After a murky and wet day of sightseeing round Stockholm, the weather turned sunny today and we headed off to the bay modestly known as ‘Paradise’ (Paradiset in Swedish). Paradiset is a bay between the islands of Finnhamn and Ingmarsö. With entrances from the south and the north, it is …
A day out today. After a couple of days sightseeing in Stockholm, we decided to venture into the edge of the archipelago. We headed off early morning to Vaxholm. It is only around 10 miles from central Stockholm, but has a totally different feel about it. Vaxholm stands on the …
With a full contingent of crew again, we headed through the Södertälje lock and into Lake Malaren. A slightly grey and windless day, so we had to motor all the way, but it was still a lovely trip. The entry into Mariefred is lovely with Gripsholm Castle on one side …
After a lovely afternoon in Trosa, we decided to head round to Södertälje to meet Bob and Roger and Sue. The Södertälje canal is the main route into Lake Mälaren from the south, so from Trosa we headed south a little, back past Fifang and then headed north towards Södertälje. …
A short trip today, but a great sail. We headed off from the anchorage at Trosa after an early morning swim. Bracing would have been one word for it, bloody cold would have been an alternative description. However, it did start the day well! From there we tacked up the …
After a very peaceful night at Ringson, we headed across to Fifang. With northerlies forecast, we decided that the southern harbour on Fifang would offer good shelter and so followed Airborne across to there. We had a great sail across under jib only and only took the sails in just …
After a murky grey day in Nyköping where we decided that the nice warm interior of the boat was preferable to standing out in the elements (and there were plenty of elements), we moved on today. The forecast was better and, though it was a little grey to start with …
A short passage this morning, but with light winds it took us nearly three hours to do the 10 miles from Oxelösund to Nyköping. Nevertheless a lovely sail from just outside the Oxelösund Gasthamn all the way down the channel to Nyköping. The sails only came down ten minutes before …
At last – we are back in the water and have functioning sails and engine. So, what better than to go out and test them? From the Oxelösund Fiskehamn, we headed out around lunchtime and off out to clear water to test the sails. The sun shone and the wind …
