An early start this morning. With few harbours between us and Stockholm, we decided to make the most of the northerlies and head all the way across to Öregrund. While we could have stopped at Gävle or perhaps Björnsundet (as we did on the way up) we decided that a straight trip to Öregrund …
With the northerlies set to continue, we headed south again today. we looked at various possible destinations and decided to try them each in turn to see which was the best, but in the event, stopped at the first. The local pilot – Norrlandskust – identified a small bay on …
A lively day today. The wind had been blowing quite hard overnight (25-30 knots) and was forecast to drop during the morning. So, around 11am, we decided to leave. The white horses in the approach channel should have told us something, but once we got out, we found that the …
With northerlies still forecast we decided to carry on south today. On this stretch of coast there are relatively few deep water and sheltered harbours. Many of the harbours are quite exposed to one direction or another or are too shallow for us to get into. This has been an …
With northerlies forecast and a reasonable breeze, it seemed like a good idea to get going straight away (in company with Airborne) and start heading south. We left Härnösand shortly before 11am and had to motorsail the first stretch heading south, but after just over an hour the breeze filled in …
We decided to leave Bönhamn fairly early to head back down to Härnösand. We started well and managed to sail for the first half hour or so, but then the wind died, so the engine came on again. This Seemed to be the cue for the wind to come back but from …
A short trip today as we decided to head to Bönhamn. With no rush, we headed off just before 11am and with a nice NW3-4 blowing, we pulled out full jib once we got out of the Häggvik entrance. We managed to sail most of the way, but as we approached Högbonden lighthouse, …
With the weather improved, we returned the car Saturday evening and early Sunday morning headed off from Härnösand to sail up the coast to Häggvik. The morning started quite lively (but sunny) with 20-25 knot gusts blowing us down south towards the southern tip of Harnon island. As we turned round the tip …
With Anne arriving in Luleå on the 19th, Ric and I collected the hire car from Hertz at Härnösand station in the morning and started the drive north with the heating on full blast to try and dry us off after getting soaked walking across to the station. We only stopped once …
After a quiet night at Norrfällsviken, we moved on this morning to head back to Härnösand. We have booked a car from Härnösand and will head north to pick Anne up from the airport at Luleå. We didn’t rush and left shortly before 9am. Once again, we had to motor for a couple of …
