We decided again to make an early start. The forecast was good, but with the wind forecast from the west to south west, it was likely to be to windward all the way, so we thought we’d get a head start. Rather than go through the Hasslo bridge which only …
We decided to have a day off in Karlskrona today to look round the various museums. As a UNESCO world heritage listed city, it is an intriguing place. The listing relates to its naval heritage and it is the last remaining naval base for the Swedish Navy. As we came …
The pattern of the weather during a Swedish day seems to be a gradual calming down during the evening, relatively calm overnight and early morning and then an increasing wind from mid-morning onwards. Today’s forecast was for an exaggerated version of this with the wind increasing to around 25 knots …
The next few days in Kalmar were grotty and grey – the only colourful thing being vast numbers of teenagers in sailor hats and costumes driving around on the back of trucks with trees for company. Bizarre as this sounds, this was exactly what happened – two days in a …
After a few days stopping over in Borgholm to explore Öland Island, we headed off this morning to get to Kalmar to change over crew. Somehow though the wind seemed to know exactly where we wanted to go and it sat perfectly on the nose. Thirty degrees wither way and …
Using Borgholm as a base we spent a few days exploring Öland Island. For a couple of days we hired a car and the rest of the time wandered around the Borgholm area checking out its royal connections. Öland Island is the second largest Swedish island (Gotland is nearly twice …
An inauspicious start today. After a night of fairly torrential rain and thunderstorms we thought the weather was set to clear this morning, so we headed off. All went really well for the first 400 metres or so until we were starting to go past the main port at Oskarshamn …
After a day’s rest (again) for a breezy interlude, we set off this morning first thing (just after 8am) heading down to Oskarshamn. We motored for 15 minutes or so to weave out of the channel to Klintemala, but once back on the main route south, the wind had enough …
This is becoming something of a pattern – we waited another day before heading off again. With strong winds forecast, we decided that Vastervik would be the most sheltered place (despite being quite open to the south) and so moved berths to one we thought would give us a better …
The next day dawned a lot nicer. The bay at Huholmen did prove very sheltered and comfortable at anchor overnight – particularly once the wind went round to the SW. So, today, we headed off again. The easiest way out should have been through the same gap we entered through. …
