swedish skerrys

[soenke]

just a few impressions from this summer paddeling the skerry area in the Swedisch Skagerrak, (west coast between Göteburg and Oslo)

we had sunny and hot weather and almost 24h light, modest wind (altough most times blowing in the face )
but too many lokal people have been roaring around in small motor boats, looking for a nice skerry for all day sun bathing, to feel peace during the day....so we have seen more nudes on the rocks then wildlife...

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it´s a beuatifull landscape, but we would recommend to avoid the swedish holiday season...

[kerry]

Very nice.

[Capt Sport]

Beautiful area, thanks for sharing the pics.

[T.Low]

For those of you that don't know, "skerry" is a european term for "rocky outcropping".

How far out do you have to paddle to get to these particular skerrys?

Great pics, thanks.

[grahamfitter]

Off topic: How do you like the Feathercraft K2? I had a good look at an early one years ago but it was in a store and I didn't get the chance to paddle it.

Definitely looks like a great place to paddle. (My parents have and came back raving about it. Their only complaint was their car was broken into sometime during the week or so they left it.)

Cheers,
Graham

[soenke]

T.Low,
the skerrys cluster together, sometimes starting right at the coastline, sometimes 10km offshore...

Graham,
we love to paddle the K2 (compared to the the Klepper foldables Expedition I and the Prion PE Yukon ), it is very stable in rough water and we feel saver with the sea socks. Using a Double instead of the K1 doubles the power and allows one off us to concentrate on something else then the boat while navigation or bird watching...
But its very heavy (we have to unload it to carry it) and preperation takes up to two hours...