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Port de Paimpol, France ‐ Sep 11, 2022

On the hard in Paimpol
Victoria marina St Peter Port, Guernsey ‐ Sep 10, 2022
Cherbourg marina, France ‐ Sep 2, 2022

Long passage to Cherbourg

Strong southerlies is forecasted for next week so I wanted to make as much progress as possible before I get stuck somewhere. The 180 miles to Cherbourg looked possible without too much motorsailing....
Dunkirk ‐ Aug 30, 2022

Back in France after 11 days of sailing. That's a new record, by a margin. But now I will be weatherbound here in Dunkerque until at least Thursday, maybe Friday.
Ostende marina, Belgium ‐ Aug 29, 2022
Scheveningen marina, Netherlands ‐ Aug 27, 2022
Den Helder ‐ Aug 26, 2022
Borkum marina, Germany ‐ Aug 24, 2022
Amerikahafen, Cuxhaven ‐ Aug 22, 2022
Schreiber marina, Rendsburg ‐ Aug 21, 2022
At anchor outside Heiligenhafen ‐ Aug 20, 2022
Hesnaes Havn, Denmark ‐ Aug 19, 2022
Limhamn outside Malmö, Sweden ‐ Aug 12, 2022
At anchor outside Smygehamn ‐ Aug 11, 2022

Now the Swedish part of this trip soon comes to it's end. Today I reached the southernmost tip of Sweden and the whole Scandinavian peninsula. But first I will visit family in Malmö again and take some well needed rest. If I am lucky with the wind I will be there tomorrow but no later than Saturday.
Simrishamn ‐ Aug 10, 2022
Krokås fishing village ‐ Aug 9, 2022
Sandhamn guest harbour ‐ Aug 8, 2022
Mörbylånga harbour ‐ Aug 7, 2022
Oskarshamn marina ‐ Aug 5, 2022
At an sxk buoy outside Kråkelund ‐ Aug 4, 2022
At anchor outside Harstena ‐ Aug 2, 2022

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Nynäshamn marina ‐ Aug 1, 2022
At anchor outside Nynäshamn ‐ Jul 31, 2022
At anchor outside Utö ‐ Jul 29, 2022
At an sxk buoy outside Möja ‐ Jul 28, 2022
At anchor outside Rödlöga ‐ Jul 27, 2022
At anchor outside Lidön ‐ Jul 25, 2022

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Grisslehamn ‐ Jul 24, 2022
At anchor outside Sladdarön ‐ Jul 23, 2022
Gävle guest harbour ‐ Jul 20, 2022
On a sxk buoy outside Granskär ‐ Jul 19, 2022
Segelvik ‐ Jul 18, 2022
Hölick guest harbour ‐ Jul 17, 2022

Hölick fishing village
Sundsvall guest harbour ‐ Jul 13, 2022

At least four days of strong winds and rain is forecasted, so I decided to take shelter in Sundsvall. It is one of the biggest cities in Northland with close to 100 000 citizens. I have never been here before, so I will have a few days to learn to know this part Northland.
On a sxk buoy in Åkeröviken ‐ Jul 12, 2022
On a sxk buoy outside Storön ‐ Jul 11, 2022
At anchor in Baggviken, Mjältön ‐ Jul 10, 2022

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From Örnsköldsvik to Baggviken
Örnsköldsvik marina ‐ Jul 7, 2022
On a buoy in Järnäsklubb ‐ Jul 6, 2022
On a SXK buoy outside Obbola ‐ Jun 30, 2022

Obbola

My stay in Obbola became a bit longer than planned. After the first night at the buoy I moved into the little club marina. I was back and forth about where to go from here, but after talking with the...
On an SXK-buoy in Järnäsklubb ‐ Jun 29, 2022
At anchor outside Skagshamn ‐ Jun 28, 2022

Going north again

While waiting for the mechanic in Köpmanholmen I discovered that the charger didn't give any power to the start battery. The problem seemed to be a poorly insulated crimp joint on the cable. After I m...
Köpmanholmen ‐ Jun 20, 2022

Update 23/6: No solution in sight for the start battery problem for the rest of the week. The local mechanic is busy with putting boats on the water until next week. A new pre heating relay will arrive next monday, which may or may not be the solution.

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Skule Forest National Park

More start battery problem.

There is a major problem with the electric system. Less than two weeks ago I had to change the start battery - today it was dead again. This time completely dead, the volt meter showed zero. I planned...
Bönhamn ‐ Jun 16, 2022

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At anchor outside Berghamn ‐ Jun 14, 2022
Härnösands marina ‐ Jun 12, 2022

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High Coast biking

The High Coast

Today I reached the little city Härnösand, and the beginning of a famous stretch of the Swedish coast called the High Coast. The name comes from the the exceptionally high coast line, hundreds of mete...
At anchor outside Lill-Lubban, Njurunda ‐ Jun 11, 2022

Lill-Lubban

There seems to be no end of the southerly winds. Strong winds from southwest was forecasted today, but not until early afternoon it got really strong, well over 20 knots. Atlantis was doing over eight...
Segelvik, outside Söderhamn ‐ Jun 9, 2022

Start battery problem

It was nice sailing and nice weather up to Segelvik, but a bit slow and lazy on a southerly. Until I was almost there - when I tried to start the engine for taking down the sails, the battery was comp...
On a buoy outside Granskär, Gävle ‐ Jun 7, 2022

Today was the first day I was in tee-shirt only in the cockpit (longsleeve, but still...). Not for long, when the sun disappeared behind clouds it was cold again. Very cold spring and summer this. My body seems to have adapted though, waking up with around 13 degrees in the cabin feels quite normal by now. Sailing today was nice, first on a beam reach up to Björn's lighthouse and then goosewinged on a run to Granskär outside Gävle. I was here last year, very cozy place.
Öregrund marina ‐ Jun 6, 2022

Nice downwind sailing the whole day. I was going goosewinged for about eight hours, that has never happened before. And with a more or less flat sea there was no rolling either, which helps a lot. At 18:30 I steered in to Öresund marina, just to find that it has become one of the most expensive in Sweden - 40ish Euro without electricity. Last year it cost around 30. I had no choice though, completely without food and craving for a hot shower. Luckily one of the town's supermarkets was still o [...]
pen.
Arholma ‐ Jun 5, 2022

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Arholma

Very short trip today. I was aiming for Öregrund, 53 miles from Blidö, but just before I was coming out to the open sea the wind piped up. I checked for the latest forecast on met.no, and now it said...
At anchor outside Blidö ‐ Jun 4, 2022
At anchor in Dyviken, Ornö ‐ Jun 3, 2022

Ornö

I decided to go outside the archipelago today, too tricky navigation for going downwind singlehanded as I remember it from last year. At noon I passed Landsort lighthouse, which is the "official" land...
Femören marina, Oxelösund ‐ Jun 2, 2022

Oxelösund

Navionic's autorouting suggested another route the the "official" charted one. It looked actually better, more straight and coming out of the archipelagos a bit closer to Oxelösund than the other rout...
At anchor outside Stora Olsön ‐ Jun 1, 2022

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Sailing inside the skerries

Sailing inside the skerries

At six I took off from Kråkelund in very little wind, far from what was forecasted by the Windy models. When I checked Norwegian met.no they hade a more accurate view of the reality. For a change, yes...
Kråkelund ‐ May 31, 2022

Not much wind today except for some short bursts. I was more or less drifting the 12 miles to Kråkelund. Which turned out to be a very sheltered and idyllic little bay. The Swedish Cruising Club has a buoy there, and as a member I am entitled to use it. Saved me some muscle work - I have a manual windlass, pumping up the anchor for hand, which can be quite strenuous in a blow when I don't have someone that can motor against the chain.
Oskarshamn ‐ May 29, 2022

Oskarshamn

I got much more wind than forecasted on my way to Oskarshamn. It started with almost nothing though, the first two hours I covered about five miles. At twelve I went down to make some food when i noti...
Kalmar

Very nice downwind sailing in sunny weather this Sunday. I even managed to go goose winged for long periods, since there was no big waves rolling the boat. I was thinking of going to my old anchorage outside the castle in Kalmar but a look at the temperature forecast made me change my mind. I think I have had one single day with temperature above 20 degrees since I left Morlaix. I hope it wont be one of these cold and rainy summers we can have in Scandinavia from time to time.
Kristianopel ‐ May 28, 2022

Kristianopel revisited

Strong winds from south and west forced me to stay five nights in Karlskrona. It was my first visit here, and I might return on my way back. The city (close to 70 000 citizens) is quite charming, buil...
Karlskrona ‐ May 23, 2022

First becalmed, then in the fog

Four to six knots of wind was forecasted for Monday morning, enough to go for the gennaker it seemed. So that's what I prepared for Sunday evening. Before six a clock I hoisted both the gennaker and t...
Allinge Havn, Denmark ‐ May 22, 2022
Rönne marina, Bornholm ‐ May 20, 2022

Downwind problems to Bornholm

Fresh westerlies was forecasted on Friday, so the 65 miles to Bornholm shouldn't be a problem in one day. I took off at six in rather weak winds but soon it piped up. So did the waves, coming in an ir...
Falsterbokanalen, Sweden ‐ May 19, 2022

After 11 days in Malmö the weather is a bit warmer and it's time to continue north. To get a good start towards Danish island Bornholm, I took off Thursday evening for Falsterbo Kanal, which is just 12 miles from Malmö. I was there in time for the last bridge opening at ten, and tied up in the canal on the other side of the bridge. Good winds from behind is forecasted for tomorrow.
Malmö Turbinhamnen ‐ May 8, 2022

The distance up to Malmö from Falsterbo Kanal is only 12 miles, so even in a mild breeze it didn't take me long time to reach Turbinhamnen, close to the famous Malmö city landmark, the high-rise Turning Torso. There I was met by my daughters and friends and my little grandson of course. The visitors pontoon in Turbinhamnen is a popular picnic spot and on a sunny Sunday it was jammed pack with people. Luckily the mooring went very smooth, so I didn't have to embarras myself. Here I will be for [...]
some time, next update will be later this month.
Falsterbokanalen ‐ May 7, 2022

More great sailing with the gennaker

The 90 miles between Rödbyhavn and Falsterbo Kanal took me 18 hours and offered great sailing almost the whole distance. Only for an hour in the early evening I had to start the engine when the wind...
Rödbyhavn, Denmark ‐ May 6, 2022

Not much luck with the forecast this day either. Less wind than predicted again. But it let me try the gennaker again for some hours. It's a very special feeling doing five knots and even more at times in a wind that barely moves the flag on the stern. But I have yet to find out the best routines for hoisting and dousing it. It's room for many mistakes here and I am ticking them off one by one. Learning by doing stupid mistakes seems to be my default way of reaching perfection.

Gennaker sailing
Kiel, Germany ‐ May 5, 2022

This is my fifth passage through the Kiel canal, so it has lost some of it's novelty. To put it mildly. It's a pretty boring exercise, but it saves a lot of time instead of going around Jutland and then back south. So I guess it was not the last time either. Well outside the canal I took the closest marina for the night. I needed shorepower since a cold night was forecasted. Forecasting the temperature and whether it will be sunny or cloudy seems to be much easier than predicting the wind.
Brunnsbuttel marina ‐ May 4, 2022

Going from Helgoland down to Brunnsbuttel where the Kiel canal starts, you have to time the strong currents in the Elbe estuary. So at six o'clock I was on my way. 10 knots of following winds was forecasted, but were not to find in the real world. After making between two and three knots for three hours I gave up and started the engine. Not until three in the afternoon the wind appeared, but then I was so close I didn't bother with setting the sails again.
Helgoland ‐ May 3, 2022

Long trip to Helgoland

The 130 miles to Helgoland took me 27 hours and offered a lot of what you can experience at sea. No really serious conditions though but some adrenalin-filled sailing in the late night and morning. I...
Vlieland marina, Netherlands ‐ Apr 30, 2022

I had to wait until after one o'clock for going from Den Helder with the last of the outgoing tide and then catch the north going tide outside. The wind was still mainly northerly so I had to beat against it, but today conditions was more gentle and I had a pleasant day at sea, until the last hour when the wind went down. I motor-sailed the last miles in to Vlieland, where I arrived around eight. Lots of boats there for the weekend. Tomorrow Sunday very little wind is forecasted so most likely I [...]
stay for some sightseeing here.

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Den Helder ‐ Apr 29, 2022

Close encounter with the Dutch Coastguard

I started at nine from Den Helder which is not ideal for the current, but I wanted to take advantage of the northeasterly that would turn more from the north during the day. To begin with I could hold...
IJmuiden ‐ Apr 28, 2022

A short jump today, about 15 miles to Ijmuiden outside Amsterdam. Now I am out of the canals, which feels good. I have told myself not to do this singlehanded one more time and I hope I will stick to it. I had two locks today, in the first I could go outside another boat, but the second was a bit nerv-wrecking. I got only one line out to secure the boat and no idea if the water should go up or down. The pulpit was scraping against the wall before I got a fatter fender out. But it ended without a [...]
ny damage.
Haarlem ‐ Apr 26, 2022

I stayed two nights in Haarlem, where I wanted to do some sightseeing. Which was not very easy since Wednesday was a holiday, Kings Day called. The whole city center was jam packed the whole day. So was the canals, the Dutch people seem to have a big part of their social life on boats. This was even more intense than 17th of May in Oslo. In the center it was not possible to bike so I had a look at outer parts of the city. Which is very pretty with many interesting museums.
Leiden ‐ Apr 23, 2022

Taking a break in Leiden

Yesterday and todays morning I was going through an gigantic industrial area. Not much else to see. In the afternoon the landscape became more rural with small towns and villages here and there. Many...
Capelle aan den IJssel ‐ Apr 22, 2022

I did not get away from Willemstad until 12.40. I was on an easterly cours for seven miles, then I took to north into the canal system again. I thought I should get away from the cold northeasterlies then, but Holland is a flat and open country so there was no change. Not that it causes any problem but it is very irritating and quite cold. I was hoping to make it to Gouda (pronounced "chauda") but gave up at seven and steered into a small marina in Capelle an den IJssel.
Willemstad ‐ Apr 21, 2022

Willemstad I visited on my way south five years ago. It's a very pretty town with the marina in the center. I was not there until after eight so I went direct to a restaurant for dinner. Today there were no canals, down south the waters are more like inland lakes. Only two locks and no bridges the whole day.
Veere ‐ Apr 20, 2022

In the canals again

It wasn't that much wind, and it came mostly from east, when I steered out of Blankenberge and for a while I was tempted to go for Scheveningen. But short after I passed Zeebrugge entrance it started...
Blankenberge, Belgium ‐ Apr 19, 2022

Tuesday was the last day of useful winds, then it is strong northerlies the rest of the week. I wanted to make it to Blankenberge at least, from there I could reach Scheveningen in one go if the forecasts became more optimistic, or I could go to Vlissingen even in hard winds and then take the Dutch canals. It started with very light winds from Dunkerque but after a while it piped up, maybe the strong northerlies came a bit earlier. Nothing dramatic though, I reached Blankenberge around seven.
Dunkerque, France ‐ Apr 18, 2022

After three hours sleep it was time to catch the north going current around Cap Gris Nez towards Dunkerque. From start it was running fast and in very little wind I was doing over 8 knots. I was able to keep the current all the way to Dunkerque, where I tied up a few minutes after five. No stores open because of Easter and no food onboard so I had a burger at a brasserie downtown. Then to bed very early, very, very tired.
Boulogne sur Mere

Cherbourg-Boulogne

I had to stay five nights in Cherbourg, waiting for suitable winds. The first two nights I stayed at anchor outside the wall, then two nights in the marina. When the forecast showed good winds for Sun...
At anchor outside Cherbourg ‐ Apr 12, 2022

I had to wait until early afternoon for the the tide to turn north for Alderney race. This is the fourth time I go through the race, and it has yet to show it's ugly face. No drama this time either, but a bit of fun to see the boat making over 10 knots at times. The forecasted wind died halfway to Alderney, but instead increased after rounding the Cape. I was in Cherbourg a bit after ten and since the wind had settled I decided to save some money and anchored outside the marina.
St Peter Port, Guernsey ‐ Apr 10, 2022

New speed record for Atlantis

It was ice on the deck and extremely slippery when I woke up this morning in Treguier marina. But as soon the sun was up it disappeared and I could start moving around without having support for every...
Treguier, France ‐ Apr 9, 2022

Less wind than forecasted Saturday morning. I took off at 10 and was able to go for sail for two hours, then it was motorsailing the rest of the day. Luckily the current was very week with a tidal coefficient of 28, so with a little help from the sails I was making around 7 knots the whole afternoon. Anchoring in the river upstream Treguier was out of question with morning temperature close to zero, so I went all the way up the river to the marina.
Port Bloscon, Roscoff ‐ Apr 8, 2022

Sailing again! After being weatherbound for a whole week, I saw an possibility Friday morning. It was nice until I came out on open sea, but then hell broke loose. Winds over 40 knots, maybe more, (my anemometer doesn't work). The harbour master in Roscoff wondered why I was going out in weather like that, but with very low tidal coefficient the rest of the weekend, which means very little water in the river, I relied on the most optimistic forecast. Which was wrong. It all ended well though.
Morlaix, France ‐ Apr 8, 2022