Second Wind

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Home Page of Second Wind

This site is the virtual home of the sailboat Second Wind, our Hallberg-Rassy 54. Second Wind was delivered in 2007 to us at the Hallberg-Rassy factory in Sweden, and we spent the summers of 2007 through 2009 exploring the Baltic and Scandinavia.

In 2010, we finally leave Scandinavia and end the season somewhere else. We'll spend most of the 2010 season in the United Kingdom. Our eventual destination is the Mediterranean, but we won't get that far this year. You can see our itinerary for 2010 by following the link for Cruising above or by clicking here.

At anchor near Nynashamn

 Travels so far with Second Wind

The chart above shows a summary of our travels so far with Second Wind, including this year's plans.

You can also see the travels of Swept Away, our Hallberg-Rassy 46. Swept Away took us from Sweden to Amsterdam, rejoined us in Spain and carried us across the Mediterranean Sea from 2000 to 2005.

Latest News:

Most recent update: August 25, 2010

Here are some pages from this season:
Shetland Islands
Birds and more in Shetland
Orkney Islands
Inverness and Great Glen
Caledonian Canal
CCC Centenary Cruise
West Coast
Belfast and Vicinity

Here's our weather:

Weather Forecast

And here are our weekly letters to home. For those of you who want to see what we're eating, check out our blog about food and travel.

We send letters back to family every Sunday, just like we're at camp. The letters cover our life aboard and span more than just our sightseeing. Here's the list from 2010.

May 9, 2010 (in Lillesand, Norway)
May 16, 2010 (in Mandal, Norway)
May 23, 2010 (in Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland)
May 31, 2010 (in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland)
June 6, 2010 (still in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands)
June 13, 2010 (in Inverness, Scotland)
June 20, 2010 (heading to the Caledonian Canal, Inverness, Scotland)
June 27, 2010 (in Oban, Scotland)
July 4, 2010 (in Craobh Haven, Scotland)
July 11, 2010 (in Ardfern, Scotland)
July 18, 2010 (in Ardfern, Scotland)
July 26, 2010 (in Tobermory, Scotland)
August 1, 2010 (in Ardfern, Scotland)
August 8, 2010 (in Bangor, Northern Ireland)
August 15, 2010 (in Peel, Isle of Man)
August 24, 2010 (in Plymouth, England)

Haven't seen enough? You can read the archives from 2009, 2008 and 2007.