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Let's Go Sailing In Sweden! | Ep. 148
24 November 2023 · 12 min · 2K views · Boreholm, Öland
What this video covers
Sea Rose cruises the Swedish coastline south of Stockholm, navigating narrow, rock-strewn channels and visiting various guest harbors and remote anchorages. The crew maintains a 2.2-meter draft, requiring careful depth monitoring in shallow passages where clearances occasionally drop to 0.7 meters.2:18 At the island of Öland, the vessel docks at the guest harbor in Borgholm, a town featuring 12th-century castle ruins and tourist infrastructure.1:39 Further north, the crew navigates the restricted, rocky approaches to Västervik, a protected city with maritime heritage, before continuing to the island of Harstena.6:16 This former seal-hunting outpost offers rustic, red-painted boathouses but limited services in early September.8:21 The transit concludes at the island of Ringsö, where the crew explores an interior nature park.9:41 Throughout the journey, the crew relies on visual spotting from the bow to identify hazards in the dense archipelago.9:51 Navigating the Swedish coast requires constant attention to depth and chart accuracy due to the prevalence of narrow, rock-filled passages.
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