Anna Karin in English

We have always been feeling two reasons for having a bowsprit: a place for an additional headsail and, more importantly, a possibility to install a solid bow anchor on a solid role with a room for the anchor winch. With the frailty of my Mother, an additional reason appeared in my mind, a place for… Read more: Bowsprit installation (spring – summer 2023)

We hired a new mooring slot for this season, in Oxelösund. We upgraded the slot by adding rubber fenders to it and building stair, which should ease the boat boarding for my Mother.

As mentioned in a previous post, we had some contact with the stony bottom of the Swedish coastal waters. The repairs of the keel and the rudder begun already in autumn by removing all damaged layers as deep into keel’s construction as needed allowing thees locations to dry over winter. Now in the spring, we… Read more: Keel repair (spring 2023)

This is the first winter when ”Anna Karin” remains under open sky (though on land). We have covered the boat but the cover was blown off in a gale force storm. As the result, we had to remove quite some snow from the deck and cover the boat again. Removing the snow from deck. Much… Read more: Swedish Winter 2022/23