Öland and Gotland

We left from Bornholm to Kalmar in the afternoon at 3 PM. There was around 100 nm to go to Kalmar. We started with good back wind. The wind was ca. 10 - 12 m/s but it calmed down quite soon down to 6 – 7 m/s. In the morning we got again a good wind to sail to keep up ca. 7 knots speed. For our surprice we saw the Finnish war ship Pohjanmaa doing her duties during the night. It was interesting to listen the VHF discussion between the ships. We arrived to Kalmar after 20 hours sailing.

Kalmar is a beautiful Swedish city. The quest harbour is nice place to stop. The harbour has all the needed services. The main atraction in the area is the old castle that has a long history. We took the tour and enjoyed about the nicely built castle. The visit at Kalmar was only one day as the main target in the area was Gotland.

From Kalmar we continued to the Northern part of Öland. The trip was 45 nm and we had really good wind to maintain 7 knots sailing speed. We had one night stop at Byxelkrok prior the trip to Visby in Gotland. From Byxelkrok we continued to Visby in nice weather at Saturday afternoon.

Visby is a known holiday ressort in the middle of East Sea. The old town of the city is really a place to see and visit. The old churches, castles and narrow roads give an own atmosphere for the down town. Also the quest harbour has nice and good international atmosphere. Gotland's Visby is a place we can recommend to visit and spend couple of days.

On the tuesday afternoon, 19^th of June, we targeted to go to Nynäshamn and Stockholm area. There is ca. 100 – 140 nm to go depending on the final destination.