This picture was taken before the summer vacation, but I've left the boat in roughly the same spot, a bit outside Gothenburg. Actually, I found it very hard to find anchoring places outside Gothenburg. There are official anchoring places ... but those are for the bigger commercial ships, it doesn't feel quite right to leave my little sailing boat just there. Then there are lots of places where it (according to my seamap) is forbidden to anchor, and quite some places that are quite exposed to the waves. But I digress.
The trip from Gothenburg to Oslo is very beautiful, and it's mostly in sheltered waters - there are some few short distances without shelter, but the very most of the trip will be going between islands or in channels, not so much waves.
I have quite some challenges this weekend - I'm alone with the kids and I also have to do some work - so I really need helping hands. We need to do quite some night sailing, and I also need to sleep. So I may need help with staying awake at the rudder as well as feeding the kids.
My daugther is 4 years old, my son is 7 years old, I also have a 14 years old, but it's uncertain if he will join.
It may be that we will do stops on the way, and it seems unlikely that we will make it to Oslo during only the weekend. I have days off from work Friday, Monday and Tuesday, but the children needs to go to school on those days. The straight-line-distance all the way is 142 nm. There are quite some options though ... from Strömstad there are free or almost-free ferries going to Sandefjord, from Skjærhalden (88 nm straight line distance) there are buses to Oslo, trains from Halden and Fredrikstad, Moss (115 nm straight line) is only one hour train journey from Oslo. If we arrive in Moss late Sunday or night before Monday, I will for sure take the kids directly to school by train Monday morning.
I will provide bed clothes and food, and I may also cover travel expenses if that's what it takes to recruit some crew :-)
The boat is relatively comfortable, it has heating, shower, toilets, cockpit tent (so one can stay dry while navigating), and basically everything one needs ... except, the fridge is broken. It doesn't have many cabins though, you will most likely have to sleep on a sofa in the saloon. If you happen to be two persons I may provide a double bed.
