This is a small guest harbour with stern buoy moorings which got very full when I arrived there, picking my way in poor vis
Marinas and harbors
The sailing locations and harbours.
105 Rocks – Modermagan – natural harbour
It was blowing a force 6 from the south west when I entered the perfectly sheltered bay at Moderrmagan but, from my rock amongst
105 Rocks – Hanko/Hangö – marina
Hanko is, in a sense, the exact opposite of Mariehamn. All the published sources go on about its great attractions as a town and
105 Rocks – Rosala – guest harbour
I was in Rosala a couple of times. Even in late June it was starting to get popular and by mid July it was
105 Rocks – Helsingholm – guest harbour
Helsingholm was very busy in July, but I managed to find a wee spot amongst the motorboats, inshore of most of the yachts, where
105 Rocks – Birsskär – guest harbour
This is a pleasant guest quay on a nature reserve island. It’s free, as far as I could tell (ed. note: actually there at
105 Rocks – Glosan – natural harbour
This was a genuinely off-piste rock on which I spent a very pleasant and quiet night, but not one that I’d recommend terribly much.
105 Rocks – Nagu – marina
Ed. note: Martin seems to have been guided to the Nagu Yacht Club which is used in “overload” situations, the red arrow indicates the
105 Rocks – Boskär – anchorage
This one’s a bit of a cheat, as I didn’t actually stay here. I did however go ashore, albeit briefly. I found reference to
105 Rocks – Björkö – natural harbour
This was an early introduction for me to tying up to Finnish rocks and, despite the apparently idyllic setting, it was a salutary lesson
105 Rocks – Västerön – natural harbour
This was a properly off-piste rock wot I found. It’d be crap in any sort of northerly, but was very pleasant in the south
105 Rocks – Parattula – guest harbour
I fled here when a north westerly gale was forecast and it’s hard to imagine a more sheltered marina. Even before the approach you
105 Rocks – Jungfruskär – harbour
I was here a couple of times. By coincidence it was exactly a year apart, on 12th July 2012 and 12th July 2013. The
105 Rocks – Lappo – guest harbour
Lappo was well enough sheltered from the north west really, and there’s stern buoys to