With Alan now on board, we headed once again for Furusund to start making progress north. Rather than heading through the main ferry channel, which seemed a little boring for Alan given he hasn’t seen the areas, we decided to go the long way round through the middle of the …
With a crew change over needed today (Alan arrived at Nykoping around midday), Leslie and I left Gallno promptly to try and get to Vaxholm by lunchtime. We did have to motor for a short time, but otherwise, there was just enough breeze for a slow and relaxing sail to …
After a day off in Sandhamn (mainly people and hen party watching, but also catching up on jobs), we tried to move on today to Gallno. I say tried as, Pat and Stephen left ahead of us and, just as we were about to go, I checked the steering and …
After a very pleasant, quiet evening at Furusund, we moved on today to Sandhamn once again. Airborne’s engine is fixed, so they are heading north, so we decided to meet at Sandhamn. On leaving Furusund the wind direction and strength looked promising for a sail. The wind gods saw us …
We started the day going ashore to have a look round Arholma. The cold wind yesterday had put us off, but it was worth waiting for. The island was beautiful. It is around 5km long and 2km wide, so had some good walking. While there were quite a few houses, …
Our anchorage on Angso was a lovely one, but was exposed to the north. Although the wind was not forecast to go round to the north until this afternoon, sods law dictated that it should do this early morning. Around 6.15am the anchor alarm went off. While never particularly a …
With Pat and Stephen on Airborne having had to head back to Nykoping to try and fix their engine, we decided to head further north today. So, we set off, after a lazy start at just before 10am. With a very light breeze coming from the north east (sods law …
With Airborne’s engine playing up, they decided to head off towards Saltsjobaden. Initially we planned to follow them, but decided to have a look at Sandhamn first. With very little breeze we had to motor for just under two hours to get there, but the entrance to the island was …
Another beautiful sail today. The wind stayed in the south, so after a delicious Pecan slice and Kanelbulle (cinammon roll) from the local bakery, we headed north east up through the Archipelago to Namdo. It was a dead run for a lot of the way, but with the wind occasionally …
A great sail today – sun, a force 3 and a beam reach. The sort of sail you read about other people having, but just dream about yourself. We set off from Ringson after a short walk around the island watching the deer. The anchor came up without too much …
