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Up in the north
Soon, we will have sailed for three months already, which means that the point of (no) return is approaching, and we will start heading south again. We have decided to continue north to Örnsköldsvik, at the northern end of the High Coast area. While sailing from the picturesque Häggvik to Swedens highest island (236m!) Mjältön…
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What happened on Mälaren?? (movie #8)
Hello hello, We just arrived in Hudiksvall today after a nice and long sailing day taking us here from the island Kusön, about 45 nm south of here. We decided to head for a bigger city again this time, as we need to buy fresh groceries, but luckily this harbour also has WiFi! We haven’t…
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Many reasons to celebrate
The last couple of days have provided many reasons for us to celebrate! Some days ago we were docked to the rock at the nice island Rödlöga, where we reunited with our friends from the sailing boat Merlin. As they are on their way south again now, but we are still heading north, this will…
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Rock, Paper, Sailboat (Schäre, Stein, Papier)
This post is dedicated to the Swedish way of mooring a boat in the archipelago that we have been practicing some times now. Since we have left Stockholm behind and entered the Skärgård, a new world has opened up to us. Already in the St. Anna Skärgård and in Mälaren we have seen boats moored…
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Midsommar in pictures
Yesterday we celebrated Midsommar here in Sweden, and it was such a nice and festive day! We are in an old fishing harbour in Berg on the island of Möja, and we couldn’t have asked for a better place to celebrate the shortest night in traditional Swedish manner. Other than our new friends Mathieu and…
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Contrasts in Swedish
The last week has been packed with contrasts in many ways, and we have gotten to learn how these contrasts are a core part of life on board of a boat. After sailing for some weeks now, we are luckily getting more used to adjusting to these very varying places and situations that we find…
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Sailing on the rocks (movie #7)
Hello again! Yesterday we arrived back at the boat after a weekend away in Copenhagen. The same evening we went through the lock in Södertälje, which means that we have now entered Mälaren, Swedens third biggest fresh water lake just west of Stockholm. As far as we know, this is Désirées first time in fresh…
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Making friends at sea
We have just spent a night at the beautiful island Broken, in a little harbour maintained by the Nyköping sailing club. We have to admit that we mostly chose this island because of its funny name and the promise made by the harbour guide that there would be a sauna there. A promise that most…
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58 degrees North
Since our last update from Ekenäs about 10 days ago, we’ve been sailing 170 nautical miles along the coast towards the north. On our sail yesterday, we crossed the 58th degree North, which means that we are now further north than the northern tip of Denmark. Last week we spent some days in a lagoon…
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Sailing to Bornholm (movie #6)
Hello there! A little while ago we spent some wonderful days on the sunny island of Bornholm. We started in Hasle, where we arrived after a nice and speedy crossing from Skillinge in Sweden. From here, we rounded the northern tip and saw the famous Hammershus ruin from the waterside. Our next harbour was Allinge,…
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Summer in Sweden
We sailed from Christiansø near Bornholm back to Sweden on Saturday, and have since then been making our way up the coast to Öland, a big island that lies along the Swedish coast around Kalmar. The wind seems a little indecisive at the moment and has been quite weak for some days, but the temperatures…
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1 month of sailing
As we set sails for the first time on the 19th of April, today marks our first month of sailing! It seems like a good opportunity to reflect a little on the time spent sailing so far. This fits perfectly with our current location – today we sailed from Bornholm to the small island Christiansø,…
Hello there, and welcome to our blog! We are Paul and Liv, a German-Danish skipper team sailing the Baltic Sea in our 35-foot sailboat for 6 months. On this site, you can find our route & current position, our video diaries and of course below you find our blog entries with stories and pictures from our trip: