We checked it at the Old City Marina in Tallinn and to my surprise only an hour later the harbour displayed the Austrian flag, indicating that an Austrian visitor is here. This is the first time this has happened to Akka! May thanks for the honour!
It is always exciting to approach a new harbour and it is even more exciting to do it in a busy ferry harbour like Tallinn. Huge “Gemeindebauten” (Ships the size of tower blocks) come and go and you have to wait your turn to enter the harbour. Apparently there are…
We have reached Estonia! And we did it in style and under blue skies.
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…