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. …
The weather kept following the same pattern today. Completely calm overnight and then a very gentle breeze coming up during the morning, but bright sunshine. Beautiful weather, but not so much for sailing. With just 4-6 knots of breeze and a course downwind, the iron topsail was the choice of …
A very short run today to carry on our quest of finding as many anchorages as possible in the northern archipelago. With the help of the excellent Hamnguiden, we selected Träskö Storö. It looked a fairly broad easy entrance, but plenty of space to hold all the Swedes on holiday as …
To quell the disappointment at the football result, we moved this morning to another anchorage in the archipelago on Lådna. We had to motor all the way with what wind there was being right on the nose. However, with a maximum of around 7 knots, we’d have struggled to sail anyway! …
