Karlshamn, not Hällevik

Yesterday, I wrote that we would go to Karlshamn or Hällevik, depending on the conditions. Well, both wind and sea conditions were a bit more than we liked. Going through the skärgård here means you get into the 'open sea' every now and then. As there are (partly) submerged rocks around, you need to keep alert. Sometimes they are marked with a buoy and sometimes you are supposed to spot them yourself (usually the slightly less submerged ones). Here are two examples:

Easy to see.




A bit less easy....



And of course when you have these on both sides, you cannot steer 'on the waves' and anything from the side makes you roll.

Anyway, we decided that Karlshamn was far enough. We went to the club harbour rather than the town harbour, based on 'what the book says'. The book was right (again), the town harbour is next to a parking lot / busy road and the club harbour in between the trees. A friendly harbour master came to check us in and offered us bicycles on loan to go to the town, 2.5 KM down the road.

We notice the season is changing quickly: Lyn reported that the bilges (where we store some of the food) are getting colder. They are 'water cooled'. The harbour master told me that he had to abandon the plan to go swim with his grandson as the water temperature is 14C... That fits together!
Also, the flag comes in before 9pm now as the sun sets earlier than that. A few weeks ago it was still light at 10...

So we continue to move South and West. Tomorrow we hope it will be a place called Åhus. Just over 20 miles, forecast is good.

Location:Karlshamn,Sweden