Is it broken
I measured the temperature today. That’s water temperature by the way. Other than that, not much happened today – what do you expect in that heat 🙂
A boat in Sweden needs a barbecue
A boat which had problems with its daggerboard left yesterday afternoon with a temporary fix to the dropped board (lots of ropes underneath) and headed back to Stockholm. They forgot the barbecue on Björkskär. I knew the skipper had other worries and would not come back to get it. So…
Anti climax
Away, away. I left Björkskär very early this morning. The little episode yesterday was enough and the situation this morning looked bleak. I was moored against a rock, facing south – perfect for the forecast but totally wrong for the actual wind. It was only a light breeze from the north…
Some action at Björkskär
I left relatively late today as I was only planning to go to Björkskär which is about 6-7 miles further south. It was an easy single tack and I arrived after about 2 hours. I found a nice spot facing south (forecast is that the wind will be from the…
Popcorn
Last night I went to the cinema again. This time I went prepared with a mat to sit on, 2 cans of beer and some popcorn. Nice show again.
Strange sailing
I left this morning at about 9:30 pm as I knew the wind would only start late. I motored out of Rödlöga and managed the tricky bits when the sea was a sheet of glass. I thought that since there is no wind, let’s keep motoring. Usually you can tell…
An evening at the cinema
I made my way to Rödlöga today which is already a part of the outer archipelago. It was quite late when I got to the nature harbour and I could hardly believe my eyes. I expected it to be a small bay with space for a few boats but I…
Arholma
I made my way to Arholma, the northern end of the archipelago this morning, very nice! It was not very far and since there was no wind at all in the morning, I decided to motor slowly up the 6 miles or so. I left at 7 am and it was…
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of … Sweden
Jeez, it’s boiling here. We had over 32 degrees at 10 am and it went up to over 35 inside the cabin during the day. I pottered about all day (cleaned the cockpit lockers and polished the deck gelcoat (probably for the first time in decades) and had to take…
Sorry to disappoint you …
… but there are horseflies in paradise. Everything is as it should be apart from quite a lot of pesky horseflies. Annoying. (Maybe it has to do with being an ex-catholic. Sure as hell there would be suffering in a catholic paradise) On the other hand it was a good day…