Northern Europe
In this category all our blog posts related to sailing destinations in Northern Europe can be found. In our blog we have chosen to define Northern Europe as the seas we will sail north of Bay of Biscay, and will include sailing in the Baltic Sea, North Sea and English Channel and Bay of Biscay. All posts about sailing can be found under the category Sailing. Links to blog posts from our sailing in Northern Europe:
Sweden (summer & autumn 2019 - Before departure) |
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Sweden (Aug-SEP 2020) |
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Denmark (SEp 2020) |
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Germany (Sep 2020) |
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Netherlands (SEp 2020) |
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france (SEp-Oct 2020) |
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UK (June-July 2021) |
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Sweden (July-AUG 2021) |
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Anchoring in Pembrokeshire
June 27-29, 2021 After a couple of days in Milford Haven we left the marina and headed a bit north in Pembrokeshire. We sailed up to Porthlysgi Bay where we anchored together with Sanuti. We took a walk from the bay to the town St Davids, which is the smallest city in Europe. What we understood is that it is only a city because it has a cathedral.
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Enter UK with sailboat after Brexit
June 24-27, 2021 Our process to enter UK with our sailboat included both Brexit and Covid-19 – procedures. We sailed to UK the summer 2021 and this was first summer after UK officially left EU. We took information from Noonsite about how the process would be. Since things might change over time, it is hard to write something here that will be valid in the future. Our best tip is to look at a site like Noonsite or contact authorities. But we will still summarize how our entry process looked like. Covid-19 We sailed during the pandemic and if we stayed 10 days or more on international waters we didn’t…
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Sailing from the Azores to UK
After we had been on the Azores a couple of weeks it was time for us to start sailing to the UK. We started sailing from the Azores to UK June 11th. We left the Azores in June so that we would be able to make it back home to Sweden before August. We started working again September 1st and wanted to have some spare time so we wouldn’t have to stress for the last part of the sail. We also wanted to arrive to Sweden before the Swedish summer ended. Day 0 – June 11, 2021 After the drama with the autopilot, when we started our sail to UK,…
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Sailing over Bay of Biscay in October
October 14-18, 2020 Finally the day had arrived and on October 14th we started sailing over the bay of Biscay. Normally all books say that you should sail over Biscay as early as possible, as the further into autumn you go the likelihood of bad weather increases. As we departed late from Sweden (late August) we knew that finding a weather window for Biscay might be hard, but we hoped that we would make it across anyway. Today with the good and detailed weather forecast finding good weather info is easy, but still it might be unreliable. The weather system is complex and no forecast can be fully relied upon.…
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Our last days in France before the Biscay crossing
October 11-13, 2020 We ate a good, steady breakfast before starting our sail from Fecamp to Cherbourgh. We have learned that it is worth a lot to eat breakfast before leaving than leaving and then eat breakfast on the go. It takes time before you can settle to make breakfast and it is really nice to start the day with a proper meal even if it means leaving a bit later. Our sail to Cherbourgh was followed by more seasickness for Petra, and more throwing up. But apart from that it was a pretty okay sail. Still it has been cold and we have a lot of clothes on, which…
