Morning conversation:

Marie: (looking at the weather forecast) "They are forecasting gale force winds today." She is also thinking that the sofa and a warm cup of cocoa sounds nice...

Lars-Göran: "Great! We can try out the new storm sail!"



So I guess that means we'll be out sailing for a few days to see how everything works (or more likely, doesn't work).

We did get all the boat parts we needed in Stockholm yesterday. And when we got back to Nynäshamn, we discovered where those "lost" parts were hiding on the boat. We'll get a refund later on, provided someone doesn't lose the receipt (a very common occurrence around here).

So it's anchors away today and see you sometime early next week.

A very special wish to our friend Randall, who will finally set sail today in his little boat inshallah for Ystad - the first step on his voyage from Sweden to Marocco. He's been holed up in a little port town of Brantevik for the last few weeks repairing his boat. As I told him, long-distance cruising is actually defined as boat repair in exotic places - a lesson he is slowly learning.

Safe sailing, my friend.