Degerby
Wind forecasts up to 7 Bft helped us to decide to hole up in Degerby for 2 days. And just as well we did. Still 2 days of work helps too.
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My hero-helmswoman
Victoria is truly amazing! Sure, in many ways, but one outstanding ability is the fact that she can steer Akka for hours and hours on end. My greatest respect to her endurance and abilities! She does get cold though. Today it was a 5-layer day for her. Watch the gloves!
The Seglinge Walk
Seglinge has a walk around the island that is a highlight in the archipelago. It is a 7 km round-trip and is extremely well signposted too! The local tourist board obviously had a competition as to what kind of markers could be used to make sure the tourists don’t get…
Seglinge
A long drive up north! The wind directly from the north. 5-6 Bft. Narrow channels. But good-old.faithful (that’s what we call the diesel engine) punched through the waves, albeit sometimes under 2 knots. Why you ask?. Because we definitely want to do the “Seglinge walk” again.
Kökar
Back in the Aalands! We left Björko relatively early at approx 20 knots of wind. Going out from Björko was therefore a little bit exciting but all was well. 2nd reef and we zipped along nicely beating into the westerly. The wind soon slowed down, picked up, slowed down, picked…
Björko
The entrance to Björko is at first sight scary. When you are actually going in it is worse. But once you have done it, it has paid off. A wonderful bay surrounded by high smooth rocks. Björko even sports it’s own lake. We were here in 2017 and can only…
Vänö
Another beautiful place. An island that has 15 people living here all year. The population rises in the summer to 300. Super friendly, super nice. They have created a very picturesque walk from the harbour to a small chapel. Lovely!
Sea eagle!
We saw a sea eagle today! And what an amazing sight it was. Because that huge bird was chased by a single tern! Later on a number of terns joined in the chase but the eagle could only leave in flight. Crafty little buggers those terns.
Hanko
We set sail at 8am and before 9am we had more than 20 tacks in! But it was lovely! Blue skies, warm weather and decent wind. In fact the wind was so decent that our approach to Hanko was a speedy affair. Almost constantly around 6+ knots. Stunning sailing! Our…
Finnish waters
Sailing between Helsinki and Hankö is just wonderful. Loads of things to look at and you certainly don’t get bored sailing. Especially with pretty gusty winds as we had today. Our boat speed constantly varied between 2 and 6+ knots. Loads to do, loads to look at. And it was…