Höga Kusten – Impressions
63° 17.2'N. This is the northernmost point SY Blue Layla has ever visited – and it can hardly get any more beautiful than here, on the Höga Kusten. This seems also to be the general opinion in Sweden, where Trysunda (see photos) has been declared the most beautiful island in the country (“Sveriges vackraste ö”) several times.
Above: A panel depicting herring grounds that were gradually fished to produce surströmming – essential ship provisions in earlier times. Unfortunately, opening tins of surströmming (see below) is prohibited on board SY Blue Layla for olfactory reasons. Below: ancient sealskin fishing gloves.
From Trysunda (see above) we sail at sunrise, past the island of Skrubban (see below) to Bönhamn on the mainland coast (further below) – according to the current crew opinion the most beautiful harbor of the Höga Kusten:
