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Just on the doorstep of the Swedish capital is an extended archipelago. From Landsort in the south to Arholma in the north three distinctly different areas: a closed and rather built up inner part with lots of summer houses, a middle part which is like connected lakes surrounded y woodlands and an outer part consisting of a number of small isolated mini archipelagos of barren skerries in the middle of nowhere. The outermost area may only be reached under the proper weather conditions and hitherto they have only been superficially charted. Since 2001 tough, the private firm Hydrographica has published charts in 1:10.000 based on aerial photos and in situ soundings and these charts are just fantastic. Our first visit to the Stockholm area was in 1982 when we sailed ther with a Swedish friend. Later - in 1987 - we visited in our Nic32. On thet trip Rosemarie wrote her diary in English  that served as input for an account we wrote  ('Baltic Summer Cruise in Tusindfryd' )for the Nicholson 32 Bulletin, and which was later awarded the Seawolf Trophy (Nicholson 32 Association) for 'Best long cruise of the year'. We have since visited this fantastic cruising ground in 1993 and in 2002.

St. Nassa with its hundreds of skerries and small islands is the largest of the outer mini archipelagoes

 
During week ends and weather permitting there ar many visitors but with a bit of luck you may fin an anchorage of your own. Note the Scandinavian way of mooring bow to land and using a stern anchor
Numerous places in the area you'll find publicly accessible wood fired saunas. And after the visit in a suana a refreshing dip Rosemarie and our Swedish niece, Ellinor who sailed with us for a couple of days
 
Outside the skerries, reading, reaching and wind vane what more can you ask for? The yard at Djurö

One of the problems of the rocky archipelago are the many submerged skerries. But if you want to visit the extraordinary, there is always a risk. In 2002 it cost us a damaged rudder Thanks the yard at Djurö (and PANTAENIUS) we had an interim repair and could continue our holydays


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