Anchorage
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 🙂
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A and B roads
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…
Rush
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…
Björkö
And a great place to start our visit to Finland. Björko, a small island in the nature reserve park with a rather scary entry. The map and GPS suggest a snaking in and so it was indeed. The depth was not too clear though. So we sidled very slowly around…
Finland
We have reached Finland – I think. The navigator is not too sure about the country we set foot on (or rather jumped on) as the border between the Alands and Finland is not too clear on the charts. But we think it is Finland anyway, so here we are.…
Making the most of it
We currently have a very handy north-westerly that is blowing us to our goal Helsinki. Perfect wind conditions, the temperature could be improved by a few degrees though. At night the temperature drops to 13 degrees and climbs an amazing 3 degrees during the day. I am so glad we…
Seglinge
What a lovely little harbour. On our way east we made a stop-over at Seglinge in the Alands. We came in rather late but the harbour master directed us to squeeze in between two boats and we were snug & save for the night. The harbour holds about 20 boats…
Going east
After a brief shopping spree at Mariehamn we left to get to our Rendezvous with Fizz&Joshi in Tallinn. We realized that time is of the essence and have decided to make good use of the northerly wind we are currently having. Unfortunately a northerly wind also means a very cold…
Åland
We have arrived at the Åland islands and are currently at the world’s smallest metropolis “Mariehamn”. The Ålands are an autonomous region of Finalnd where the people speak Swedish – seems like a perfectly reasonable set-up to me. Apart from this sensible approach, the Ålanders also have a tax-free deal…
Himmelskär och bränningar
The plan for today was to head a bit further north to an island that would make a good jumping-off point for tomorrow’s Great Sea Crossing, but we were foiled by the wind, which resolutely refused to blow. It particularly refused to blow while we were sitting in the middle…