Left Oxelosund at 1230 and put up main with some difficulty as I had not greased the mast slide. A further problem emerged when the no.2 reefing line undid its stopper knot. We fixed that temporarily by rerunning the no.3 reefing line as the no.2. Replacing the line will be an end of season job.
We had an SW wind when going across Braviken and got some advantage from the main but using the jib was impracticable. Once at Arkosund we decided to go further as the breeze, though adverse, was light and in Spite of the recommendation of a club harbour in Arkosund by Peter Hallberg as an alternative to the Pro Marina place. We eventually made it down to Harstena and anchored in the beautiful lagoon with great contentment.
The walk into the settlement next morning was delightful – in spite of the insect bites that we got. The weather was not too hot and the spring colours were lovely. Regrettably the harbour restaurant menu was uninviting but we got some good bread at the bakers and some, just out of the kiln, hot smoked salmon. Other changes are less welcome. There’s a vast building project overlooking the water supply pond with the red lilies. We thought this might be a hotel but learnt that it is to be an enlarged bakery and a couple of houses to be rented out. The over-large project is funded with EU money which has probably contributed to its elephantiasis. At present it looks horrid. I do hope that it will be OK in 5 years time, probably too late for us to enjoy.
We did see a deer near the settlement and Kristin heard a great northern diver at the lagoon and I heard an owl during the night.
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