to navigate a narrow entrance. But once in, a real…
We left Mariehamn rather late but Akka made up for the time lost. The wind, a steady 4-5 from the north, made us racing through the islands and we arrived in no time on Degerö/Degerby/Föglö. I am a bit confused as to the right name. The island is called Degerö,…
We left early, had great wind and arrived in time for lunch – easy cheesy hop over to the Aaland Isalnds. OK, ok it is not that far to start with. Only about 30 miles and we were lucky with the wind direction which come from north-north-east, so that Akka…
After a day in Norrtälje doing some work-work, we made our way to Arholma. An ideal spot to start the hop over to the Aalands. The wind was quite gusty when we sailed out the sound from Norrtälje and freshed then up to a steady 6+. But Akka did what…
A new super-heroine is born! Super-Sailing-Woman! Victoria gets cold very easily and the northerly is cold up here. So she layers up! Usually 5-6 layers. Here we see her in the fetching bottom-layer.
We headed for Norrtälje to put Felicity on a bus later today and to get some shopping done before we are off to hop over to the Aalands. Strong winds from the north continue and we motored into it until we reached Tjöcko, from where we sailed on a beam…