Southern Sweden

[Kaa]

Long time no see :-)

I might be able to spend a day or two in southern Sweden, basically between Stockholm and Copenhagen. Any recommendations as to what should or should not be missed? I'll have a car.

Kaa

[S.V. Airlie]

Visby

[Kaa]

Visby

Unfortunately I'm not sure I'll have enough time to get to Gotland. It's a three-hour ferry ride there and three hours back so basically a visit to Visby would take almost a complete day. Do you think that day trip would be worth more than a relaxed drive up the Baltic coast with stops in small towns and such..?

Kaa

[S.V. Airlie]

point taken. The old church used to have a series of plays all summer. I liked going to them, but I was on a sailboat. Nothing to it to find my bunk.

[Duncan Gibbs]

But Kaa, you HAVE to get to Gotland: Linky link!

[Max F]

Take a boat and go out into the archipelago.

[mizzenman]

Saxemara

http://www.maritimeatlas.eu/web/opis...+Saxemara.html

[Tom Jackson]

VASA Museum is a must. If you're interested in maritime history, there is also a good maritime museum and naval shipyard in Karlskrona.

[Kaa]

Hmm... I'm less interested in museums and more interested in nice boats on the water in picturesque harbors :-) This is not a trip dedicated to learning about scandinavian boat-building traditions. Should I expect to see traditional boats in Saxemara and/or Karlskrona (again, not in a museum but on the water) that won't be a common sight in other places along the coast?

Kaa

[5by5]

You could take the steam boat Axel from Karlskrona to Nättraby. http://www.affarsverken.se/English/Transport-by-boat/ That would get you out on the water...I remember there being lots of little marinas with wooden boats when I was there 20 some years ago.

Hmm... I'm less interested in museums and more interested in nice boats on the water in picturesque harbors :-) This is not a trip dedicated to learning about scandinavian boat-building traditions. Should I expect to see traditional boats in Saxemara and/or Karlskrona (again, not in a museum but on the water) that won't be a common sight in other places along the coast?

Kaa

[Russ Manheimer]

Kaa,

Go to the Koster Islands and take pictures of Koster boats for us. Enjoy wherever you end up.

Russ

[Kaa]

Okay, so I'll be spending the night on an island near Karlskrona. We'll see what kind of boats I'll be able to rustle up in the area...

Koster islands are a bit out of the way :-( I'll be in Norway, but not there.

Kaa

[Hwyl]

Nice to see you back.take photographs

[Kaa]

Well, I am sorry to report that the waters and the marinas are filled with the usual white stuff.

Now, I will admit that there are noticeably more wooden boats than in the States -- but white plastic still dominates. The typical wooden boat that I saw would be a powerboat with a bright-finished lapstrake hull and some sort of cabin which is usually painted and could be anything from plastic to plyboard to wood. Small commercial fishing boats also frequently have a wooden hull.

On the other hand, I was rather impressed with the Stockholm archipelago which I didn't realize was so big and pretty.

Photos will appear in due time :-)

Kaa

[chainyank]

Well, I am sorry to report that the waters and the marinas are filled with the usual white stuff.

Now, I will admit that there are noticeable more wooden boats than in the States -- but white plastic still dominates. The typical wooden boat that I saw would be a powerboat with a bright-finished lapstrake hull and some sort of cabin which is usually painted and could be anything from plastic to plyboard to wood. Small commercial fishing boats also frequently have a wooden hull.

On the other hand, I was rather impressed with the Stockholm archipelago which I didn't realize was so big and pretty.

Photos will appear in due time :-)

Kaa

Sorry we missed you, I could have shown you around a bit. While there are many a white boat in Sweden Stockholm is home to some of the larger boat clubs with wooden boats. Did you walk the canal between Sodermalm and Långholmen? They have the most woodenboats of any club in Sweden (mostly motorboats) give a shout the next time you are around, maybe I'll have our boats motor running by then, and we can get you out in an old wooden gaffed koster! How Swedish is that!

-Cheers

[Kaa]

Pictures of the Stockholm archipelago are now up: http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthre...elago-pictures

Kaa