Well – it was a good decision to wait a day to leave again. The winds yesterday were gusting around 28 knots and the only boat we saw coming in looked quite frazzled after their trip, so we were happy not to be out there. A Dutchman did leave, but …
With fairly murky weather, we didn’t rush to head off, but after a few final jobs we decided today that it would be good to get going so decided on a fairly short trip south to Arkosund. In the Fiskehamn various racing boats were gathering for their Gotland race. Apparently …
At last – back in the water again for another season. We arrived a couple of days ago and spent a day preparing everything – cleaning and polishing the hull, changing anodes etc. Then, this morning they put us back in the morning about 10am and put the mast back …
The shortest trip of the season today. At 7.15am we headed out from Oxelösund Fiskehamn and briefly went out into the channel (but only to warm up the engine to do an engine oil change!) and then back in to alongside at Oxelösunds Båtvarv. We did the engine winterisation and service and …
The wind was not quite so obliging today. Though a nice breeze, it was from bang on the nose and the route through from Ringson to Oxelösund follows some quite narrow and winding channels – not the sort you want to tack through! So, we ended up motoring the whole way, …
Nynashamn was a very suitable stop for a couple of nights while we did various jobs, got some gas etc etc, but … we were quite glad to leave. After two very noisy nights with powerboats alongside us coming back from the bars early in the morning and carrying on …
We decided to make a prompt start this morning and so left around 07.40 from Nämdö Dalsundet. It was a lovely anchorage – quiet and peaceful for the night and, for the first time for a while, we were the only ones there. It was fairly calm – a few knots …
Needing to head south now, back towards Oxelösund, we came out of Krokholmsviken and turned left and left again … As a diversion though we decided to turn left again and head through to show Ric Sandhamn. Our previous visits were very nice to Sandhamn, but I was intrigued to see …
After a lay day in Vaxholm and also a visit to Stockholm to visit the Royal Palace and also drop Anne off at the airport bus, we headed off again today. As a first stop, we headed across once again to Krokholmsviken. The weather remains glorious … for motoring! Despite …
During peak season, Vaxholm is probably one of the busiest places in the northern archipelago. This can be accounted for to an extent because of its location – just 10 miles from Stockholm, but also because it is a lovely town. It is a hub for all the archipelago ferries. …
