Day 55 – Every fifteen minutes a huge ferry passes by – 25 April
Day 55. 25th of April. Hammarby slusser til Marsättra. 30.9 km, 6.9 km/hr average speed. Yesterday evening Kees and Ann Charlotte invited us, Lars, Gro and Gro’s daughter Andrea to…
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Day 54 – Busy and happy day – 24 April
Day 54. 24th of April. Rest and repair day in Stockholm. Busy and happy day with old and new friends and family in Stockholm. Fuller update tomorrow 🙂
Day 53 – Stockholm! Second leg done – 23 April
Day 53. 23 of April. Kunghatten to Vintertulltorget 30. 14.2 km, 6.3 km/hr average speed. A short day with just one leg to paddle. Varying wind but OK conditions. With…
Day 52 – Stein called the lock guard on VHF – 22 April
Day 52. 22nd of April. Brandalsund to Shärholmen, just inside the border of Stockholm. 42.1 km, 6. 0 km/hr average speed. We left Brandalsund shortly after 0900, and paddled towards…
Day 51 – All such encounters are unique and those are the key building blocks of our adventure – 21 April
Day 51. 21st of April. Källvik to Brandalsund. 42.1 km, 6.2 km/hr average speed. We got off to a 0900 start and had ample time to do today’s longest crossing…
Day 50 – We sundried, not just clothes, but also our (milky white) bodies – 20 April
Day 50. 20th of April. Arkösund to Källvik. 50.8 km, 6.6 km/hr average speed. “Long did our big jib draw” as they might have said in New Foundland. This was…
Day 49 – A true rest day at Arkösund – 19 April
Day 49. 19th of April. No paddling today. A true rest day at Arkösund, or more precisely Världens Ände 107 (End of the world 107). If this is what the…
Day 48 – We waved our thumbs, and the car stopped! – 18 April
Day 48. 18th of April. Gryt to Arkösund, 41.3 km, 6.6 km/hr average speed. We have learned to respect the wind. So to minimize the time spent in 8 m/s…
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