From Fjällbacka, we went to Väderöarna, a place highly recommended by François and Valérie from Cybèle 17. On Väderöarna, there are two possibilities. Either to moor alongside in the sound on the North-East of the island, or in the harbour on the South-West. An attempt to enter the sound from the North-East failed as there were so many boats that we could not even get in between them. As for the harbour on the South-West, it looked as a forest of masts where no one could add-up. Therefore we anchored just outside the harbour, but had to leave a few hours later when the swell started to form and the wind reached 12 m/s. We went then to Gluppö, a few miles east, where we could anchor, well protected from winds from the North-West sector.
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| Reaching Gluppö by 22:00 after failing to stay anchored in Väderöarna. |
The following morning we left around noon to reach Kyrkesund, where we wanted to visit the Pilane Sculpture park. A 42 nautical miles with 10 to 14 m/s supportive winds
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| Coastline along the way |
Approaching Tjörn Island, we pass Måseskär island and lighthouse. Looking at the nautical charts, there was maybe an opportunity to moor on the rock close to the lighthouse. However, the winds were getting stronger, up to 14 m/s (Beaufort 6/7) and we did not feel comfortable anchoring there in such conditions. So we just passed by...
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| Måseskär island |
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| Måseskär lighthouse |
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| Måseskär |
Note the canon in the centre of the picture below. These canons were used to fire every couple of minutes in the event of a fog in order to warn in)coming boats of the proximity of the island.
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| Måseskär |
In the rocks south of Måseskär, we could see large colonies of seals basking under the afternoon sun despite the rough sea around.
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| Seals colonies south of Måleskär |
As we approached Kyrkesund, we were glad and honoured to come across our first European sailing boat, a folk boat with two enthusiastic sailors greeting us warmly!
To much of our surprise, we found an empty spot in Kyrkesund marina even though we were arriving relatively late in the afternoon. Probably just because the guest pier can accommodate only two boats and everyone thinks that there will be no empty spot! But there was ours!
An evening walk let us discover the beauty of the sound.
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| Kyrkesund |
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| Belisama in te Kyrkesund guest pier. |
Kyrkesund was a location of predilection for
Karl Norström, a Swedish painter from the second half of the XIX century who painted Kyrkesund on several occasions.
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| Kyrkesund, Karl Nordström, 1911, National Museum. |
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| Kyrkesund, North Sea Approach, Karl Nordström - 1911 |
Nordström very interesting.Vaderöarna: it's a pity , was wonderful for us but not in july...
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