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Our First Summer Day!
... of the sheet incident but also we’re now going to be in more saline conditions and they would rust very quickly if left on deck). We visited the cathedral, it was nothing special so I won’t include any photos (done enough churches etc!) and that is about it. Drinks at 18:00 with Andy and Pauline, a couple of Skype calls and then dinner. So endeth a boring day blog-wise but we enjoyed ...
Sailing can be a SLOW business
We'd decided to set off relatively early for Kalmar as the forecasters this time all agreed that the wind would be from the south west and that it would be stronger in the afternoon, so we were off in a miniature convoy by 09:15, which is very early for the Smiths! They wanted us to take some photos of Odile under sail, to which of course we obliged and they kindly reciprocated, one photo of each boat duly presented here.
Andy quickly made ...
A Lesson Learned
... people we have talked to, is that there are huge variations, really massive. We use the favourite amongst Swedish sailors, the Norwegian national centre, www.yr.no; the Swedish one , www.smhi.se and finally Windfinder, www.windfinder.com. All are based on the North Atlantic and European numerical forecast model for the short term and a global model for the longer term but Windfinder stops there (I believe) whereas the other two sites are interpreted. Anyway, ...
A Special Last Anchorage in the Archipelago
Today was to be the last chance we would have this year to savour the Swedish archipelago and we were determined to enjoy it. Initially, the weather was 'on side' as it was a sunny day, albeit it did feel somewhat autumnal, at least for the first couple of hours. Later it became greyer and indeed later still we had rain but by then we were safely at anchor in the absolutely wonderful teardrop shaped bay called Solbergänaset on the island of Näset, arriving at ...
Traveling on
... bars with heaters and lounge furniture and come complete with fleece throws-very cozy and comfortable. Fulll of beautiful young people. Bikes outside the bars and restaurants as the who downtown area is closed to cars and it seems to work! Other than herrring the food had been good but not unique. Having a mixed drink was fun-we usually stick to beer-The bartender came and got the recipe for a lemon drop from me. ...
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