Stockholm waiting!

So, we have left Marstrand behind. We had a great, but very intense stopover! Boats coming in early, early morning on Thursday, which meant more or less no sleep that night... We then had a couple of days with rain and strong wind, but for the weekend the sun came out and we had two great days! Yesterday we saw the boats off to Stockholm. I was on the Ostindiefararen Gotheborg and helped out with the start gun. It was a great start with a lot of people out in smaller motorboats and lots of people on the rocks watching from the shore. The boats left and all looked good until we heard reports of Telefonica Blue had hit a rock. They sat on the rock for two hours before they got help to get off the rock and back to shore. They will not sail this leg and the fight for the second place is probably over... It's really a shame as we had hoped for Telefonica Blue and Puma to put up a good show now at the end of the race as there is only one point between them on the score board! Poor Bowe Bekking, the skipper. His boat Moviestar sank last race in the Atlantic and now it looks like the fight is over again before the race is over. They are currently asessing the damages to the boat and hopefully they will get to Stockholm, but they were not too optimistic about it yesterday.
For me, I'm in the apartment and did three machines of laundry yesterday when I got home and are now going to try to repack to get the train to Stockholm this afternoon and arrive around 18. I'm usually in the Volvo Pavilion all days, or around Race Village, so come and visit! I'm leaving for St Petersburg next Thursday morning, so I have more than a week in Stockholm which feels good! Hope to see you soon!

Another day in the office...

Finally we moved out to Marstrand! The days after I came back from Galway has been hectic, but it feels very good to be on site. We spent most of the day yesterday working in the backyard of where Linda and Ebba stays and it worked very good! We got a lot done! I just had breakfast on the balcony of where I'm staying overlooking Grand Hotel and the harbour. Not too bad of an view in morning sun. So, time for a walk around the island and then work for the rest of the day.
The boats are on their way and are estimated to arrive on Thursday afternoon as the winds are to be light when they are getting nearer Sweden. It's gonna be amazing to see the fleet docked at Marstrand!