Day 47 – We have almost emptied the boats for food and snacks – 17 April
Day 47. 17th of April. Store Björkskär til Gryt. About 45 km, 6.2 km/hr average speed. We are now in an area that Hélène and Christian know like their back…
Category: Sweden’s East Coast and Finland’s South Coast
Day 46 – Not the high point of the day – 16 April
Day 46. 16th of April. 45.2 km, 6.4 km/hr average speed. From Kråkelund to Stora Björkskär north of Vestervik. Another good day for covering distance. Almost no wind, misty and…
Day 45 – Good progress and easy paddling – 15 April
Day 45. 15 th April. Em to Kårelund. 44.9 km, 6.8 km/hr average speed. A misty day with light tail winds and light following waves made for good progress and…
Day 44 – Hospitality and generosity is not correlated with the size of the house or the wallet – 14 April
Day 44. 14th April. From Fågeludden to Em. 39.2 km, 6.2 km/hr average speed. Even less wind today, we left Fågeludden in fair weather and set course for Timmernabben, where…
Day 43 – Stein quashed a mosquito – 13 April
Day 43. 13th of April (Friday). Stensö to Fågeludden. 33.2 km, 5.5 km/hr average speed. Another day with headwind. And we made it a short one to go easy on…
Day 42 – Paddling against 10 m/s is about twice as hard as paddling against 7 m/s – 12 April
Day 42. 12th of April. Six weeks and about 20% of the trip behind us measuring in time. Today we paddled from Bergkvara to just south of Kalmar center. 33.2…
Day 40 and 41 – Waiting on weather in Bergkvara – 10/11 April
Day 40 and 41. Waiting on weather in Bergkvara. Two days of waiting on weather. 10 m/s head wind can be handled for a day or two, but in the…
Day 40 – Check out Hélène and Christian’s blog – 10 April
Hélène and Christian have written a blog with pictures from our stay together at Slädö (Day 37) 🙂 http://www.gottuteockinne.com
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