We had 10 days to sail this summer (map here), but made it to Christiansø and Öland, and back safely.  Christiansø was amazing, it’s an enchanted little rock with it’s own resident Northern Gannet.  The Gannet shouldn’t be there, it flew down alone one day from who knows where in the North and stayed.  It stands guard over a power pole in the harbor and gently deters anyone from approaching (see it biting toes below).

We crossed 80nm from Christiansø to Öland over 17 hours, and had a nice couple of lazy days biking around the southern end of the island.  We then made our way back via small towns along Häno-bukten.  The second to last day we saw sunny but near-gale conditions on the Baltic, 15 m/s (~30 kt) winds.  They took us from Ystad to Malmo, 50nm including a drawbridge, in 8 hours exactly.  Averaging above 6 knots for a continuous 8 hours, in big seas and periodically drenching rain, was a great way to round up the trip.

The next day Hannah and Tjesse joined us for a sail back under the bridge, and thanks to Andres, we pulled up right behind the Open 60 class (I think), “Hugo Boss” (youtube: “Alex Thompson mast walk“, “Alex Thompson keel walk”), and got a personal tour from skipper Pepe Ribes.

Greetings to Tony, who we met and dragged to Sunny’s, and then on to Neptune.  BLTs and milkshakes at 4 a.m., lovely way to end a night.

3:25 at Sunny’s

Dog, in a chair.

“Take my picture, motherfucker.”  There were some other sentiments in there, but the essence was that he wanted me to take a photo, and how.

Randy Dash, looking somber through a not so somber chat to 4 am…  Thanks again for the beers, pizza, and bike.

One more of Mr. Gibberish…

mr. gibberish

Another from Café NICK, Twelve Pubs again, but 2013/2014. This man only spoke gibberish (to us at any rate).

Café NICK- Twelve Pubs 2012/13.

Just some random phone pictures from the Summer and Fall. Happy times.