s/y Embla

Cruises

2006	Skagerak, Kategat, The Belts, SW Baltic. 1100 nm. Winter harbour: Goteborg
2007	First trip: Around England, Ireland, Scotland      Second trip: Goteborg - Galicia, Spain   3910 nm. Winter harbour: Viveiro
2008	Galicia, Portugal, Gibraltar, Baleares, Valencia   1778 nm.    Winter harbour: Cartagena
2009	The Baleares, Sardinia, Tunisia, Pantelleria, Malta, Sicily, south Italy, Ionian Islands, Peloponnesos, Crete, Turkey. 2537 nm. Winter harbour: Finike

Winter in Cartagena

Statistically it was a cold winter but for a Swede the winter never arrived	Together with another Swedish boat we arranged a Swedish Christmas Party for our neighbours	The Carneval was one of the many good memories

Sardinia

The south tip of Sardinia	One of the gates in the old wall around Catania	Old Roman caves

Tunisia

The Medina in Bizerte	The ruins of Carthago were impressive	We had a pleasant stay in the small fishing harbour of Kelibia

Malta

Entrance to the marina	Fort St Angelo resisted besiege of 40000 Turks for four months	We anchored in the Blue Lagoon

Sicily

One of the many beatiful houses in Syracuse	The Apollo Temple in Syracuse	Sunset outside Etna

Ionian Islands

We had good winds on the crossing from Italy with some waves breaking over our deck. In the morning we found this squid	We spent most of the time at anchor in a protected bay	Dinner was often enjoyed in a Taverna. Often a free ouzu was served after the meal.

Peloponnesos

The gate to the original Olympic arena. We of course tried the track but the results were not impressive	A typical main road	The Turkish/Egyptian fleet of 78 vessels was destroyed in this bay in 1827 which led to fredom for the Greeks.

Crete

Knossos was a "must see"	The walk through the Samaria Gorge took us almost five hours	All the harbours we visited had tourist restaurants along the quays