While waiting for our friends Matti and Alexia to join Skadi, we decided to stay an extra night on Ulvön. During the day, Jennifer and I took the chance to explore a very small part of the island — about all we could manage in the heat. The view from the old pilot’s house was magnificent, offering a full panorama of Ulvöhamn. In the photos above, you can spot Skadi’s mast — the shortest of all the boats — as ours was actually the smallest sailing boat in the harbour during our stay. We took the easy path up to the pilot’s house and a trail down, which either disappeared or we lost it — so we slowly made our way down through the dense and beautiful forest.
In the well-protected harbour, it’s easy to understand how important Ulvön once was for fishing, which was heavily regulated at the time. The southern island shelters the entire harbour on the northern one — which, according to legend, also gave birth to the delicacy surströmming (fermented herring).
Our last evening on Ulvön was wonderfully calm — a swim in the 22°C water followed by some relaxed conversation in the cabin before turning in for the next morning’s adventure.