The last trip this morning … Apart from a very short run to drop the boat over at the boatyard on Saturday, that is it for the season. For many Swedes the season is just beginning. They tend to come out to play a week or two after midsummer, but …
Another jump north today. To ensure we get to Nyköping by Saturday we decided to head straight to Oxelösund today. So we weighed anchor at 0725 and headed off – once the anchor had been cleaned. The windshifts during the night had ensured that the anchor was well dug in …
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 …
Overall in 2017, we did around 900 miles from Oxelösund back to Oxelösund via Helsinki. We started May 27th and arrived back on August 3rd. Initially we headed up through Södertälje to Lake Mälaren and explored there for a few days. We then took the back route into Stockholm, changed …
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 …
