Author: Team Désirée

  • Sweden here we come (again) (movie #15)

    Sweden here we come (again) (movie #15)

    We spent the last night in the Aaland Islands in a beautiful anchorage preparing for a big step: sailing back to Sweden from here also meant crossing our own path for the first time after 4 months of sailing. The sail towards the west went very well and everything was quite calm except the unexpected…

  • Crossing the Gulf of Bothnia by night (movie #12)

    Crossing the Gulf of Bothnia by night (movie #12)

    After having spent almost two weeks in Örnsköldsvik it was time to set sails again and head out on the open sea. With a favorable weather window we decided to cross the gulf of bothnia and get back south as much as possible with the limited northern winds. It turned out to become a bumpy…

  • Exploring Sweden’s High Coast by sailboat (movie #11)

    Exploring Sweden’s High Coast by sailboat (movie #11)

    In the beginning of July we sailed northwards along the Swedish coast to the ‘Höga kusten’ – the High Coast of Sweden, an area that rises around 1 cm every year due to postglacial landrise. It was a super nice experience with a lot of special places and nature that we really enjoyed. As on…

  • Gotland, Göta canal, going home?

    Gotland, Göta canal, going home?

    It’s been a little quiet in here lately – mostly caused by the fact that we had Paul’s parents visiting us on the boat in the Åland islands and the subsequent trip home to Denmark to celebrate Liv’s mother and her 60th birthday. It has been such a nice time surrounded by family! But another…

  • Flying to the Åland Islands 🇦🇽

    Flying to the Åland Islands 🇦🇽

    After arriving to Turku we got a little nervous about the incoming storm. People in the harbour told us that it should be the worst storm in 15 years in this region, ropes were doubled and many boat owners came to check that everything is in good order. We decided that the best way to…

  • Windy sailing towards the North (movie #10)

    Windy sailing towards the North (movie #10)

    Hello hello, We have arrived in Finland now, but we still have some nice videos from our time in Sweden, which we would love to share with you. In this video we are sailing towards the north on some windy days. On one of them we both got quite sea sick and did not manage…

  • Midsommar in the Stockholm archipelago (movie #9)

    Midsommar in the Stockholm archipelago (movie #9)

    Dear everyone, Midsommar is already a month ago, and now we have finally put together some of our videos from around that time. We spent Midsommar in the Stockholm archipelago on the wonderful island of Möja. After that, we explored the islands of the archipelago further and slowly made our way up North. The time…

  • What happened on Mälaren?? (movie #8)

    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…

  • Rock, Paper, Sailboat (Schäre, Stein, Papier)

    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…

  • Midsommar in pictures

    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…

  • Contrasts in Swedish

    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…

  • Sailing on the rocks (movie #7)

    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…