Sailing & Archipelago Expressions
Skärgården, gästhamn, naturhamn — Swedish summers on the water.
Skärgård sailing at full depth: stern-to mooring with a bergsdubb, kryss and gipp, kulingvarningar respected — en sommar utan plan, the whole point.
- 1
skärgården
the archipelago
Tip: lit. 'the skerry garden' — thirty thousand islands outside Stockholm alone.
- 2
ett skär
a skerry
Tip: lit. the same — a bare rock island.
- 3
en naturhamn
a natural harbour
Tip: lit. the same — a sheltered bay with no facilities.
- 4
en gästhamn
a guest harbour
Tip: lit. the same — with showers, and a fee.
- 5
lägga till med aktern in
to moor stern-first
Tip: lit. the same — the Nordic way.
- 6
kasta ankar
to drop anchor
Tip: lit. 'throw anchor'.
- 7
en förtöjning
a mooring line
Tip: lit. the same.
- 8
kasta loss
to cast off
Tip: lit. 'throw loose'.
- 9
medvind
a following wind
Tip: lit. 'with-wind' — also figurative for things going well.
- 10
motvind
a headwind
Tip: lit. 'against-wind' — figuratively, a rough patch.
- 11
kryssa
to tack
Tip: lit. 'to cross' — zigzagging against the wind.
- 12
göra en gipp
to gybe
Tip: lit. the same.
- 13
reva seglet
to reef the sail
Tip: lit. the same — when it gets windy.
- 14
bommen
the boom
Tip: lit. the same — mind your head.
- 15
babord och styrbord
port and starboard
Tip: lit. the same.
- 16
det mojnade helt
the wind died completely
Tip: lit. 'it calmed completely'.
- 17
gå för motor sista biten
to motor the last stretch
Tip: lit. the same — nobody admits it.
- 18
vara sjösjuk
to be seasick
Tip: lit. 'be sea-sick'.
- 19
flytväst på alla
a life jacket for everyone
Tip: lit. the same.
- 20
gå på grund
to run aground
Tip: lit. 'go on shallow' — also figurative for a plan failing.
- 21
ett sjökort
a nautical chart
Tip: lit. 'a sea card'.
- 22
båtsäsongen
the boat season
Tip: lit. the same — May to September, optimistically.
- 23
sjösätta båten
to launch the boat
Tip: lit. 'sea-set the boat'.
- 24
ta upp båten
to lift it out for winter
Tip: lit. 'take the boat up'.
- 25
en båt är ett hål i vattnet
a boat is a hole in the water
Tip: lit. the same — that you throw money into.
- 26
bada från båten
to swim off the boat
Tip: lit. the same.
- 27
inget slår en stilla kväll för ankar
nothing beats a calm evening at anchor
Tip: lit. the same.
- 28
en förtöjningsboj
a mooring buoy
Tip: lit. the same.
- 29
ett bogankare
a bow anchor
Tip: lit. the same.
- 30
en akterlina i land
a stern line ashore
Tip: lit. the same — how you moor to a rock.
- 31
en bergsdubb
an iron spike in the rock
Tip: lit. the same — for tying up.
- 32
en fender
a fender
Tip: lit. the same.
- 33
hänga ut fendrarna
to hang the fenders out
Tip: lit. the same — before you come alongside.
- 34
en farled
a fairway
Tip: lit. the same.
- 35
en utmärkt led
a marked channel
Tip: lit. the same.
- 36
grönt märke om styrbord
a green mark to starboard
Tip: lit. the same — heading in.
- 37
ett grund
a shallow patch
Tip: lit. the same — marked on the chart.
- 38
loda djupet
to sound the depth
Tip: lit. the same.
- 39
en plotter
a plotter
Tip: lit. the same.
- 40
sjökortet är gammalt
the chart is out of date
Tip: lit. the same.
- 41
grunden flyttar sig inte
the rocks don't move
Tip: lit. the same — but the buoys do.
- 42
en kulingvarning
a gale warning
Tip: lit. the same.
- 43
ligga kvar i hamn
to stay in harbour
Tip: lit. the same — the seamanlike choice.
- 44
ett väderfönster
a weather window
Tip: lit. the same.
- 45
gå i gryningen
to leave at dawn
Tip: lit. the same — before the wind builds.
- 46
skärgårdsbåten
the archipelago boat
Tip: lit. the same — the public ferry.
- 47
en sommar utan plan
a summer with no plan
Tip: lit. the same — the point of the whole thing.