Archive - Sailing from Scratch ⛵️

Two Coastal Yachtmasters 👨‍✈️👩‍✈️

This fall, we took two sailing theory courses on Monday evenings: starting with the Inshore Diploma (Förarintyg) in September-October, followed by the…

Dec 29, 2024 •

Prof. Kimberly Nicholas

November 2024

Putting Tornseglare away once more

With winter a-coming again and the days feeling quite short after returning to winter time, we figured that the one sunny day in our only non-busy…

Nov 2, 2024 •

August 2024

July 2024

Tornseglare meets svalor

A little short of vacation time this year, we decided to take a few extra days to sail down south to Skanör, to enjoy the Swedish Riviera, and ideally…

Jul 21, 2024 •

June 2024

Today we went out again with Charlie who was passing through town.

Jun 29, 2024 •

Reefin’ in the wind

We headed out for a few hours on a Sunday afternoon with our friend Charlie.

Jun 23, 2024 •

Prof. Kimberly Nicholas

They can do that???

Last time our heroes tried to solve the mystery of the motor; this time our plan was to get the boat in relative ship-shape: put up the cockpit cover…

Jun 19, 2024 •

The dreaded engine

When all else fails, RTFM

Jun 16, 2024 •

Prof. Kimberly Nicholas

May 2024

Back in the water! 🌊

With a spiffy new decal

May 24, 2024 •

Prof. Kimberly Nicholas

For want of a nail…

When a 5 minute job takes 3 hours

May 22, 2024 •

Prof. Kimberly Nicholas

That’s a bold choice!

Our boat will be easier to find in the harbour now

May 18, 2024 •

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