The approach to Mem for people starting the Göta canal is quite nice:
Our trip was 20 miles through the skärgård (an archipelago of thousands of small islands which you find in several places on the Swedish coast, I'll use the term regularly in the next few weeks). Although it was quite windy, the islands give so much protection that it does not really affect you. Just when you think that the scenery can't get any better, you arrive at an even more beautiful place.
This is a typical summer cottage we passed:
And the route through the skärgård is marked by this type of 'lighthouses':
The navigation is not difficult, but you need to keep on top of things and follow where you are on the paper chart as well as the plotter. Always have a back up!
Around 12:30 we got to Arkösund, where a dinghy with harbour assistants hailed us and directed us to a nice place alongside. Luxury, no stern mooring for a change! And another assistant on the jetty to take the mooring lines. Well, the fees are certainly paying for all that service...
The 'town' is somewhat non existent, but the harbour is busy as it is on the main skärgård route.
Tomorrow is a 23 mile stretch to Nyköping, where our sons will join us on Thursday morning!
Location:Arkösundsvägen,Norrkoping,Sweden
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