Today was changeover day. Anne left and Simon and Sheila joined me to start heading across to Norway and with a favourable forecast (sort of!) we decided to head off straight away. So, Anne was unceremoniously put on an earlier

Swooping to Strömstad
From the anchorage at Trossö, it was just 12 miles north to Strömstad and we initially took a relaxed approach to the trip. However, the realisation that today is Ascension Day somewhat accelerated the process and we decided that it

Hacking up to Havtensundet
After another day’s enforced inactivity in Smögen (strong winds once again!), we finally headed north again today. After a really enjoyable few days of socialising, seaweed foraging, walking in the rain (ok that wasn’t quite so enjoyable!) and more socialising,

Snorkelling in Smögen
Today was different. The weather wasn’t different (still windy, though there was a bit of sun!), but the day’s activity was. Louise had persuaded us all to take part in a foraging day, but being sailors, this foraging had to

Hacking around Hållö
This week was meant to be a sailing holiday for Alex and everyone else, so when they came up today, we gave them various options. Given the ‘exciting’ sail yesterday, I didn’t altogether expect them to choose the option of

Shuttling to Smögen
Today the weather looked (marginally) better for sailing. The original plan had been to sail down to Marstrand for a look round. However, looking ahead, the forecast for the next couple of days is not great, so we decided to

Hungry for herring …
Alex, Greg, Georgia and Patrick joined us a couple of days ago for a sailing holiday. So far we have managed 50% of that – holiday, yes, sailing no. The weather has just decided not to oblige so we have

Scooting to Skärhamn
Another day, another direction. North yesterday and the wind was coming from the north, so we headed west and then south today – so which way did the wind go …. West and then south ….. It’s like it knows

Lunging across to Lyr
With a breezy day forecast we decided to have a relaxing day in Åstol and so didn’t head off again until this morning and then just a short run north. We want to stay fairly close around Tjörn as Alex

Admiring Åstol again
After a day of looking around Gothenburg, including a trip to the chandlery on the tram, we decided to head back north again. The wind has remained resolutely in the north and we want to go north, so we knew