Welcome to the sailing trip up to the 100-years Square Metre anniversary in Stockholm

The main idea

The main idea with this trip is that we shall all have the possibility to get to know each other under more informal circumstances, and have a good time. It is also our intention to let you know some parts of the archipelago and to show you how we use our boats in Sweden, when we don't race.

The cruise starts in Karlskrona in the south of Sweden and ends in Sandhamn, where we will take part in the Sandhamn Regatta. After that we go to Saltsjöbaden for the real 100 years anniversary celebrations, and the Jubilee Regatta.

The trip

The full trip is planned to take 10 days. Starting in Karlskrona on July 20th and ending in Sandhamn on the 30th, the day before the start of the Sandhamn Regatta. The idea is that the Swedish Square Metres, with home harbours on our way, shall join us as we go along.

It is of course also possible for anyone else to join us at any place on the way. Cranes are available at most of the places. It is also possible to follow the trip on the mainland with a car. That can be a good alternative if you prefer to sleep more comfortable than in the boat, for example in a recreational vehicle or a caravan. In some places you can also find hotels. One can follow the boats on the roads on the mainland. For two nights we will anchor at islands, but there are alternative guest harbours nearby.

Most Swedes will preferably sleep and cook on the boats as we are used to do when cruising. There are restaurants in most of the harbours so the food and drink will probably not be a big problem. For those of our guests who don't have the cooking equipment, or find it to uncomfortable to sleep on the boats, it might be a good idea to sail along with the fleet at daytime and arrange the accommodation ashore in some other way. A very good alternative is also to charter a somewhat bigger tender boat that is more comfortable to live on.

Accommodations

Sailing in the archipelago is not like sailing anywhere else. When we tour in Sweden we eat and sleep in the boats as most Swedes prefers to go to the natural harbours on their holidays. On this trip however it will be possible to reach restaurants on every stop except for Harstena. For those who don't want to sleep on their own boats we recommend in the first place to hire a tender boat, or beds on a bigger tender boat. Second best it to follow the trip on the mainland with a car and a caravan.

The program and overview maps

If you follow the links below you get information about the program and harbours. You can zoom in and out and move around on the map as you like. There are also possible to look at satellite photos.

The program of the tour.

Maps and information of Karlskrona, Kristianopel, Revsudden, Figeholm, Västervik, Harstena/Fyrudden, Arkösund, Nynäshamn, Utö and Sandhamn.

Communications

An ordinary mobile telephone works in the Archipelago. Some nets can have bad reception in some areas, but on the average they work in the Archipelago. Once you leave the islands and go out in the open sea they don't work reliable.

Navigation

Navigating in the archipelago is not an easy thing. This trip will however be at the easiest level. We will go together in the channels, with good channel marks, except for the trip to Harstena. And that little extra turn is not to complicated either.

To be able to navigate in the archipelago you need charts, and a compass.

The charts needed are the so called Båtsportkort (small craft charts). You need five sets, from the south to the north, Hanöbukten, Kalmarsund, Ostkusten, Stockholm S and Stockholm M.

The price for each set of charts is about 350 SEK for the paper version. You also need some kind of plastic pocket to protect it. Different kinds of pockets are sold where you buy the charts. There is also a water protected version. The price for these are about 750 SEK each.

The charts are sold at book shops and maritime hardware stores. A list of official shops can be found at http://www.sjofartsverket.se/templates/SFVXPage____5559.aspx. It is in Swedish, but there is a list of shops, easy to understand. There are shops in Karlskrona, Kalmar, Västervik and Nynäshamn on our way, and also in Hamburg and Kiel. If you plan to buy then at Karlskrona it is probably wise to contact the shop to make a reservation as there may be many sailors who want to have them the same day.

There are good GPS navigators with different electronic maps to buy. This market is to big to be described here. The hardware shops will probably give the best information about it. But it is recommended that even if you have a GPS also be sure to have the paper charts. Using a GPS in the archipelago needs some training, especially about zooming in and out as they give a bad overview. And remember that all electronic instruments are depending on a working battery.

The best thing is perhaps to exchange one or two crewmembers. Most Swedish sailors are used to archipelago navigation.

Please register

This introduction and the sheets for every harbour that we will stop at will be up dated until the last week before the cruise. So take a look at it now and then.

Please also register your participation at our website so that we know roughly how many boats that are coming. This is important because we want to be able to give the harbour masters time to organise space for us in the guest harbours.

There is no special fee to join the trip, but of course everyone has to pay for himself and the boat in the harbours.

Contact

If you have any questions please contact jubilee@smry.org.

We hope that we will sail together with you on a nice trip to the jubilee.
Best Regards, Chief of the trip Olle Madebrink and the jubilee committee.