After almost a week it was time to say good-bye to Helsinki. We decided to make use of the nice weather and the westerly to get to Tallinn in time to meet Fizz&Joshi. An early start, coffee and tidy-up was all done when i noticed a few hundred meteres after…
We loved Helsinki. In total we spent 5 days at the excellently located Helsinki Marina, a stone-throw away from the city centre. It isn’t a beautiful city but a jumble of eclectic architectural styles, so the overall impression is a bit of a mess but the individual buildings are fascinating.…
A holiday from the boat was called for. We took a bus to a charming old town not far from Helsinki. Porvoo is definitely worth a visit, it has an old city centre where you can wander around for hours (and have very nice food). Incredible heat and sunshine meant…
It took a little longer than expected, as we had to tack for a few hours before we could lay the approach to Helsinki. But hey, perfect weather and the excitement of approaching a city kept us grinning. It was great sailing right to the entrance of the harbour. The…
And another perfect spot for spending a night. Not far from Helsinki we turned off the main route and selected a bay for our overnight stay. It turned out that a rock (small island) inside the bay was perfect for our mooring. A
You don’t get bored sailing through the inner islands as the area gets more and more built-up and you have plenty to look at. Not built-up in a bad way mind you, but almost every island has a number of houses on it and all are different. For the passer-by…
After our gentle journey through the inner archipelago we found a very nice anchorage not far from the main route. The wind dropped to zero and this is what awaited us in the morning 🙂
There seem to be 2 major east-west routes through the archipelago. One runs further south and is mostly outside the islands, the A-road and a more picturesque route through the inside, the B-road. After our fast journey from Sweden, we decided to take he B-roads and gently sail through the…
We are not in a rush but the wind just blows us towards Helsinki. We started off with full sails but soon had to reef down until we finally sailed under reefed genoa alone. Our plan was to get to Hankö harbour and to have our Diesel checked there (white…