Quiet weekend in Trosa, 25 - 27 May

Trosa is a small town one hour drive out of Stockholm and 4 hours sailing from Nynäshamn. A very relaxing place for a summer weekend after a busy week. Only 5000 inhabitants, but a long history as an important medieval city. Trosa is the entry port to the Sörmlands archipelago coming from southward from the Stockholm archipelago.

Fata morgana in Huvudskär - 18 - 20 May 2018

Huvudskär is located 31 miles from Stockholm downtown, therefore easily accessible for a weekend.  It is usually the first ride of the year, even though, this year, with the summer starting early May, we have been cruising around to Sandhamn and Utö earlier this year.

Huvudskär, Belisama moored at the Svenskakryssar association buoy.

Summer in Sandhamn? 10-12 May 2018

This is Sweden! A feel of Plisson at Saint Cado in the Etel river. So much Stockholm archipelago! One rock, one stuga, one flag, one tree. What else would you need?

The return of spring in Utö - 4 - 6 May 2018

Spring is definitively back in the archipelago. Temperature up to 20°C on Sunday. In the boat on Friday after work for a night in Artipelag, on the way out. Long sail of 35 nm Saturday to go south west to Utö.

Passing Dalarö fort on the way back.

The Walpurgis night - 30 April 2018

We spent "sista April" (the last April [day]) with good friends in Löparö. We stopped there  on our way back from the north in 2016. This time, we went by car as the forecast was for two days of rain.

A view of the country side in Löparö island.

But this was the Walpurgis night, so much of a tradition in Sweden...

2018 season opening in Artipelag! - 28 & 29 April 2018

April this year will be the first cruise of the season. The Saturday 28 was not very nice though, but later in the afternoon the sky cleared and we got a nice setting sun when departing from Wasahamnen. See the rainbow on the right of the picture below. The rain had stopped just half an hour ago.

Bleeding the pilot cylinder - 19 April 2018

At the end of the season last year, I had the bad surprise to get my pilot to stop operating the tiler, while I could still hear it attempting it. A few checks later, I realised that I was missing oil tank was empty...

No oil in the level bubbling window!

An inspection of the hull below the cylinder identified red oily spots indicating that there had been some leaking from the purge bolts...