Sweden to the Mediterranean.
Single-handed.
- Vessel
- S/Y Gabriel
- Marieholm 32E · 1974
- Passage
- Sweden → Med
- via Kiel + North Sea
- Distance
- ≈ 3,000 nm
- Mostly open water
- Crew
- Single-handed
- One pair of hands
Six legs. One pair of hands.
Fagervik to Port Lympia, single-handed across the season. Each waypoint was a refit, a repair or a sea-trial.
- Distance
- ≈ 3,000 nm
- Datum
- WGS-84
- Crew
- Single-handed
In April 2023 the boat was bought in Fagervik. Three weeks to strip the hull to gelcoat, three layers of epoxy primer, two of silicone antifouling. The mast was installed twice — the first attempt taught the second. Then the passage began.
One pair of hands. Three thousand miles of open water.
Sweden → North Sea → Atlantic France → Mediterranean
Sweden — the Gulf of Bothnia & the archipelagos
Out of Fagervik, down the Swedish coast through the islands of the Stockholm and Gothenburg archipelagos. Slightly salty water, long daylight, learning the boat under sail.
Denmark & the Kiel Canal
Through Danish waters and onto the Kiel Canal. Different waters, different traffic, the boat's first commercial-canal locks.
The North Sea & Holland
From Brunsbüttel into the North Sea, single-handed to Borkum in Germany, then into the Dutch canals. Cold-water passage, saltier water, the autopilot earning its keep.
France & the Mediterranean
Down the Atlantic coast of France, into the Med — aggressive water and a different sea state again. The journey continues toward Greece, with Port Lympia as the working base.
Specified by the hands that carry it.
The work she carries was specified, fitted, wired and sea-tested by the same hands now working on the Riviera. The journey isn't a hobby — it is the credential.
- Raymarine Axiom 12 multifunction display
- Raymarine Evolution Tiller P70 autopilot
- Raymarine AIS 700
- Italwinch 1500 W electric anchor winch + 50 m × 8 mm chain
