Yesterday, we moved on to Sandvik, a small harbour about 2 and a bit hours north of Bornholm on the Öland coast. Its a nice small harbour with a pleasant atmosphere:
It also boasts the biggest "Dutch windmill" in Scandinavia:
This is called the 'stone coast'. For centuries, the main source of income has been the stones one finds here. They get polished and used, I am not sure what for. But they are quite pretty even unpolished. And you can also see them in the crystal-clear water:
The only problem was the absence of usable internet connection, either 3G or WiFi and hence the lack of a blogpost yesterday.
This morning we crossed the Kalmar Sund in a North Westerly direction. On the way you pass the 'Blå Jungfrun', the 'Blue Maiden' an island that has fascinated mariners for centuries. It was said that it was bewitched. In the early 1900's, it was destined to become a gigantic quarry. A wealthy industrialist bought it in order to stop than plan and was instrumental in having it declared a nature reserve which it still is today:
As you can see, the weather was nice today, almost no wind, quite a bit of sun but still relatively cool.
We did just over 3 hours to Figeholm, a small settlement that has been in existence since the 1400's.
You enter through a rocky channel that is well marked with buoys and end up in another small harbour:
This is just north of Oskarshamn, the beginning of the 'Skärgård' that stretches all the way beyond Stockholm. This is the area that we want to explore for the next few weeks, so we have now more or less arrived at our 'destination' (although we plan to end up quite a bit further north, in Norrköping).
We will generally to small stretches from now on. We are planning to anchor in a few quiet places and use the dinghy to go ashore. so we inflated the dinghy, attached the electric outboard and tried it out:
We'll probably stay here tomorrow as well and explore the surroundings on foot and by dinghy!
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