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I arrived here on the way back from the Russian border and in pleasant, calm conditions it was a great

Marinas and harbors

105 Rocks – Haapasaari – guest harbour

2014/06/172016/10/31 Martin Edge 105 Rocks, border control, guest harbor, Gulf of Finland, Martin Edge

As well as the ridiculous number of spare ‘A’s, this is one of the two border points for heading to

Marinas and harbors

105 Rocks – Kaunissaari – guest harbour

2014/06/172016/11/01 Martin Edge 105 Rocks, guest harbor, Gulf of Finland, Martin Edge

This is a pleasant, sandy island with a twee village, nice walks and a proper guest harbour with reasonable berthing

Marinas and harbors

105 Rocks – Lillfjärden – natural harbour

2014/06/142014/06/17 Martin Edge 105 Rocks, Gulf of Finland, Martin Edge, natural harbors in Finland

This is another free nature reserve harbour with stern buoys. There’s not many spaces and you’ll have to squeeze around

Marinas and harbors

105 Rocks – Bockhamn – natural harbour

2014/06/142016/11/01 Martin Edge 105 Rocks, Gulf of Finland, Martin Edge, natural harbors in Finland

Bockhamn is a wee, free, nature reserve quay, with stern buoys, in a beautifully sheltered round bay. The entrance

Marinas and harbors

105 Rocks – Helsingin Moottorivenekerho – marina

2014/06/142016/11/01 Martin Edge 105 Rocks, Gulf of Finland, Helsinki, marinas in Finland, Martin Edge

There’s a few places to moor near the centre of Helsinki and, as you’d expect, a whole load of marinas

Marinas and harbors

105 Rocks – Stora Brändö – natural harbour

2014/06/112015/03/30 Martin Edge 105 Rocks, Gulf of Finland, Martin Edge, natural harbors in Finland

This is a free, nature reserve harbour with a pontoon to tie to the outside of with the use of

Marinas and harbors

105 Rocks – Elisaari – guest harbour

2014/06/112016/11/01 Håkan Mitts 105 Rocks, guest harbor, Gulf of Finland, Martin Edge

This is a ridiculously sheltered harbour on an island owned by the City of Helsinki, up a stupidly narrow, reedy

Marinas and harbors

105 Rocks – Jussarö – guest harbour

2014/06/112016/11/01 Martin Edge 105 Rocks, guest harbor, Gulf of Finland, Martin Edge

This is a small guest harbour with stern buoy moorings which got very full when I arrived there, picking my

Marinas and harbors

105 Rocks – Modermagan – natural harbour

2014/05/102016/11/01 Martin Edge 105 Rocks, Gulf of Finland, Martin Edge, natural harbors in Finland

It was blowing a force 6 from the south west when I entered the perfectly sheltered bay at Moderrmagan but,

Marinas and harbors

105 Rocks – Hanko/Hangö – marina

2014/05/102014/05/10 Martin Edge 105 Rocks, Gulf of Finland, marinas in Finland, Martin Edge

Hanko is, in a sense, the exact opposite of Mariehamn. All the published sources go on about its great attractions

Marinas and harbors

105 Rocks – Rosala – guest harbour

2014/05/102014/05/14 Martin Edge 105 Rocks, Archipelago sea, guest harbor, Martin Edge

I was in Rosala a couple of times. Even in late June it was starting to get popular and by

Marinas and harbors

105 Rocks – Helsingholm – guest harbour

2014/05/102014/12/11 Martin Edge 105 Rocks, Archipelago sea, Featured, Martin Edge

Helsingholm was very busy in July, but I managed to find a wee spot amongst the motorboats, inshore of most

Marinas and harbors

105 Rocks – Birsskär – guest harbour

2014/05/022014/05/10 Martin Edge 105 Rocks, Archipelago sea, guest harbor, Martin Edge

This is a pleasant guest quay on a nature reserve island. It’s free, as far as I could tell (ed.

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