I know we've pretty well worn out most things Montgomery, but this is still a "Montgomery" forum as far as I know. I'm sure somewhere out there is a cruising forum who would appreciate your local knowledge and stories, but speaking only for myself they're wearing a little thin. Maybe you could direct these just to Scott and not the entire list. Thanks !
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 2:50 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Re: montgomery_boats Digest, Vol 14, Issue 21 > Hi Scott, > > Before you can dream about cruising destinations, you have to know that > they exist. > > Now you are aware of the Adriatic coast of "former" Yugoslavia. > > Another wonderful area is the Stockholm archipelago. Hundreds of low, > pine tree covered islands with Swedish summer homes on them, and, > ..........almost every Swede has a power boat or mainly sailboats. > Powerboats tend to be primarily slow speed (6 - 8 knots) plus a few > outboard powered fast machines. > > Everyone is most considerate of one another - no wake zones are > respected. > > But once you are off the well marked ship channels, you need local > knowledge and someone has to "correct" your charts so that you avoid the > rocks. > > I came to the conclusion that this was done on purpose to give Russian > mini-subs that were constantly trying to explore the Swedish coast a hard > time. If you believe the published Swedish chart and then run aground: > it's Swedes 1 - Russians 0, in the game of cat and mouse. > > I once was heading back to Stockholm from one of the outer islands of the > archipelago, hard on the wind in a Swedish racing class sloop - a long > thin boat: tall rig; deep keel; long overhangs, .............. > > I checked the chart I had and saw 30 meters of water where I wanted to > lengthen my tack between two islands. OK go for it, fewer tacks are > better, right? > > With lee rail under and marching along at about 6 knots, all of a sudden > - in the middle of my 30 meter depth area there was a loud BOOM, and our > ship was high and dry on a nice - barely underwater boulder. 30 meters > of water????? No way. My wife, to this day, never lets me forget that > episode when I decide to cut a corner or stray from "guaranteed" deep > water. > > Luckily, as I walked forward to get an anchor out of a forepeak, the boat > quivered and slid off the rock into deep water again. > > The rest of the 30 NM back to Stockholm I stayed in the marked up areas > of my chart. > > But still; another area to put on your "dream about" list. > > If you hit it in August it's kraftor (sp?) time. These are Swedish fresh > water crayfish (probably similar to the crawfish from Louisiana). Then > it's ritual eating and drinking time: 1 kraftor: 1 Aquavit: 1 kraftor; > 1 Aquavit. and so on, deep into the night. > > Another great area are the Danish islands............. Towns are built > around the harbors. Marinas all have showers and toilets for the > cruising sailor. In the morning you walk to the local bakery and buy > fresh Danish pastry, and are back on board in time for the coffee to > finish brewing. > > Another delightful area. > > Connie > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
