Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Sailing, ARC 2018, Nov 22nd-Dec 10th

On November 21st I flew down to Gran Canaria to join the crew of Challenger 3, a 72 feet sloop participating in the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers 2018. We were 13 people on board in total including the skipper and mate. The ARC is an event that has been running for some 30 years with up towards 200 boats participating in different classes - We were in the monohull racing class. The passage took 15 days and nights, mostly with a fresh breeze from astern and in the later stage we got a couple of squalls to avoid or sail through. After finishing, I spent 1 week in Saint Lucia, a lovely island in the Caribbean. A great sailing adventure and a fantastic holiday!

Monday, October 15, 2018

Hiking, Kindla Nature Reserve, Oct 13th-14th

25 hours in the beautiful nature reserve Kindla, situated north-west of Guldsmedshyttan. Kindla is a 3 hours drive from Stockholm. We were lucky with mostly sunny weather and warm temperatures for the season. We entered from the parking at Kroktjärn, hiked up to Kindlahöjden for lunch and great views from the tower, and then made our way past Kindlamossen to Klosstjärn where we spent the afternoon and evening enjoying the calm scenery while having a nice fire going for hotdogs and coffee.. By noon on Sunday we were back at the starting point, nicely rebooted and ready for city-life again..

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Freediving, Tug 2, Exiles Malta, Sept 20th

Sunrise freediving session at Tug 2 outside of Exiles in St. Julians, Malta. Once it got a bit brighter after sunrise we took turns and made a couple of swim-throughs. Nice way to start off the day!

Sunday, September 16, 2018

Freediving, Cirkewwa Malta, September 16th


September 16th, Sunday afternoon freediving session at Cirkewwa on north-western Malta. Warm and clear water, some friendly jellyfishes. Max depth for the day was 22.5 meters.

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Mtb, Järvafältet, Sept 9th

Back on the trails after a 5+ year break! Got a new FS 29'er and fine tuning it during the first proper ride on Järvafältet. Great weather for the year, sunny and warm. First impression of the bike is very positive, first impression of my physical shape not so much, but still a lot of fun.

Wednesday, August 08, 2018

Sailing Around Åland, July-August 2018


Sailing singlehanded from Herräng a lap around Åland in varied conditions.. First afternoon I headed up to Brännäset, and early in the morning I made my way across Ålands Hav, passing Hellmansundet.. I continued clock-wise on the northern side of the group of islands, mostly motoring.. The second day the wind gradually started to pick up, in the late afternoon reaching gale force gusts at times.. I stayed in Käringsund for 2 nights, doing some maintenance work and relaxing and we got some proper thunder showers the last night.. On my way back to the Roslagen archipelago on the Swedish side, I past a grey seal colony and Märket, a rocky island with a lighthouse marking the boarder between the countries.. 

Sailing Byxelkrok to Herräng July 2018


Sailing from Byxelkrok in northern Öland, first leg singlehanded up through the St Anna & Gryt archipelago, past Landsort to Nynäshamn. There Tommy joined and we had a great sail up north via Stora Nassa & Söderarm and finally Väddö channel and back to Herräng..

Sailing to Öland - July 2018


Sailing from Herräng to Byxelkrok on Öland in July 2018 with the lady in my Adagio 27 . Sunny warm weather, a lot of swimming to cool down, a lot of motoring. As usual, some highlights were Söderarm, Nåttaröfladen, Draget channel and the St Anna & Gryt archipelago. Great trip!

Sunday, June 03, 2018

Iceland Roadtrip, May 26th-June 2nd


A roadtrip in Iceland with a mini campervan, all around the island with some detours and shorter hikes. Amazingly beautiful country, new postcard sceneries around every corner.. We were lucky with the weather for the season, mostly sunny but of course pretty windy and mostly 7-14 degrees.

Monday, May 21, 2018

Sailing, Roslagen, May 18th-20th





Summer weather in May, trying out new main sail, lazy bag, and fixing and tweaking for the season.. stops at Slätön, Gåssten, Brännäset.. BBQ dinner.. Good times..

Sunday, May 13, 2018

Sailing, Roslagen, May 12th-13th






Sailing with Carin to Furusund, where we met up with friends for some BBQ and fun in the pre-summer.. Great weather, a lot of motoring..

Sunday, January 14, 2018

Nordic Skating, Nykvarn, Jan 14th

Me and Magnus skating Sunday morning on three lakes south of Stockholm - Långsjön was a nice start, Norra Yngern a bit too thin ice that day, Måsnaren solid and very scenic..