I went for a lovely walk around Sodra Ljüsterö today, very pretty I must say. It has the feel of an island as a retirement home. Lots of old people tending their gardens and beautiful houses. A gentleman even stopped an offered me a lift – you don’t even have…
We arrived at Ramsmora at around 3pm and it just stopped raining, so I take this as a good sign. Although it is raining at the moment 🙁 We got a nice berth, very sheltered, just a bit tricky to get in and out with that very difficult reverse. Here…
Finally we managed to hoist the sails and get her going! We sailed from Svinninge to Grinda where I bottled out and took the sails down since the stretch from Grinda to Ramsmora is pretty narrow and it started to rain. But it felt good to actually sail the sailing…
Today I had the rigging checked by professional riggers. They were seriously impressed in what good condition the rig is. OK, she won’t be a racer, but remember cruising, snoozing-boozing is our motto. They just tighten the back- and the outer stays to give the mast a bit of a…
The name Akka was chosen by the previous owner. It is the name of the goose that Nils Holgerson traveled through Sweden. Akka von Kebnekajse is her name and I think it is a very fitting name for the boat on which we want to sail through the Baltic.
The last 2 days I was busy with Akka. I managed a lot, although it is quite astounding how long everything takes. Since space is at a premium, you have to constantly tidy up everything after you have finished a job. Tools go under the starboard settee, materials go under…
After I arrived yesterday at Kalvholmen at 12:30, I used the peace and quite to get some things done in the afternoon. I was quite busy until 6pm with mounting webbing-safety lines and installing an electric bilge pump (not finished yet). The weather was typical Swedish spring. Within one hour…
And here I am, moored between some Schären, total peace and quiet. A few grebes in the water, nothing else. That Austrian flag at the stern feels funny.
Akka was successfully launched today! We then went out to sea to practice the very interesting reverse characteristics and entered then Akersberga canal to find an empty spot for the night. We went all the way to the end of the canal to find all berths occupied. So I tried…
There are two items that I don’t want to do without any longer. My ladder My headlamp I don’t know how often I have climbed that ladder and I can’t imagine how difficult it would have been to do this with a rope ladder. Peeking into lockers has the disadvantage,…