Sailing, Herräng-Käringsund, Aug 31st-Sept 1st

After night watch at the boat club, I headed off early Saturday morning across the Åland Sea with a nice breeze to Käringsund.. A relaxed afternoon and evening in the harbour and went to bed fairly early.. Sunday offered proper conditions for the return leg, a fresh breeze with strong gale gusts.. Sirun coped well with reefed main and genoa, saw some nice speeds as we danced down the breaking waves.. Soundtrack is the song “Polaris” by Deadmau5, a current favourite..

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, Roslagen, June 6th

Day-sailing with my new Adagio 27 from home harbour to Brännäset. Initially in the morning very light winds, on the way back in the late afternoon a fresh breeze with some gusts. As I'm still getting to know her, I settled with using the Genua only. Happy with the performance, up to 5 knots close-hauled without main sail is pretty good. After some calibration of the tiller pilot that also worked to satisfaction.

Sailing, Herräng-Öregrund, May 19th-21st

Friday night to Sunday afternoon cruising in Roslagen with my lady..  We anchored on Friday night in Brännäset, and on Saturday we sailed on towards Öregrund for diesel, water and a great lunch.. Saturday afternoon we anchored at Alnön, another nice spot.. Just need to calibrate the tiller pilot, figure out some things with the electronics, and then I'm all set for longer adventures..

Sailing, Roslagen, August 12th-14th

First weekend after summer holiday, combining work on the boat with fixes, tweaks and upgrades with some casual sailing with nice sunset views..

Sailing, Uddhamn-Brännäset, 28th-29th of Aug

A short sailing trip is a lot better than no sailing trip, so I headed from work Friday afternoon up to Herräng to cast off shortly before the sunset.. Over fairly calm waters I enjoyed beautiful sceneries in the skies as the evening turned towards night.. Anchored on the hook in Brännäset with good shelter from the south-westerly winds.. A full moon and some Northern Lights added further drama to admire.. Saturday morning offered 8-11 m/s wind on the nose so I had a fun sail back with reefed main and genoa.. 

Sailing to Kalvudden, 19th-21st of July

With the RayMarine ST1000 tiller pilot installed and the sheets pulled down to the cockpit, time to try some single-handed sailing with the Bellona.. Everything worked great, much safer and more comfortable.. I spent the first night at Brännäset and the second at Kalvudden close to Öregrund.. Mostly sunny with a light breeze..

Sailing in Roslagen, 12-14th of July

Great start of the summer holiday, sunny sailing for a couple of days with the lady.. Friday night we stayed in harbour, Saturday we sailed to Tjärsholmen, Sunday to Brännäset, and Monday morning back to Herräng..

Sailing, Brännäset, 6th-7th of June

Headed out after work with the lady for a late start of the Swedish national day celebration.. Motored north-east to Brännäset where we stayed the night in the company of 3 other sailboats.. A lazy Saturday with sun, siesta and a few hours work on the boat, before heading south again under sail in a fresh breeze..

Sailing, Northern Archipelago, June 29th-30th

Weekend sailing with the lady in the Northern Archipelago, around Singö..  Fair winds, mostly sunny, a great time.. New Honda engine working great and boat feels solid after the renovation and upgrades..

Sailing, July 29th

Chilled Sunday sailing with brother Jon, cruising up to Brännäset for a quick swim and lunch and then back again.. Light winds and mostly sunny..

Sailing to Öregrund, 13th to 15th of July

Sailing with the lady from harbour in Hensvik on Friday evening, to Brännäset where we stayed the first night.. Had forgot to bring both sleeping bags as well as cutlery but we managed anyways.. Continued north-bound on Saturday up towards Öregrund where we stayed for the night next to Kalvö.. Sunday morning greeted us with heavy rain which continued the whole day.. We motored back and enjoyed the shelter in cockpit under a tarp..

Sailing to Brännäset, 31/6-1/7

Weekend sailing with the lady to Brännäset where we anchored for the night in a nice bay.. Mostly sunny, fair winds, relaxing and fun.. First swim of the year so I guess it's finally summer..