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Sounds
The boats has many sounds attached to it that I am not familiar with. There is a slapping sound under the stern where we sleep. There is a Martian, otherwordly sound that comes from the drain in the shower sucking the water out of the drain. I haven’t heard the bilge sound, thankfully. There […]
Lyseskil
We have now been here for three days. When we arrived we called out to a large boat to ask if we could tie up. To our surprise, 7 teenagers emerged from below. What Fun! The ship was also a forty foot (12 meter) and the Captain was a brave man indeed because only […]
The Sote Canal
We are definitely on the way back. All the ships we passed when we were going North are now returning the same way. The Sote Canal is a long ditch created by the Swedish so they would not have to go out in the Skaggerack (the deep water between Sweden and Norway). It is […]
Stormy Weather
Since last Thursday, we have been in Grebbestad. The weather has gradually degraded over the past two weeks until now we have almost continuous wind and intermittent rain. It is gray and cold and we decided to try staying in one place for a few days. As a result, we have had the […]
Anchoring out
When we arrived in Stromstad to re-enter Sweden, we only needed to go to customs and then we planned to find a sheltered place to anchor.
“Can we raft up to your boat?” we asked a large Norwegian boat.
“Yes, But we are leaving in a couple of hours.” they shouted back over the brisk […]
Halden
- Hallo, are you from America? (the american flag waving from our stern is a big give away)
- Yes, we are American.
- Did you sail here?
- No, we bought our boat here are started sailing in Orust.
- Are you going to sail it home then?
- Well, not right away. In a couple of years.
- […]
Frerdrikstad
I felt the tug of the line as the boat caught the current and started to move down river. As hard as I tried, I could not hold on to the rope and with a scream I felt it pulled out from my hand. Then I saw Jim run, leaping over things as he […]
Rain
The clouds rolled in and the wind really whipped itself into a fury. We rock and rolled all night, safe in our cozy aft cabin and didn’t worry about a thing. Our agreement was that if either of us was uncomfortable traveling, we would back off of our intended travel plans. Jim had […]
Provisioning
We haven’t really noticed that Swedish people eat alot different than we do. Except for ice cream. They love ice cream and the gelato stands are open from 9 am with people already lining up. It could be we are visiting alot of vacation areas and that ice cream is a major part of […]
Bokning sker i låneexpeditionen mot uppvisande av lånekort
Ok, I don’t really know what that says but it is something about the internet. The internet access has been a problem I think because it is free to all Swedish people. There are no internet cafes because no one can charge for them. The only public access to internet is the public library […]