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…
We currently have a spell of rather high northerly winds. Blue skies though! Today we had to motor a lot as we would have had to beat into 7 Bft in gusts possibly a bit more. Quite exciting stuff but “good old faithful” (the name of the diesel) pulled us…
The wind is very cold but as soon as you are sheltered and are lying in the sun it gets very hot. This is the reason for us not getting that far towards our destination further up north. It started beautifully, as we sailed from Gällnö to the north part…
It sounds so lazy, but having a day in the harbour can be hard work too! Making breakfast Doing work-work Going for a walk Inflating Nils Doing the exercises Cutting the stencils for Nils Karaoke singing Chatting Playing Sudoku and Solitaire Cooking You see, it was a busy day!
And then there was the obligatory Törtchen at the Kaffeekuchenhaus – of course.
A truly wonderful sailing day. We left Stockholm and picked up the replacement rubber-pads for the engine and the electric bits from Vaxholm and headed out to Gällno. A nice barbecue and stroll to the Hamn Krog round up the day.
And what a perfect weather for our trip to Stockholm. I will spare you the touristy pictures and leave only the thermometer.
Fizz has arrived and we are looking forward to having her on board for a week. We plan to do the standard archipelago route and to show her the highlights. It started with a very pleasant first evening in the cosy Akka.