{"id":974,"date":"2019-07-12T04:56:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T04:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/?p=974"},"modified":"2019-10-02T17:56:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T17:56:37","slug":"bjorkor-to-kokar-sandvik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/?p=974","title":{"rendered":"Bj\u00f6rk\u00f6r to K\u00f6kar Sandvik"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sat. 6\/29.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dept  10.19am arrive 4.53pm. 25.4nm. 4 hours 34mins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a higher-resolution map of this route, click HERE<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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K\u00f6kar Sandvik<\/strong>: a sheltered harbor with excellent facilities<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The day dawned clear and sunny in Bj\u00f6rk\u00f6r and thus far we had seen no sign of Kaj, the diminutive park warden who lives in nearby Degerby and who makes the journey by boat to Bj\u00f6rk\u00f6r most days, weather permitting, to keep an eye on the livestock, mend the fences, trim the grasses and show visitors around the remarkable museum house which captures 19th century \u00c4land life in amazing detail. But just as we were prepping to cast off there he was, with a twinkle in his eye and a lilt in his voice, like Tom Bombadil in The Hobbit<\/em>. He wished us well and urged us to visit later in the summer, but didn\u2019t seem eager to engage in protracted conversation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So we cast off at 10.19am in clear and sunny skies with a not a breath of wind for perhaps an hour. But approaching noon it built to 8-10 but it was forecast to rise further, so we hoisted a reefed main and genoa. By 2pm it was clear the winds were going to stay light so we shook out the reef and averaged an easy 5.5kts until we reached K\u00f6kar. I\u2019ve mentioned this island in previous posts so I don\u2019t need to go into too much detail other than to say Kevin and I enjoyed an \u00a0absolutely sublime sauna right on the water before a dinner of meatballs with boiled new potatoes and a arugola salad and for me, a bottle of white wine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arcturus in K\u00f6kar Sandvik<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0 The only slight fly in the ointment was that I earned the ire of one of my neighbors by flying my drone over the harbor in the gathering twilight. I\u2019m still learning how to operate this clever little gizmo but I guess having what sounds like an electronic wasp buzzing through the anchorage for 5 minutes is just too much for some folk. What can I say? Live and let live! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sat. 6\/29.  Dept  10.19am arrive 4.53pm. 25.4nm. 4 hours 34mins For a higher-resolution map of this route, click HERE: The day dawned clear and sunny in Bj\u00f6rk\u00f6r and thus far we had seen no sign of Kaj, the diminutive park warden who lives in nearby Degerby and who makes the journey by boat to Bj\u00f6rk\u00f6r […]<\/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-974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7wHME-fI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":818,"url":"https:\/\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/?p=818","url_meta":{"origin":974,"position":0},"title":"K\u00f6kar Sandvik to Bj\u00f6rk\u00f6r","author":"Becoming Salty","date":"July 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Bj\u00f6rk\u00f6r. 6am. 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