We left Aker Brygge in Oslo on June 5th and arrived Riddarholmen in Stockholm on September 5th. We sailed more than 2500 Nautical Miles for change and here are all the legs displayed, with a link to a map and with the distance. Fårösund-Riga...the longest leg with its 228,6 Nautical Miles. Dessi and Camilla joined me up to Fårösund, in there we met with three young sailors who just came sailing from Tallin – Isac, Clara and Alex – and the next morning Rickard arrived with the bus and we set the sails for Riga. Arriving Riga well after midnight the next day, Joshua was waiting for us at the City Yacht Club:-) For detailed route, length and map, click on each link below: Oslo-Dröbak – 27 NM Dr
Today we sailed in and tied S/Y Johanna to Riddarholmen in Stockholm City Center. Some 30-40 people crowned the "Arrival After-Sail" event with their presence and all the hugging and support was a wonderful home-coming bonus:-) Thank you all for coming, thank you all for your support along the way, thank you all fabulous young crew members and thank you all partners for help, support and good advices! Yes, we are done with this mission and no, of course we will not quit – the 20 young crew members and all the people we have met in person, online and via media has convinced me that sincere grass root initiatives and promoting good examples is pure dynamite in the war against ignorance and/or
Nothing would mean more to us than to see you live or online tomorrow at the "Arrival After-Sail" event in Stockholm, Sweden. Three young crew members will join me onboard when we sail the last Nautic Miles in to the quay of Riddarholmen in the city center of Stockholm...with the City Hall and "Nobel Dinner Palace" as our backdrop. These sweet young crew members joined for micro plastic trawling in Stoccckholm Archipelago – from Columbia and Gotland. Riddarholmen is situated next to the Old Town. In Stockholm City center. We will serve some light bubbles and if sunny, also some solar oven cooked finger food samples:-) Check event invitation here Check press invitation (Swedish) below: Check
He flew in from Uganda's capital Kampala, hopped on the train to Stockholm city and then onto the bus to Stafsnäs and well there, a ferry to Sandhamn. So I had to be gentle when welcoming him to the outskirts of the archipelago, a Swedish classic lunch and down into a tiny sailboat where he should live for 5 days. My brave friend Eddy Balina – a true hero from Jinja in Uganda where he is organizing inspirational non-violent changes for young people in his community as well as developing schools for young children. What an honor to host him in our boat, our archipelago and our country. A quick snippet from his first ever day of sailing...
