The Stockholm Archipelago
After leaving the Finnish archipelago, and a few hours of sailing across the first open water we have encountered for quite a while – the Aland Sea, we were back […]
Helsinki to the Aland Islands
We crossed the Gulf of Finland from Tallinn to Helsinki on 7th July. Our course was the same as used by the ferries and the traffic was quite heavy involving […]
Our first time in the Baltic States
We cleared Farosund at the top of Gotland, and the wind settled to about 20kts on a close reach. We set the autopilot and settled down for a long […]
Heading East.
Once we left Kalmar and passed under the huge bridge, which connects the island of Oland to the Swedish mainland, we were into new territory (for us). Kalmarsund opens out […]
Here we go again, first Blog entry for 2017.
We travelled out to the boat in Germany again via the Hook of Holland car ferry on the last day of April. The Baltic Kolln yard were their usual efficient […]
When things don’t go to plan.
On the last night of the rally we were tied-up in Kalmar on Sweden’s east coast, mid-Summer celebrations were in the offing and the harbour was buzzing. But onboard Grey […]
Sweden
Leaving Denmark we crossed to Sweden close by the Øresund Bridge. Our first port of call was the guest harbour at Höllviken in the sheltered entrance of the Falsterbo canal. The […]
