Hello again, after a short pause. From Lilla Bommen in the heart of Gothenberg, it is less than 10 minutes walk to the Central railway station. From there, early saturday morning, I travelled by train and ferry to Sandefjord for a short visit for a family event, and travelled back, arriving on sunday late afternoon. Untied, and pottered down the river and west to Hönö harbour for the night, where the plan was to see a man on monday morning about a windscreen for the boat. No man. Telephone answering machine revealed that he was still on holiday. I stayed around for a couple of hours, in the hopes that he was just a bit late for work, first day after holiday, but no, holiday it still was. Bother. Never mind.
A motorsailing, sunshine day today, going north, with a mostly southerly breeze, just not strong enough to stop the engine and still make reasonable progress. This bay is obviously very popular, with three buoys occupied, three other boats at anchor, and many small boats tied up to the shore. Even a sandy beach. Lovely and quiet. Water temp 17,9 degrees, so a swim round the boat was possible before the fingers turned white. Underwater hull and prop still looking remarkably clean, seen from the surface, so next dip will be with a snorkel mask on to have a better look. Now I wonder where the boatgremlin has hidden that. Haven’t seen it since……….hmmm. I must have stowed it somewhere logical, didn’t I?
From a sunwarm SailorJohn.
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