Category: Exploration

  • Sailing the Finish archipelago (movie #13)

    Sailing the Finish archipelago (movie #13)

    Hello there! It’s been quiet on here for way too long. We have been busy with many big and small projects the last two years (!), but now that the winter darkness is back and we are dreaming ourselves away and back on board of Désireé, we have finally managed to put together another video,…

  • (Home)Land in sight!

    (Home)Land in sight!

    This morning I woke up with the feeling that it has been quite a while since we last posted something in here. When I opened the blog to check, I was shocked to see, that our last post was made almost three weeks ago! Time has been flying by so quickly that there hasn’t been…

  • Gotland impressions

    Gotland impressions

    We have just spent about 5 days in beautiful Visby on Gotland. Gotland is Sweden’s biggest island and is located about 50 nautical miles / 90 kilometres east of Sweden’s east coast. We sailed there from Fjärdlång in the southernmost Stockholm archipelago and therefore our crossing was quite a bit longer, about 90 nautical miles…

  • 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…

  • Friendly Finns

    Friendly Finns

    Today we arrived to Turku, the biggest Finnish city on our route towards the south. So far, we have sailed to two quite small cities along the west coast and three even smaller communities on islands in the archipelago. We are excited to see what Finnish city life is like and what the people we…

  • Hei Soumi! 🇫🇮

    Hei Soumi! 🇫🇮

    Since arriving back in Sweden after our trip to Bornholm and back, we have spent the last 10 weeks sailing, exploring and enjoying Sweden and it’s beautiful east coast. But two days ago, we set sails and headed away from this coast that has been our home for so long – the course was set…

  • Up in the north

    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…

  • Many reasons to celebrate

    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…

  • 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…

  • Making friends at sea

    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…