Well, there was actually no happy-hour at Gällnö, but we did buy a drink each at Gällnö which was the start to a number of happy hours. As always, frightening how expensive alcohol is here in Sweden. But as we are paying everything from the Bord-Kassa (communal boat purse into which…
No wind! We had a late breakfast and waited some more but the wind hid from us yesterday. We got ready at about 11am and were out of Napoleonviken only to have the absence of wind confirmed. So we decided to motor to Härsö which is only 1 mile further…
Christian, a professional arborist is on board. I had to hold myself back and let him enjoy the first day of his holiday but yesterday I could no longer wait. There were a few jobs to be done at the masttop and along the mast so we got everything ready…
Yesterday was a stressful day! After coming into Stockholm via Saltsjöbaden and Nacka (the wonderful narrow channel from the south) I had to do the washing, meet up with Christian and Margit, do the food planning for the coming week with them, get the shopping done, and stow everything in its…
We arrived at Ägnö in sunshine this afternoon after a partly wet sail. It looked very thundery in the morning but were spared the actual downpour. As soon as we arrived we made our way to the top of the island. In this part of the the Skärgard the islands…
We had another exhilarating sail down south yesterday. The wind picked up to about 5 Bft and we sailed the 16 nm from Namdö to Fjärdlang in less the 3 1/2 hours. In between we reefed down the genoa and later also the main sail but maintained a speed of…
Anja unpacked her drawing and painting gear today and attempted the sailing scenery at the Skargarden. Here her first attempt of Werner and me.
Sadly we forgot our barbecue on Kalvholmen. We only had one dinner with it, but that was nice. Alas 🙁
A lot of fog this morning which throws our plan of getting away early. Anyway, it is a beautiful sight to just see the cruiser moving past – very slowly and with the fog horn going off every 2 minutes. Beautiful but also scary. I am glad we are anchored…