Tag: harbor pilot

Safe sailing 

2015/02/192021/05/24

Cruising guides for Finland

Posted By: Håkan Mitts Åland, Archipelago sea, Baltic Sea, Featured, guide book, Gulf of Finland, harbor pilot, Sea of Bothnia

Cruising guide book The selection of cruising guides for Finland is very limited. Fortunately there exists one generic guidebook for the Finnish archipelago written by Antti

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Marinas and harbors 

2014/02/102014/02/26

105 Rocks – Mariehamn East – marina

Posted By: Martin Edge 105 Rocks, harbor pilot, marinas in Finland, Martin Edge

English language pilot books are at one with the Rough Planet Guide in describing Mariehamn as a bit of a dump. The reasons given

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Marinas and harbors 

2014/02/102021/01/22

105 Rocks – Kobba Klintar – harbour

Posted By: Martin Edge 105 Rocks, harbor pilot, Martin Edge, natural harbors in Finland

This really tight wee harbour with a rocky entrance is a good jumping off point for Sweden. The potentially dodgy channel is marked, but

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Everything else 

2014/02/092015/02/26

105 Rocks – Martin Edge’s guide to places to tie your boat up

Posted By: Martin Edge 105 Rocks, Featured, guest harbor, harbor pilot, marinas in Finland, Martin Edge, sheltered achorage

  I’ve spent the last two summers (2012 and 2013) cruising the Baltic aboard my wee 27 ft long keeler from Edinburgh in Scotland.

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Marinas and harbors 

2014/02/092021/01/22

105 Rocks – Rödhamn – guest harbour

Posted By: Martin Edge 105 Rocks, Åland, guest harbor, harbor pilot, Martin Edge

Rödhamn is a popular harbour as a first stop in Aland on the way to Mariehamn. It’s well sheltered from most directions. The stern

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