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The next morning (5 August) we sailed the rather short distance to Simrishamn. This was caused by a tense and interesting program on the London Olympics...
On 6 August we continued into the Bay of Hanö, which always present a sailor with "interesting conditions". This time, we got rather high waves compared to the wind force. Only in the late
afternoon, the wind "caught up" with the waves and we got a fresh sailing into Utklippan.
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06.08.12 at 2000 hrs Utklippan (Trip: 53 and total 153 nm)
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7 August. In increasing wind (SSW 10-12 m/s) we continued the about 48 nm to Kalmar.
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We had agreed, that the majority of Michael's remaining hollidays, should be spend in Stockholm, so we had to continue with rather long distances per day.
8 August was no exception and we sailed 58 nm to reach Klintemåla .
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Below left: Michael is steering "Mary Lou" to the harbour. Below Right: Typical Swedish landscape.
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12 August: "Most of the crew" were on deck at 0630 hours, when Mary Lou started to reach the first opening of the lock at 0830 and arrived in good time 0825. The passage
took only 15 min., in which time she was lifted by 60 cm above Sea level..
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Stockholm
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To enter Stockholm from Mälaren is highly recommended as you get a clear understanding of the Capital being referred to as: "The Nordic Venice".
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13 August: We unpacked to bikes and did a sightseeing of Stockholm, including a visit to the "Wasa Ship"
14 August: Was a sad day where the crew was reduced as Michael had to return to school. We went to Arlanda Airport, where he took the plane back to Denmark.
15 August: I had invited a few ex. collegues for a "farewell drink" on board "Mary Lou". One had left work and moved to Finland, one was travelling, one had an extensive
meeting agenda, one had other arrangements, etc. It made me appreciate, that I had retired :-). One arrived - Gunnar Millde - and we enjoyed to meet after many years of little contact. An "extra bonus" was that
Gunnar invited me to his cottage on "Björkholm" outside Stockholm on my return from Helsinki.
16 August: In the morning "Mary Lou" left Wasa Hamnen, setting sail for Helsinki.
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