Lady Hamilton 2019

BYXELKROK

Day 80  Tuesday, 20^th August 2019

We stayed in this small harbour as the forecast was for very strong southerly winds and we couldn’t face going into the waves for 8 hours all the way to Kalmar.  So instead I catch up with washing the sheets and towels.  I have to ask the Harbour Master to show me how the huge washing machines work – and then I can’t post 10 SEK in the slot for the tumble dryer – he must be very fed up with me!  The laundry should last us through to Fehmarn!

We spoke to the next yacht: they’re are both Swedes but have lived in the USA for 30 years, so that’s why they’re flying a USA flag!  They lived in New York when the husband was working and have retired to Florida.  The come over every summer to sail in their yacht and visit friends and family. Her brother lives in Byxelkrok as his wife comes from here. They leave their boat during the winter in Farjestaden (the biggest town in Oland with 6,000 inhabitants), just over the bridge from Kalmar, and then hire a car to visit friends in Gothenburg. 

We didn’t go for the intended walk as it rains on and off in the afternoon – so a very lazy day.  We walk round the harbour before lunch to take a photo of our boat.  Byxelkrok is extending the piers over a 3 year period, starting this year.

Byxelkrok doesn’t have a lot to offer.  The ferry from Oskarshamn comes in about 11 am and leaves at 5 pm and the visitors wander up and down the former fishing huts – full of tacky souvenirs, restaurants, bars and icecream sellers.  Most of them are closed as it’s the end of the season.