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.
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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
105 Rocks – Enklinge – guest harbour
This pleasant guest harbour, where you use your own stern anchor, was very well sheltered from the strong northerlies we had when I was
105 Rocks – Kökar – guest harbour
It’s a somewhat convoluted trail into this harbour on Kökar (ed. note: the harbour is called Karlby, there are two other harbour on the
105 Rocks – Sottunga – guest harbour
In July Sottunga was properly busy. There’s a small harbour to the east and a substantial pontoon to which you tie with the use
105 Rocks – Ängholm
This was my first genuinely off-piste rock and I was dead chuffed with myself for getting to tie to it. I nosed into one
105 Rocks – Svinösund – anchorage
This is just a random bay we anchored in when there was a northerly blowing. A very rare outing for the CQR in the
105 Rocks – Möholm – natural harbour
This is one of the few natural harbours in Finland which is published in the pilots. Looking at the chart you’d not know there