2020
We write this at the end of the 2020 sailing season. For many of us it’s not been the best. But in the light of all the current troubles of […]
We write this at the end of the 2020 sailing season. For many of us it’s not been the best. But in the light of all the current troubles of […]
Leaving the boat in Breskens, we took a “week off” to travel back to Burgstaaken in Germany and retrieve our van, which we had left in a boat shed back […]
We posted more detail about crossing Holland by the inland Staande Mastroute back in 2015 when we went out to the Baltic. So if anyone reading this is contemplating the […]
We wrote about the Frisian Islands in a 2015 post when we were on our way out to the Baltic. This post is about our return visit on the way […]
We’ve decided to head back towards the UK this year; after three seasons in the Baltic, nice as it is, it’s time to bring Grey Wanderer home for some […]
Malmo was a good location for me to spend a couple of land-locked weeks while Jane was away. The area around Docken Marina is typical of reclaimed dockland in other […]
We spent the last few weeks cruising down the west coast of Sweden south of Goteborg. Starting with a few nights at the GKSS (Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club) marina, just […]
We like a bit of canal travel, and since seeing the Gota canal on a TV travel program years ago with Timothy West and Prunella Scales, we have wanted […]
As a kick-off to this season I thought I’d start with a post about the logistics and practical challenges of keeping the boat so far from home. It is possible […]
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 […]