After a lovely evening at Alo, we set off a little more promptly this morning just after 9am as we had around 38 miles to do. As soon as we were out of the Alo entrance channel, the jib came out and we managed to sail, albeit quite slowly at …
After shopping and generally being lazy in Figeholm, we set off just after 11am to head for Alo. The wind was light and while we managed an hour or so of sailing, most of the 20 mile passage was under power. However, the weather was beautiful and the route through …
Winds coming from three-quarters of the compass rose and between 2 and 32 knots in strength, rain, thunder, lightning and bright sunshine with temperatures of around 26o – today was varied in nature! We set off from Borgholm around 9am and motored out of the harbour into winds gusting around …
The CA Rally finished today and we spent this morning looking round Kalmar and particularly Kalmar Castle. We had a great guide doing the English tour and giving us extensive details about how the Royals lived in Renaissance times. We even found out in detail about the Royal mistresses and …
We decided to leave Kristianopel early – around 7am – to aim to get to Kalmar around lunchtime. We managed to slide out of our berth quietly thanks to the Danish boat next door going at the same time and for the first couple of hours had a pleasant motor …
A short and murky trip today. In complete contrast to yesterday, today dawned grey and murky. After blowing a healthy breeze all night, we were hopeful of a fast downwind ride to Kritianopel. We set off just after 9am with high expectations, pulled the jib out just outside Utklippan and …
After a few days in Karlskrona we moved on today to one of the most unique places we have visited yet – Utklippan. The passage from Karlskrona was relatively short (16.7 miles) and we had to motor the first section out through the main channel. Once out we hoisted full …
The forecast for Friday was not looking great, so the rally fleet split today. The larger boats (including us) headed straight across to Karlskrona, while the smaller boats headed to a small island (Tarno) to break the passage. With around 60 miles to do, I suggested a start time of …
Actually not much surging at all was involved on this trip. Having been delayed in departing from Ystad by the weather, we were a day behind heading off. Roger and Sue had arrived to join us and so we decided to spend the enforced lay day heading off on the …
We stopped a day at Falsterbo. With a forecast of F6-7 we decided a lay day was the best option. So we pottered, watched the kitesurfers and generally relaxed despite the wind tugging the boat this way and that in its box berth! Unfortunately, the wind was from the north and …
