Now we’ve reached the outer edges
of the archipelago around Stockholm. We
left our anchorage near Oxelösund early in the morning while all the crew were
still asleep …
… and made a longish passage,
initially through the islands, heading North.
We passed some lovely little bays where some boats were anchored, others
tied up – bows to the rocks – Swedish-style …
The navigation was quite tricky
at times - there were loads of islands and submerged rocks. Sometimes it looked like there was just a
vast expanse of sea ahead, but the chart was very ‘busy’ with dangers just
beneath the surface. Here we have to do
a zig-zag through a narrow channel, marked by red and green buoys and a black
and white beacon, avoiding the oncoming boats at the same time …
We found a nice little spot to
stop for lunch …
… and some of us swam to the
nearby island – the water temperature was 21°C, really warm! …
Later in the afternoon our
passage took us outside the shelter of the islands, and the sea became
surprisingly lumpy with an odd rolling motion, as you can see in this picture
of an unusual junk-rigged schooner going by …
We were pleased to reach the calmer
waters of Nynäshamn, where we spent the night …
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