Nils wasn’t the only disaster to happen at Ängsö – Akka’s old gas stove from the 1970s (a sexy orange and brown combo and built like a metal shithouse) finally reached the point where no amount of pressing the dial could keep the oven flame burning. Rather than risk turning…
Victoria’s last week has come and we are making our way down south via Vaxholm, Saltsjöbaden and Stockhom . The itinerary is set as Victoria wants some cake in Vaxholm, we are meeting a sail-maker in Saltsjöbaden and her flight is early in the morning on Friday so that she…
Nils has been retired in disgrace. Apart from his one heroic outing to tie us to a buoy 5 metres away at Hudiksvall, he has been nothing but a nuisance, getting in the way of anchors, getting his line tangled around buoys and generally being exactly where you didn’t want…
It rained all night and it rained all day, so we abandoned the plan to head for the outer islands and instead Wolfgang worked – wrapped in a blanket we inherited from Anders, the previous owner – and I lay in bed in wrote Wimseyfic and played sudoku, and a vast…
And more thunderstorms around Akka!
We did not come very far yesterday! We set out from Norrtälje in the morning with the aim to reach Idö or Lidö or some other bay at the beginning of the Norrtäljeviken. The wind was very light and we just drifted east, but hey sometimes it’s fast going and…
These shots are from Hummelön a small island just south of Arholma. It shows the archipelago in its most tranquil state. It is amazing how calm the sea can get and for how long you can stare at these islands.
Although it has been a big adventure sailing on the Big Sea, I have to admit I’m really happy to be back in the Schären. It helps that the sun is shining, but even dripping wet and foggy the little islands look enchanting. They’re so close to each other! The…
Finally some nice weather! It was still a bit nippy as the wind is still coming from the north, but some blue sky and sun at last. We made the most of it by sailing from Gävle (Huseliiharen) back to Öregrund. Quite s stretch, as the skipper found out late…
Gävle’s main claim to fame is that every Christmas the citizens put up a huge straw goat and every year someone tries to burn it down (including American tourists, who are then surprised to be arrested for arson). Gävle milks this for all its worth – the goat is everywhere,…