A long south going leg to Vastervik in sunny weather but adverse wind. We had some use out of the main ( set very flat) in an initial SW breeze but it then backed to S so we were back on engine only. The first part of the run was very beautiful with narrow passages between the rocks and islands bright with new growth. Later on the route is more open and visually boring. The entry into Vastervik is complex and the buoyage changed considerably a year or two ago so was unfamiliar.
We went to the Vastrvik Sailing club site on Notholmen for the very nice people who moor their boats there. The Pro Marina site next door is very expensive, bureaucratic and unfriendly. The Hemkjopp supermarket in the town centre has vanished and there is nowhere convenient to buy food any more. There is a Willy:S about half a mile beyond the hospital which is better than one might expect. The main supermarket, a large ICA is at least two nautical miles away from the centre with a luosy bus service. I wonder what people without cars do.
After failing to buy food we went off to Blankaholm by the inshore route. On the way there I photographed the rock we nearly bumped on when Heather and Alan were with us. Blankaholm is looking better than I expected with fire damage repaired and the place functioning much as usual. We were royally entertained by Jan and Sonja and our hopes, as always, are for the success of their multifarious activities aimed at rebuilding the community there.
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