Last lock 'up', first lock 'down'. Rock!

At Tåtorp, we passed our last lock 'up'. It is a 'level regulating lock', not a 'climbing the mountain lock' and as such you only go up about 20cm. It is also a manually operated lock and assistance is appreciated. When we were waiting our turn, there were a whole lot of little girls helping:





They had come with their parents on bicycles and saw this as a diversion. Unfortunately they left and I had to assist in the operation myself 😉





Before the next lock, there are some very narrow and scenic passages.





Some of which are so narrow that they are 'one way':









Unfortunately, in one of these passages we stuck a bit too much to the port side and managed to hit an underwater rock. There is no visible damage, but we still want to inspect the ship underwater. There is a shipyard in Motala where we'll try to do this in a few days' time. There will be some damage, we were going very slow (2 to 3 knots), but rocks are very hard. Probably not serious, but better safe than sorry!

After that incident we arrived at the first 'down' lock: we dropped 3.5m at Forsvik. We had planned to stay there, but the only guest moorings available were too narrow for us, so we continued to Karlsborg where we are now.

Location:Skepparegatan,Karlsborg,Sweden