At Sodertalje we ate mostly on Badger as most of the restaurants looked poor or worse. we visited the Main church again to find it distinctly redeveloped and though expensively refurbished, some of the changes were for the worse. In particular, most of the grave slabs in front of the main altar have been removed and some have been put in inconspicuous places. We are incensed because two of the slabs are of considerable historic interest as they were for a man who was a barber and another a tanner. Neither trade would have entitled a man to a place next to the altar in the 17th.C in Sweden.
20th July
Rather late departure as we had to prepare the boat, stow the tant and El cable etc. We also decided to get more food and buy a new weather station which should be easier to fit at the masthead, so got away only at 1115 after having filled with water and diesel.
We motored south to Skansholmen and moored in sunlight at 1310. On the way we'd encountered various very fast moving motor boats with no manners who had rolled us dreadfully.
Skansholmen is an interesting place. It is now mainly a private caravan site and a marina with two restaurants, neither of which appealed. It does have fuel, water and electricity, none very conveniently and a shop which sells very little of interest. The caravan site was once a fort guarding the way into Lake Malaren but little remains for the untutored visitor. The stately homes in the are were destroyed in 1719 by the Russian wrath but were quickly rebuilt. The area is rich farmland.
21st July
Our purpose was to reach Nynashamn to meet up with Martin and Maria. Up at 0500 because we expected heavy rain in the afternoon. We motored south in very light SW breeze and took the opportunity to find out how best to tow the dinghy to minimise drag. We found that the boat's speed did not change whether we had the dinghy towing loop hooked directly to the stern cleat or out at the full length of the towing line or at intermediat distances. It is conceivable that an even longer line might be better but not very likely. In any case a very long towing line would be much more likely to cause problems both in harbour and at sea.
Note:- We later found when examining the dinghy, no damage from the exhaust gasses and light soot fouling only.
We made our way through the wriggles ( archipelago west of Nynashamn) with only one incident. We were lining up to go through Dragets canal and had checked that no mast was coming our way when suddenly a small motorboat appeared. We had to do a hasty 360 degree turn to avoid it and then went through, enjoying the scenery and overhanging trees.
We arrived in Nynashamn at 1115 and moored, putting the tent up at once because of rain threatening and went off to lunch at the smokery on the harbour quay. As expected, it was excellent.
We duly mad contact with Martin and Maria, neither of us immediately recognising each others boats and We had a delicious dinner with them on their boat in the evening.
We did not accompany them to Brunnsviken mainly because of the threat of a lot of unpleasant wether in the following few days. They had to make the journey because at Brunnsviken they knew an engineer whou could sort out a tricky problem with their masthead light.
For us it was the wrong way to go and we do not like Myssingen ( the big open stretch of water NE of Nynashamn ) in bad weather). It was a pity as we very much like their company.
22nd July
In indifferent weather we stayed in Nynashamn, buying food and doing a few chores. The weather looked reaonable for the 23rd so we made ready for a bolt to Trosa to sit out the next lot of bad weather soon to follow.
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