We had to leave our lovely spot at Ecknö rather early this morning The wind did not behave and came from west rather from the north. This meant that Akka was exposed to 5 Bft from the side which is not so nice. The wind also loosened a “Schärennagel” during…
Pssst, don’t tell Victoria! She will be upset when she figures out that I have spent more money on Akka. But I could not resist an offer for a barbecue. I am sure the Swedes regard a Barbecue as part of the standard sailing equipment. From what I have seen it…
It is a well-known fact that Scandinavia is on the rise. Literally! It rises about 0,5 – 1 cm per year. Which is the reason that I am planing ahead and claiming this piece of rock and naming it Wolfgangholmen. I am sure it will be a sizeable Skäre in…
A change of crew! Tashi and Felix arrived and they arrived in glorious sunshine. A perfect Scandinavian summer’s day with lots of sun, a gentle breeze and best of all, lots of smiling Swedes! When the sun gets out, the city atmosphere changes and everybody is out to soak up…
Victoria left yesterday and for a couple of days I am on my own again. It was a tricky start to her holiday on Akka though. My work interfered dramatically with her holiday time on Akka. I am glad that I managed to reduce the work so that we could…
The other day we had Peter and his two lovely kids on board. Peter and Maria used to live in Bisamberg and have moved to Sweden now. We met up at Vaxholm and sailed to Kalvholmen to have a picnic there. We also messed about in Nils and rounded up the…
The sunsets here are sooo relaxing. It is not just that the world makes itself ready for the night and everything goes quiet. There is no rush in doing so. It takes hours for the whole spectacle to pass. You can start making dinner, have your meal and do the…
It has been 40 years that the sink fitting lasted, but it gave up a few days ago. This meant that we had some water in the bilge and under the oven. Initially we could not work out from where it came and I was worried that the sea-cock made…
I bought a small hatch for the head last year. As I have an aversion to cutting holes into boats it stayed in it’s box until this year. But it is not only my live-saving fear of drilling holes, it is also politeness to my fellow sailors that has kept…
We made the short trip from Björkskär to Ängskär in perfect sunshine. There was not a lot of wind though (which was used by Victoria to get a “sizz”in). But as soon as we arrived the southerly breeze got-up (not a lot mind you) and we found it difficult to…