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
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
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
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
The observant among you will have noted that I often use alliteration in the titles of the blog entries here, so before you feel smug and think that I have lost the meaning of alliteration, I need to go through
While we waited for the overnight northerly blow to go through, we went for a walk around Marstrand. It is a beautiful island and the walk took us around much of the shore. We went past the old bath house
A short run today and a relaxed start. We decided to head across to Marstrand – visible across the water from Åstol. The total trip was 3 miles, so hardly strenuous! In Marstrand we moored on one of the visitor’s
With a sunny start to the day, we headed off first thing and after a short motor down the narrow channel south of Gullholmen, we started sailing fairly quickly and we kept sailing, and sailing and sailing …. In fact
We decided to stay for the day at Gullholmen. A grey start to the day made it more suitable for walking than sailing, so we decided to walk around the island. Gullholmen is at the northern end of Härmanö and
Slussen apparently dates from around 1715 when it was marked on a map as Slusa. The name sounds as if it should come from the word for a lock, but in fact comes from the Norwegian word slusa which describes