{"id":1595,"date":"2022-10-06T04:04:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T04:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/?p=1595"},"modified":"2022-11-09T17:19:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T17:19:02","slug":"saying-goodbye-and-hello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/?p=1595","title":{"rendered":"Saying goodbye&#8230;and hello"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sat. June 2<sup>nd<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nort-aperol.gif?resize=450%2C338\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1558\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bubbly personalities ahoy&#8230;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It\u2019s only about 20nm from Furusund to Norrt\u00e4lje and the day dawned bright and breezy as we cast off for an easy downwind sail as we headed north.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turning to port to enter the Norrt\u00e4lje inlet gave us some nice beam reaching action for about ten miles which was a fun way to finish the trip for my guests. Norrt\u00e4lje has been written about in these pages many times so I won&#8217;t go into detail other than it&#8217;s a cute little town with a large, centrally-located gasthamn. And it\u2019s an excellent place for guests to embark or disembark since it is well served by bus lines.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nortalje-goodbye.gif?resize=450%2C338\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1559\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Neil, Murielle and Mike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is also about a $40 Uber ride from Stockholm Arlanda airport. We arrived late in the afternoon and tied up to the usual signature stern buoys. The crew packed, then we popped open some prosecco make aperol spritzes before walking down to the end of the dock to grab a seat at the local restaurant, where we enjoyed an alfresco meal on the terrace while some local geriatric jazzmen serenaded us. My affection for Mike and Murielle multiplied during this crew leg. They were flexible, easy going and handled each early mishap with good humor and patience. I knew I was going to miss them\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1108\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/crWcStyv0-Y?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sat. June 2nd It\u2019s only about 20nm from Furusund to Norrt\u00e4lje and the day dawned bright and breezy as we cast off for an easy downwind sail as we headed north. Turning to port to enter the Norrt\u00e4lje inlet gave us some nice beam reaching action for about ten miles which was a fun way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7wHME-pJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":382,"url":"https:\/\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/?p=382","url_meta":{"origin":1595,"position":0},"title":"Home for the winter&#8230;.","author":"Becoming Salty","date":"August 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Winter storage. 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