We set off promptly this morning. We wanted to get a berth in Vaxholm as we figured that would be the best place to watch the football, but Vaxholm is like Piccadilly Circus at this time of year. So, we left Ekholmen at 9am, arriving just an hour and a …
Another short run today to continue our mission of exploring the northern part of the archipelago. We left Krokholmsviken just before 10am and headed back towards Vaxholm. We managed to sail some stretches but rarely were making anything more than 4 knots, so the engine was on and off all …
Carrying on in the vein of exploring new anchorages, we headed today for a small anchorage called Krokholmsviken. We knew this had a tight and slightly shallow entrance, but it opened out into a bay with around 9 metres of water, so we thought we’d give it a go. It …
Yesterday morning we had a look round the fort. As expected, it was a damp, depressing place, but fascinating historically and intriguing to see how they had tried to create a suitable living environment for up to 300 soldiers. They clearly failed as it was too damp to ever allow …
We had meant to have another early start this morning, but, for a change, Airborne had beaten up and were long gone heading south. Constance was also long gone and even at 07.20 when we left, the anchorage was emptying fast. We headed out of the south channel and across …
With a more promising forecast (still from the north), we finally decided to leave Öregrund this morning. With a 40 mile passage to Arholma we left promptly at about 06.45. We had to motor for the first couple of hours down through the channel between the islands but the wind then …
We ended up staying in Öregrund a few days. The wind decided to blow quite hard from the north and, while we were heading south, it was more than we wanted. The harbour gradually filled up with a variety of Swedish, Finnish and German boats (along with us and Airborne …
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 …
