Guests staying at Mariehäll in Utö may (at the time of this writing) rent a small motorboat, with which the northern coast of Utö can be seen from the water.
I have taken some photos of the stretch of water from Gruvbryggan to Näsudden, which I will share with you here.
If you are interested in touring the island by small open motorboat, you should know that the waves are very large on the eastern coast, so you cannot go there, and you will not want to venture past Näsudden towards the West.
I have taken some photos of the stretch of water from Gruvbryggan to Näsudden, which I will share with you here.
If you are interested in touring the island by small open motorboat, you should know that the waves are very large on the eastern coast, so you cannot go there, and you will not want to venture past Näsudden towards the West.
To help you get an idea of the locations mentioned in this entry, here is a map that I made, based on a scanned image of the 2007 Båtsportkort (that I removed all but the shorelines):
Standing on the island of St. Persholmen, you can have an unobstructed view southwest down Bodsundet all the way to the church at Kyrkviken:
An amusing story, and some useful advice if you rent the blue boat (the photo below is the smaller, red boat) while staying at Mariehäll:
I was getting ready to take the boat out one morning, and when I tried pulling on the starter cord, it would not move! In the past, I have had this happen when the cord got wrapped incorrectly around the winding coil when it came back after a pull.
So, I opened up the top casing of the engine with the aim of untangling the cord. Surprise! Not only was the engine meticulously maintained and in perfect condition, but the cord was wrapped back on its coil normally.
So, seeing that nothing was out of the order, I left well enough alone (my rule is always: don't touch anything unless you know what you are doing) and closed the case, trying to thing of what might be causing the starter cord to block.
Well! At that very instant, who did I see, but none other than Göran walking down the dock towards his boat! I could only imagine what must have been running through his mind at that moment, as he saw someone he hardly knew open up his motorboat engine!
I explained the problem of the blocked cord, and he immediately told me that this motor has a security feature whereas it will not allow you to pull the cord if the throttle is too high. So, he pulled back the throttle, and...well, it worked.
Feeling like an idiot, I was glad to finally be able to cast off and go for a little tour and thankful that he was not too upset about witnessing his motor being opened up like that...
Here is a panoramic view (click here for a bigger version) of Bodsundet taken from the path leading from the road benieth Mariehäll to their docks (aptly named "Torhamn", which I assume is a reference to the bay of the same name in Karlskrona - one of my favorite places in Sweden - but I'll have to ask next time...):
The docks themselves (Torhamn) look like this (you can see the red boat to the right, and the blue boat to the left:
Once on the water, you can see Mariehäll, up on the hill (it is to the left of the larger red house). If you can see the flag pole, looking just behind it you can see the kitchen windows:
And (well, this is ryan-anderson.com after all :) ) here is myself, having fun on the blue boat. Technically, it is a 4.27m Monark boat. This boat is rated to be able to hold up to 6 adults, just for information:
I was trying to find the best way of presenting the strait here, and I thing I will just start from Näsuddensbrygga and work my way up to Gruvbryggan.
Here is a photo of Näsuddensbrygga:
Just a bit further into the straits, looking to the left you have Edudden:
Which is right behind the little rocky island in Kyrkviken, caled Bredkobben:
The most obvious landmark in Kyrkviken is, of course, the church:
And just next to the church is Sprängabrygga:
Passing by Torhamn, farther up Bodsundet, you can see some horses, on the island of Angsholmarna:
On the other side of Bodsundet, directly opposed to Länsman, by these horses is the hillsite of the Northwestern coast of Utö called Skaftängsbergen:
Farther up Bodsundet is a narowing of the strait, between the island of St. Persholmen and Utö:
A closer view of the bridge:
Once on the other side, you have a nice view of many beautiful yachts:
You are now in the heart of Gästhamn! I will reserve space for an entry on this later, so we will continue the journey up to the gas station:
You can just dock alongside the pumps and a nice man will come out and help you fill up. the little shop sells some things as well, such as navigational charts of the islands.
Standing on the island of St. Persholmen, you can have an unobstructed view southwest down Bodsundet all the way to the church at Kyrkviken:An amusing story, and some useful advice if you rent the blue boat (the photo below is the smaller, red boat) while staying at Mariehäll: I was getting ready to take the boat out one morning, and when I tried pulling on the starter cord, it would not move! In the past, I have had this happen when the cord got wrapped incorrectly around the winding coil when it came back after a pull. So, I opened up the top casing of the engine with the aim of untangling the cord. Surprise! Not only was the engine meticulously maintained and in perfect condition, but the cord was wrapped back on its coil normally.
So, seeing that nothing was out of the order, I left well enough alone (my rule is always: don't touch anything unless you know what you are doing) and closed the case, trying to thing of what might be causing the starter cord to block.
Well! At that very instant, who did I see, but none other than Göran walking down the dock towards his boat! I could only imagine what must have been running through his mind at that moment, as he saw someone he hardly knew open up his motorboat engine!
I explained the problem of the blocked cord, and he immediately told me that this motor has a security feature whereas it will not allow you to pull the cord if the throttle is too high. So, he pulled back the throttle, and...well, it worked.
Feeling like an idiot, I was glad to finally be able to cast off and go for a little tour and thankful that he was not too upset about witnessing his motor being opened up like that...
Here is a panoramic view (click here for a bigger version) of Bodsundet taken from the path leading from the road benieth Mariehäll to their docks (aptly named "Torhamn", which I assume is a reference to the bay of the same name in Karlskrona - one of my favorite places in Sweden - but I'll have to ask next time...):
The docks themselves (Torhamn) look like this (you can see the red boat to the right, and the blue boat to the left:Once on the water, you can see Mariehäll, up on the hill (it is to the left of the larger red house). If you can see the flag pole, looking just behind it you can see the kitchen windows:And (well, this is ryan-anderson.com after all :) ) here is myself, having fun on the blue boat. Technically, it is a 4.27m Monark boat. This boat is rated to be able to hold up to 6 adults, just for information: I was trying to find the best way of presenting the strait here, and I thing I will just start from Näsuddensbrygga and work my way up to Gruvbryggan.Here is a photo of Näsuddensbrygga:
Just a bit further into the straits, looking to the left you have Edudden:Which is right behind the little rocky island in Kyrkviken, caled Bredkobben:
The most obvious landmark in Kyrkviken is, of course, the church:
And just next to the church is Sprängabrygga:
Passing by Torhamn, farther up Bodsundet, you can see some horses, on the island of Angsholmarna:On the other side of Bodsundet, directly opposed to Länsman, by these horses is the hillsite of the Northwestern coast of Utö called Skaftängsbergen:Farther up Bodsundet is a narowing of the strait, between the island of St. Persholmen and Utö:
A closer view of the bridge:Once on the other side, you have a nice view of many beautiful yachts:
You are now in the heart of Gästhamn! I will reserve space for an entry on this later, so we will continue the journey up to the gas station:You can just dock alongside the pumps and a nice man will come out and help you fill up. the little shop sells some things as well, such as navigational charts of the islands.
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