Sailing south to catch a bus up north...
After two great days fixing stuff (longboarding to Erlandsson's boat store twice:-) in Västervik, we felt we really had to get going. So with the fridge filled and batteries charged we took off. The schedule was tight – we had to reach Oskarshamn by lunchtime the next day to catch a bus. We were to go up north in order to catch a train to Gävle for an upcoming speech at the "No Emission Race" – a sail racing competition and climate seminar.
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So, we enjoyed some anchoring after the darkness for a few hours of sleep and then sailing off by sunrise. Then yes we admit, we started the engine to help our low-speed sailing to not miss the bus...we arrived at the marina, with an empty battery, ran to the bus and jumped on... some 30 secs before it was leaving. Phieeeuh...
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1) Just before we left Västervik...I know, just gonna fix the last stuff for the leg to Oskarshamn.
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2) Just after we docked the boat in Oskarshamn, on the bus towards Stockholm. The second bus stop was the same Västervik we left 24 hours ago.