There is no wind and we are bored. We motored to a very lovely and protected inlet bay this morning between Krokholm and the rather uninspiringly named Säck. That took us until 9am. Then we went for a walk, and Wolfgang very daringly swam in the kind of temperatures that…
We’ve been to Gällnö several years running now, but have always anchored in the bay called Hemfladen, drawn by the little waterside bar and utterly charming coffee shop, but this year, since Akka is too big to get up to the jetty, and we don’t have a dinghy to row…
After a very quiet night in our deep, deep water, tied to this tortured tree here: we left the bay and found a good stiff breeze blowing, so we set off for a sail. Akka heeled a bit because of the wind and put the fear of God into…
Yesterday we headed into Stockholm to pick up my mum. Wolfgang had hoped to sail in in grand style and do a lap of honour in front of the royal palace, but there wasn’t much wind and we had to motor in the last stretch. The really tricky part was…
After having our anchor place all to ourselves for most of the day, we were joined in the afternoon by a flotilla of Dutch boats, who apologised for disturbing our peace by inviting us to a barbecue, where we ended up doing the actions to Dutch folk songs to the…
Lots of sunshine today so we sailed a couple of miles to beautiful Grinda and anchored on a rock in a pretty little bay. Grinda is one of the islands that gets grazed to keep the grassland open so there are some sheep and cows and also a small number…
After a day of rain, when we mostly read, slept and ate (I know, I know, it’s a hard life), today is dry and sometimes sunny. We went for a charming walk to the nearest shop, about 2km away. Apparently Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane had had the same…
I seem to have brought north wind and rain with me and I spend a lot of time being grateful that this year we aren’t in the folk boat but in something big enough to have a loo and space to stand up in. And that doesn’t leak water onto…
We are having a very cold spell at the moment and when we get up it is about 9 degrees inside the boat – not very cosy. The weather should change towards the mid of the week so we are in hope. We spent all day yesterday at Gällnö doing…
We sailed from Vaxholm to Gällnö today and had a wonderful 3-4 Bft from the west (i.e. wind from the back), which meant that the sailing was very gentle and comfy. The weather was sunny but very cold and I had to wear my thick jumper all day 🙁 We…