The steam ship St Erik bringing our guests from Gothenburg after our wedding to Marstrand
Jennifer boarding after a our wedding. Claes Bourghardt behind
Birgitta Kjellgren (now married to) Lars Lind and Louis Hamming (head of Vitters yard that built Adele
The music was entertaining us
My cousins on St Erik
Leaving Gothenburg
Having lunch on board St Erik. Lisa and Jan Cederberg closest to the camera and then Ingrid Bruce, Lars Lind and Lars Bruce
Marstrand is dominated by the fortress of Carlsten ... and the masts of Adele
Approaching Marstrand and Adele
Adele
Nick Jeffrey with ladies
Welcoming on the quai
Crowded in front of Adele
The champagne being served
Afternoon tidbits
Ingela to the right of me
The cockpit of Adele. Andre Hoek, the naval architect to the left
We had to moor Adele a few metres outside the quay, as it wasn't deep enough next to it.
Resting in the bow
Andre Engblom, the captain helping a guest to get off Adele
A paroud owner stepping off his yacht
Jennifer surrounded by mother and daughter Kjellgren, Birgitta and Helena
Alison and Simon Hayes with my daughters Ulrika and Catharina
Lisa and Jan Cederberg to the right
Anna-Karin Nilsson, Barbro and Tofte Marlind and Sven-Erik Nilsson
Bertil Hult with his wife Lisbeth. They later built Erika, a sloop, also designed by Andre Hoek
Gunnar and Nina Gillberg
Erik and Cia Elm. Cia is the daughter of Brigitta
Tore Robertson with daughter
Guests aboard and on the quay
A speech at the Christening
The attraption that held the champagne bottle broke, when Jennifer first tried to christen her.
But Jennifer very resolute went aboard and grabbed a bottle of champagne and smashed in on the railing.
And now she was properly christened
And happy owners went back to the sound of the drums
The masts of Adele shooting up behind the town church
While we all partied at Societen, Adele rested and prepared for the next day of receiving guests again
At Societeten the celebration party was prepared
The guests had arrived
Giving another of our many speeces
Giving a toast after Katharina Sahlen had helped us with the snaps song
Musicians entertaining
Jan Vitters (that built Adele) with Jennifer and Lars Lind (our best man)
Angela Browning and I
Christhonee (Onneth) Odtohan (one of my previous scholars and now a medical doctor) giving a speech that didn't left a dry eye among the audience
Ulrika and Susanne gave Pappa a pirate hat
Fireworks outside the restaurant
Jennifer and I watching
Together with lots of other people, guests, inhabitants and visitors
Fireworks outside the restaurant
The fireworks seen from behind Adele
Singers performing
...and guests dancing
The next day it was time for sailing with some of our guests
We showed our sailing route on the chart
The weather was nice
Onneth and Demetrio with me at the forepeak
And resting on the aft deck
Enjoying the sail
Stopping at Lilla Korno
where the guests got prawns in paper bags
I took Adele out the narrow harbour
Tied up at Smogen
Passing Gullhomen. From left: Magnus, Nunne Bernadotte, Claes Bourghardt and Susanne
In the narrow sounds near Gullholmen
At Karingon
Waiting for lunch at Karingon
Getting ready to depart
Hoisting the anchor
Visitors coming to say hello!
Under way
Under way
BBQ at Hallo. The guests were given their own BBQ equipment
Evening at Hallo.
Getting ready to go back to Smogen
The christening of Adèle took place the day after our wedding. 230 persons had accepted our invitations to come to Marstrand for two days of celebrations, the 4th and 5th of August. We started in Gothenburg, where we boarded a steam ship, St Erik, that took us to Marstrand through the archipelago north of Gothenburg.
The christening itself took place at the Marstrand harbour on the afternoon of the 4th. In the evening we had a dinner for everyone at Sociteten and late at night we offered a “vickning” (a late night meal) at Marstrands Värdshus. The day after we had a lunch at Carlsten’s Fästning (The Fortress of Carlsten).
After those two days we sailed with friends. On the 5th and 6th of August we sailed first from Marstrand to Smögen with 50 guests aboard. We stopped for a walk on the island of Lilla Kornö and served prawns (in a paper bag). In the evening most of our guests stayed at a hotel in Smögen and we brought the guests to the island of Hållö for a dinner on the skerries. Our friends were given portable BBQs and had to prepare the BBQ dinners themselves on the rocks.
After several days of partying it was time for a short overhaul of Adele before we went sailing again. Read and see the pictures of our further adventures aboard Adèle on our tab about Adèle.
The next family adventure on this tab is from 2007, when Jennifer and I stepped ashore again and sold Adèle after two years of sailing.
