It is amazing how empty the archipelago is in August. We are in Vaxholm at the moment and whereas the place was heaving in July and no empty space was to be found, it is almost empty now. There are 130 spaces for guests – currently only about 10 are…
… it is to have nice people on board! The time on Akka has been flying past very fast the last 2 days and although the Swedish summer has shown it’s Scandinavian face it is still sunny and I am still wearing my trusty brown shorts. I am catching up on…
We have a stowaway on Akka. When Bexi & Flo joined us, a hidden stoaway was smuggled on board. He is Scottish and his name Macallen. A nice fella that joined into our post-dinner chat and entertained us till midnight. I am afraid that he was wasting away during the…
Another successful changeover at Vaxholm. Margit and Christian left at 6am and Bexi and Flo arrived surprisingly early at 10am which left me hardly any time to clean the boat. But the it was a good thing since we could make the most of a nice sail to Gällnö in…
Margit and Christian left early this morning and I and Akka are getting ready for the arrival of Bexi & Flo! I am pretty ready as I went to the hairdresser yesterday and got a super-duper haircut & blow-dry. On top of that I got a local sailors tip for…
Getting ready for the change of crew we made our way down south. Alas, no wind at all so we had to motor all the way. It was probably good exercise for “ye ole faithful” (the engine’s nickname) but boring and noisy. On the way to Grinda we had two…
An exhilarating day on the water! There was about 5+ Bft from the south and we had a whale of a time. With the main reefed down to it’s second reef and the genoa full out we screamed down the channel between Yxlan and Blidö in no time. Of course blue…
Margit and Christian took us on a scenic route from Ängsö to Furusund where we refueled and bought some provisions. A short, nice and easy sail and a perfect maneuver at the petrol station. (pumping the air by Christian). After that we failed the intelligence test as we did not…
Margit and Christian have a small ceramic cat figurine, whose sole purpose it is to be hidden so as to surprise the various family members by its unexpected appearance. Today I took Mauzi for a lovely walk on Ängsö.
Ängsö has shown us her wet side today but it cleared after a nice time reading and snoozing and we went for one of those magical walks in the enchanted forest. As we crossed the shipping lanes, Margit was scared by the big fuckers (cruisers) but it was in fact…