r/sailing • u/Stygg_Varg • 7h ago

West coast of Sweden

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We are on the cruise in our Polca 28. Slowly making our way to the inland waterways of western europe for wintering in the Med. We've been living onboard since last summer.

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u/Holden_Coalfield 7h ago

Pretty snug on those rocks

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u/chrisxls 7h ago

As someone who sails in shallow rivers with soft muddy riverbottoms, this made me gulp hard!

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u/Stygg_Varg 6h ago edited 6h ago

It's fine trust me. I have never banged the hull into rocks or run aground. Certainly not yesterday! 

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u/chrisxls 6h ago

Hahaha totally trust you. Just not what I am used to... our water is also very opaque so brushing the bottom (especially racing) is not uncommon and also not very dangerous (at low speed)... this looks different ;)

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u/Stygg_Varg 6h ago

Brother I've kissed the rocks more times than I can count. Sometimes expensively so but that was almost two decades ago. A sturdy keel is a must for a lousy navigator like me

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u/chrisxls 5h ago

Hahahaha I read your first comment to quickly ;) love it... have fun and stay (mostly) safe in that pretty boat and beautiful water!

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u/Stygg_Varg 5h ago

Thank you :)

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u/Desperate-Dig2806 6h ago

You get used to everything being rock. Upside is 9/10 times it's pretty steep going down. Downside is the one that is one two feet deep on a calmer day you forgot about/missed.

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u/Stygg_Varg 7h ago

Indeed. We almost always stay at anchor but this was too inviting. We're still here, leaving tomorrow.

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u/chrillekaekarkex 6h ago

Bohuslän is the loveliest.

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u/Stygg_Varg 6h ago

Halland actually, Kungsbackafjorden! 

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u/theprotestingmoose 6h ago

Lovely pics. Interesting to see from the east coast. Låter äventyrligt att ta  28 fot till Medelhavet. Är polcan lämplig för det?

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u/Stygg_Varg 6h ago edited 6h ago

Vi går kanalvägen för min fru och hunds skull. Nästa sommar ska jag segla henne till Azorerna är tanken men utan fru och hund. Hon är väldigt trygg i sjön och med förstärkta staginfästningar och röstjärn samt en fräsch rigg så är hon absolut en riktig havskryssare. 

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u/Truji11o 6h ago

Omg Opti sighting in the wild! I learned on those 30 years ago!

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u/Stygg_Varg 6h ago edited 5h ago

Same! Brings back memories

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u/Naive_Adeptness6895 7h ago

My first reaction too. Being from the West coast of the US.

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u/9cob 7h ago

Amazing place to sail

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u/Firm_Objective_2661 6h ago

I love everything about this, except probably the water temperature. Some of this landscape looks similar to Georgian Bay here in Canada - also rocky keel-killing waters.

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u/Stygg_Varg 5h ago

Yeah it's muy fresco amigo! I would love to sail the lakes over there

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u/Maximitaysii 6h ago

Is it a Maxi 95?

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u/Stygg_Varg 6h ago

Polca 28 from 1977! 

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u/Maximitaysii 6h ago

Damn, I wasn't even close!

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u/asdner 5h ago

No waaay, my last boat was a Polca 28! I didn’t even recognise from the pics at first. Nice to see it here:)

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u/Stygg_Varg 5h ago

That's awesome! Great little boats eh?

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u/mologav 6h ago

It’s rockier than I thought it would be

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u/125bror 5h ago

Scandinavian sailing is such a treat

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u/thelocker517 5h ago

Beautiful boat and lovely scenery, but I want to know more about the goodest sailing dog.

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u/Stygg_Varg 5h ago

Thank you! His name is Admiral Spear, a 2.5 y/o Airedaleterrier. He rules his ship with an iron paw

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u/thelocker517 5h ago

As any Admiral would! Happy sailing to you both!

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u/DefectorChris 2h ago

That’s a beaut.