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,…
Here are some before-after images, to show that I was indeed busy. Akka is now an Austrian registered boat. A replaced sea valve. A clean Akka. The holding tank. Ready to be connected.
When you read books written by sailors about their voyages, you notice that they all have a to-do list. They don’t stop going on about their to-do list and how important it is to keep going through the list and finish it off. Here is my done-list, which I think…
The weather, which was so lovely on my arrival, took a dramatic turn on Tuesday. On Sunday we had about 30 degrees and on Tuesday this dropped down to 8! I am glad the boat has an electric fan heater. There was also a lot of wind the last few…
I have been extremely busy the last few days. There was a lot to get done before the boat hits the water later today. What I underestimated was the time it took to clean the boat. People who know me know the I am not fanatic about cleanliness, but if…
Akka has attracted some wasps in the last few weeks and it seems that they found a way into the boat through a little alcove in the cockpit (in German this is called a Schwalbennest). Although I brought a lot of stuff with me, I did not bring my beekeeper’s…
I am totally exhausted (but happy)! I managed to get about 2 hours sleep at the airport last night. Today was one of those “Zauberwetter” days and at 8am Stockholm already measured 26 degrees! I had a about 2 hours to kill, since Sixt, the hire car place, does not…