16 SWEDEN


The European Union’s longest coastline


M


uch of Sweden is surrounded by water and the country has the longest coastline


in the European Union, which accommodates over 1,100 marinas, both large and small, that offer a wide range of facilities. The boating market is very well-established in Sweden and if overseas visitors cannot bring their own craft, there are many charter companies to call on. The sailing season in Sweden


runs from July-September and darkness falls for just three hours a day in high Summer, so there is almost constant daylight for cruising from the waters of the Gulf of Bothnia in Swedish Lapland to the Stockholm archipelago and the islands of Finnhamn, Grinda, Utö and Sandhamn, all of which have restaurants, bars and a wealth of outdoor leisure and


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The 130-berth Sune Carlsson Shipyard & Marina at Saltsjöbaden, close to the centre of Stockholm, is a preparation and maintenance centre for a wide variety of leisure boats and the home base for many luxury yachts. Designed to be one of the most advanced marinas in Scandinavia, it was completely rebuilt by Marinetek Sweden in 2011.


sporting activities. There are some 24,000 islands in the Stockholm archipelago, so boat-owners are literally spoiled for choice. Medieval Sweden still exists on


the Baltic island of Gotland, with its perfectly preserved medieval town of Visby, and there are ancient


Viking settlements on the nearby island of Öland. Off the West Coast is an


archipelago of more than 1,000 islands from deserted pink granite islands and skerries to more sophisticated yachting centres such as Marstrand near Gothenburg (see


pages 22-23). A more restful nautical holiday can be found on the Koster Islands nature reserves and the Koster Havet marine national park. Sweden is also home to many


Seafl ex elastic mooring solution for pontoons, wave attenuators and buoys.


innovative companies in the marina construction industry, foremost of which is SF Marina System AB, which offers a full range of marine-related services throughout the whole world. The company has the in-house knowledge and experience to design, manufacture, install and operate marinas, and is a fully-integrated corporation that understands the needs of the marina industry. It produces its own designs of floating concrete pontoons, which have their origin back in the 1920s. SF Marina System is based


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