A long, but beautiful sailing day. 62 with much better weather than expected. At times we had some strong gusts but at all managable. The harbour entry however was exciting, as we had 3,4 depth BEFORE we came into the harbour. But, all was well and we were greeted by…
In total, I spent a whole week in Riga and it was great. Very hot, very humid and very beautiful. The old town is a Baltc pearl and it was a pleasure to have the harbour just around the corner. Of course it is touristy, but the many beautiful buildings…
I am still in Riga and I am loving it. After having walked the length and breadth of the old town by now, we took a bus to the ethnographic open air museum. Various buildings from different parts of Latvia have been transferred to this lovely spot. The houses, farmsteads…
After three weeks of lonliness, I have guests on Akka. It is so nice! On the downside, they have chosen a rather bad spell of weather. We had a wonderful warm/hot summer day to stroll through Riga, but it will be over this afternoon/tomorrow. According to the forecast, the rain…
A tropical night here with a temperature of 20 degrees. I used the warm night for a walk.
We made it to Riga! Very happy to be here. I am really looking forward to some culture & cappucinos and company. Yesterday was a very pleasant sail, despite having the wind head on – of course. But the wind shifted slowly to a more northerly direction so that I…
Latvia does not have a big yacht infrastructure and the geography of the coast does not lend itself to anchroages and sheltered bays. This means that you have to hop from harbour to harbour. The distances can be quite long. Especially if you are a lucky guy like me who…
Ventspils is an odd mixture of a huge industrial port, some lovely old wooden Baltic houses and a post-Soviet flair. The town leaders put in obviously big efforts to make the town attractive to visitors. There are big parks, a nice premanade along the river Venta, and a spotless apperance.…
I made it to Ventspils in Latvia. In total it was 92 nm and apart from the lack of wind at the end, it was very nice&easy. I could lay Ventspils from Slite in one tack. Most of the time hard on the wind, sometimes I could ease off a…
I had the best intentions for Ventspils. Got up, got ready and left. And it looked good to begin with. There was wind as predicted, the fog was not too bad and I was making progress into the right direction. But then things changed. The wind slowed down and came…