As predicted it is quite windy. The result is that not only Onbekommerd but many other vessels have decided to keep to the safety of the harbour. No- one has left today, a few have arrived. So the harbour, which had lots of empty spaces when we arrived yesterday midday, is now full and people are 'rafting up', meaning tying up next to each other.
There are many nationalities, but not a lot of Swedes: they seem to have all retracted in their home ports. The season is practically over, the schools go back in a week's time.
Many boats are on their way 'home', some at leisure (like us), some a bit more driven. You see the same people in the next harbour, or two harbours further and you get to know each other. You chat and exchange experiences, how was your trip, did you take the narrow channel or the easy one and so on. It's quite a nice 'community'.
There is one yacht with an Austrian couple that we have seen off and on since we were still in the Göta canal. The last few days we ended up in the same ports and last night we were invited for a glass of wine on their boat. They - like quite a few others - keep their boat for the winter in a North German winter storage.
No pictures of Karlskrona today. We spent most of the day working and reading on board, just a visit to the supermarket got us off. Swedish supermarkets tend to be open from 8am to 8pm, seven days a week (at least in summer), which is very handy. No 'long term food planning' needed!
But tomorrow we'll still be here (the long term wind forecasts don't look promising at all), so a visit to the town (a World Heritage Town, apparently) is in the offing.
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