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 …
From Nykoping, we headed once again to Ringson. We had a great breeze and, apart from a few minutes where we had to turn the engine on to get through a gap, we managed to sail nearly all the way. We hoisted the main directly outside the Nyköping marina and pottered …
With most of the re-rigging done and Leslie having arrived at Oxelösund, we headed fairly quickly round to Nykoping. The Fiskehamn at Oxelösund is very convenient and a nice place to be, but the supermarket is around a half hour walk away and, having emptied the boat completely at the end of …
After a frantic couple of days getting the boat prepared, she went in the water today. It would be nice to say that everything went smoothly, but it didn’t! The yard put her in exactly when they had promised and I just had time to get the hull polished and …
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 …
We finally completed the circle today and arrived back at Oxelösund. We left Ringson about 8.30am and pottered through the archipelago under motor (the wind was light and bang on the nose), finally crossing over the channel and past the steelworks into Oxelösunds Fiskehamn – our usual stop before heading for the boatyard. …
We finally crossed our outward track today as we headed from Nåttarö to Ringson. We did a total of 32.9 miles in 5 hours and 20 minutes with around half of this under sail. we left Nåttarö just after 8am and for the first couple of hours weaved through the …
In our quest to head further south, we decided to head today for Nåttarö. On paper (or electronic chart), this was a good decision – a further 25 miles or so in the right direction towards Oxelösund, but unfortunately the weather had other ideas. So, while the first couple of hours …
