Sailing · 23. June 2018

Today we said farwell to Nila and little Gian, who left for Göteborg to fly back to Switzerland tomorrow. Gian and I sadly parted on trying terms, because he happened to pinch me with a table cloth weight and I really got scared thinking it was a wasp or something. He realized he'd hurt me and got all upset and ashamed, so parting he couldn't face me. I miss his sunny nature already! My sister Lovisa and my nephew Fredrik got accustomed to the boat. After lunch I planned the upcoming week and...

22. June 2018

My mum left this morning after helping cleaning the boat. Nila, Gian and I scrubbed so many potatoes to prepare for our guests later that we were completely exhausted. We realized how much work it was scrubbing and missed my mum even more. Then we were off to Bäcken where the midsommar dance should take place. Gian, Nila and I were successful managing to get through all movement dances around the midsommar tree. After that none of us was cold anymore! Towards the end Lovisa spotted us so...

21. June 2018

Weather was not great today again, but at least less rain than yesterday. We finished Göta kanal today by passing through the last lock into the Vänern lake after 10 o'clock after waiting for our turn to get out. The first 40 minutes we were still getting out of the wavy area in front of Sjötorp. As soon as we could head directly towards Mariestad, we could set sails. We sailed for a bit more than an hour and under a bridge with just 2 meters extra room for our mast. Nila helmed the boat for...