The first anchorage in Finland

Tuesday May 16th - Wednesday June 17th
In the middle of the Baltic Sea
Suomen Leijonan Majakka

We spent a day in Visby. We walked the town, ate in a Restaurant and sampled more ice cream flavors. There was a week to make it to Helsinki and to work. The trip until now seemed to have taken a lot longer than three weeks. So much had happened. The week ahead, on the other hand, seemed like a blink of an eye. 400 nautical miles to go to reach Helsinki.

On Tusday morning we wanted to get started as soon as possible. The wind blew from the west and brought waves to the Harbour. Hamu rocked in her mooring and rubbed against the fenders. She wanted to get going too. Small things can take a lot of time. We managed to lift sails at around 10 AM.

We planned to sail to Utö next. With good wind we could be there the next afternoon.

Night sailing on the Baltic is relaxing. There are no big fishing vessels and the summer night is even shorter. Shifts at the cockpit go fast just looking at the scenery.

We took down the sails and made a turn in the Utö harbor bay. Late in July during the best vacation time Utö is often full. So was it now. We could have tried to become the third boat mooring side by side or put down the anchor. Neither seemed attractive so we went back out. The wind was brisk so we thought we could make it Hiittinen archipelago. The anchorage north from Högsora is famous and always has room. Kings have stayed there.

The kids went to bed before we dropped the anchor. Hamburg VII with us onboard was chained to Finland for the first.

From England to Finland 2013

Hamburg VII 2013