It is such a short visit this year anyway and so far there was so little wind so that I had to motor most of the time – big time 🙁 But today we hit the jackpot! Perfect conditions. Between 15 and 20 knots of wind, blue skies and pretty…
The concept of a deep three-sided friendship in literature and popular culture is legend: Athos, Porthos und AramisHarry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron WeasleyLuke Skywalker, Han Solo and ChewbaccaAkka, Nils and meOK, I think I am exaggerating a teeny weeny little bit here, but we are a team and “Fixzam”…
The time flew past very quickly and my guest has already left Akka. 🙁 Enough sunshine to get some serious sun-tanning in, enough time to relax and just look at the water, time for some books and time for chats, food and drinks. Only the wind was lacking. My organizational…
A new visitor has arrived and once again, the eyes pop out seeing the islands for the first time. The weather could not be better to present the archipelago at its best. Later today we will be at Midsomer at Gällnö. Good timing, but a shame that it is only…
After some sleepless hours, I finally got up at 1 am. Good thing I did!
Waxholm has become my second home over the years. I have been here so many times that I get a special greeting from the harbour staff. It makes me very specially welcome.
Since this will be only a flying visit to Akka, I have not set myself big DIY projects this year. Some things need fixing though. The main hatch developed a leak and the bimini needed some stitches. I found at Hästnacken a perfect spot to keep myself busy.
My summer trips to Sweden are the moments where I can fully recharge my batteries. I am so glad that I have that place on Akka. These are pictures of my sun-shade rug that come into action, when the sun is too hot in the cockpit. I Love it!
There was a bit of a wind last night. Nothing to get too excited about, but we were anchoring in the relatively small bay at Krokafladen and a slipping anchor would not give you much time to avoid contact with the Scandinavian peninsula. But the anchor held and it was…
Getting Akka ready this summer was a breeze. I think I had everything done in under 4 hours, then another couple of hours to sort out cleaning the tank, sails and lines. Shame that somebody nicked my brand-new batteries though 🙁