Of course we had to visit the Kaffeekuchenhaus straight after our arrival at Vaxholm. It is a fixture for the crew on Akka to visit it on arrival and just before departure. The weight-loosing regime of the skipper is somewhat hampered by this tradition though. Check out the grin!
Flo felt pretty relaxed on-board Akka all week but he topped it today by sailing all day in his pajamas. The guys on the 57 ft brand-new Hanse yacht from Australia made big-eyes when we arrived next to them and Flo was as cool-as -it- gets at the bow handling the…
Bexi and Flo arrived on Monday and it is just brilliant to have them on Akka. Obviously the first task was to go to the Kaffeekuchenhaus to get another Törtchen and the general theme set by this action has not changed that much since then. We even got the barbecue…
In the German language there is an expression for watching boats come into harbours or marinas – it is called “Hafenkino” of harbour cinema. Everybody who is in the harbour sits on deck watches the new arrivals messing up one way or another. Well, and let me tell you today…
There was excitement and a lot preparation going on on Akka yesterday. The forecast talked about extremely heavy rain, there was a severe weather warning for the Stockholm area, the GRIB Files (downloadable meteorological data) showed winds of 7 Bft and gusts reaching 8 Bft and the view of local boats…
Finally a nice day! And it would be the day that Victoria left. Champagne sailing out of Stockholm and to Grinda. There I wanted to anchor on a small island just off Grinda but the wind was really gusty and it was not well sheltered. A nice sailor thought that…
Victoria left yesterday and I am on my own again on Akka. Victoria had a rough month as there were not more than 5 beautiful days during her whole stay. Going up north to Bottenhavet (and back south) meant also a lot of harbour-nights and much fewer anchoring in Naturhamns.…
Nils wasn’t the only disaster to happen at Ängsö – Akka’s old gas stove from the 1970s (a sexy orange and brown combo and built like a metal shithouse) finally reached the point where no amount of pressing the dial could keep the oven flame burning. Rather than risk turning…
Victoria’s last week has come and we are making our way down south via Vaxholm, Saltsjöbaden and Stockhom . The itinerary is set as Victoria wants some cake in Vaxholm, we are meeting a sail-maker in Saltsjöbaden and her flight is early in the morning on Friday so that she…
Nils has been retired in disgrace. Apart from his one heroic outing to tie us to a buoy 5 metres away at Hudiksvall, he has been nothing but a nuisance, getting in the way of anchors, getting his line tangled around buoys and generally being exactly where you didn’t want…