Posts Tagged ‘sailing’
Walking on water
Well mostly biking on water… or ice actually. Turned out the weather was great on Valentine’s day 09 so after a 12 hour night shift  I decided to get the bikes out and go biking on lake Mälaren. About half of Stockholm decided to show up too, there were people skating, ice sailing, riding quads and motorbikes, pushing prams and so on… The feeling is really incredible…me, my girlfriend, 2 bikes, 2 dslrs and solid ice as far as the eye can see. It’s been a real long while since i felt that free.
I always wanted to try sailing on ice. Apparently they use the same mast and sail that you use on regular small sailing boats so I guess you just swap the hull out depending on the season. I’ve seen these “boats” go pretty fast, i’ve heard that on windy days they can easily reach 100km/h – seems logical enough seen as though friction between the blades and the ice is pretty minimal.
Here are a few photos:
