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Despite the delayed launch of "Mary Lou", the season became one of the best in many years with a 3 weeks summer cruise. the destination of which was Oslo, decided from the fact, that Birthe
celebrated her 85 years birthday and celebrated her and Nils' Golden Wedding with a big party with friends and family
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Daniel and Jørgen started on the first leg of the trip in good wind and fairly nice weather.
Second Port of Call was the wonderful Island "Anholt" in the middle of "Kattegat" (Picture). We took a day off from sailing and biked from the harbour in the west heading for the
lighthouse in the east to see the colony of seals lying on the reef. When the sand got to taught to bike through, we continued by foot. We were rather exhausted on our return to the boat, but not more
than we accepted an invitation for drinks with good friends having arrived during our trip. Nice evening in good company.
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We then sailed to Gothenburg, where we stayed a couple of days, awaiting a Chart Plotter which had been shipped from US.
Left: Daniel on "Kärringöen" outside the famous "Pettersson's Krog"
Right: Daniel rowing the dinghy in the distance
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The following day we sailed a short distance to the site for the party, which fortunately was with a private jetty, so the issue of calling a cap after the party was eliminated. We
did anchored for a couple of hours to cool down in the high temperature.
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Having spent 2 weeks on the trip to Oslo, only 1 week was left for the return trip, so we had to leave the morning after the party fairly early.
Halvor and Hanne's son - Henrik - slept onboard Halvor's day cruiser, and they decided to leave VERY early for a morning swim. Very considerate, Halvor used an oar to row away before
starting the engine. We later met on the Fjord, where Michael and Daniel were invited to sail in the day cruiser, giving them a great day with fast sailing and lots of swimming.
We joined in the cosy harbour of "Drøbak", for lunch, before leaving for the harbour where the car was parked. The next morning
Daniel and Suzanne left for Copenhagen, leaving Michael and Jørgen to "sail" back.
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In "Åstol" (North of Marstrand) we met up with Lasse, who owns a sister ship to "Mary Lou". He told about an traditional Swedish song: "Dansen på Brännö Brygge" (the Dance on Brändö
Jetty"). The composer lived on the island of Brännö just outside Gothenburg, where the inhabitants used to have a weekly Dance. Lasse told us that the tradition had lived on, with a Dance every Thursday
during the Summer. He had invited his companion - Grete - for a dance and asked if we would join them and we did of course. Who will ever turn down good company and "insider knowledge" where to go. We
had dinner together before going to the Dance. The picture tells it all... Not the last time we come to "Brännö Brygge"
At 2200 we motored to Lasse's homeport in the pitch dark night and we saw lights of nice places we will visit on a later visit, maybe already next year.
After another day running for the engine, the wind finally returned and gave 2 days of good sailing before reaching our homeport.
--> Summer Cruise pictures
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The Autumn brought new activities.
First the school had an evening with various activities and bazars with the purpose of ripping off the parents to have funds for activities for the kids.
On the left Michael is trying to hit a nail - with some success - and right Daniel is managing one of the stands. In essence, one of the boys is a "spender" and the other a
"collector". In all fairness, this changed throughout the evening.
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