A couple of weeks after we had sailed our new boat home to Stockholm, David and I decided to take a trip up to the northern archipelago of Stockholm. It was late August; the summer warmth had faded and it was noticeably cooler when we set off, but we were still excited to do some sailing in new waters.

This summer took an unexpected turn when I went ahead and bought a new, larger sailboat. I had been thinking about upgrading for a while, and the idea of cramming five people into my small Smaragd for a holiday sail just wasn’t very appealing.