Stockholm Again

After two days in Gallno were beginning to run out of clean clothes and interesting food so had to go into Stockholm again. This meant getting up early so as to make the 25 mile journey by 1100 at the latest. In fact we left at 0525 having had breakfast. nd motored off, worrying somewhat about the engine's tendency to overheat when pressed hard. Against headwinds we could make barely 4.5 kts. which was becoming worrying. Nevertheless the rout into Stockholm is full of interesting with splendid Victorian and Edwardian mansions to admire and also the intricacy of the shipping route. While approaching Vaxholm we watched two big ferries successively make 130 degree turns at the same point on their rout into or out of Stockholm. They both took these turns very carefully and slowly - not very surprising as the shores are very solid rock.
Once through Vaxholm we encountered the morning shipping convoy into the port areas and were passed by at least three huge ferries which make very little wake unlike the very fast passenger ferries which cut the water up incessantly. We arrived at 1030 and foound to outr great relief a perfectly good berth immediately.
I now had to start dismantling the engine to try to cure the overheating; taking apart the raw water inlet filter, the heat exchanger ( which involves unshipping the alternator) and the raw water pump impeller. The only possible problem appeared to be that the pump impeller was rather too flexible. I replaced it with a new one. I also found a nut missing from one of the alternator support bolts. This was very anoying as it was a metric fine nut , not easily replaceable. I had to make a replacement out of studding; finding in the process that it is not possible to tighten two stiffnuts on the same shaft without access to the shaft itself.
I checked the engine which seemed Ok and we were then free to do more interesting things which was why we were in Stockholm in the first place. In the meantime Kristin did a major wash and looked after me in the heat.