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Frank Hellsten
People 
07.04.201914.02.2025

Interview with Frank Hellsten

Posted By: Håkan Mitts color photography, Helsinki, Interview

Last updated: 14.02.2025 Frank Hellsten has made a big splash recently on Facebook with his colorized sailing and boating photos from Helsinki. The photos

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City hopping eastern Gulf of Finland
Destinations and attractions 
13.07.201717.02.2025

City hopping in the eastern Gulf of Finland

Posted By: Håkan Mitts guest harbor, Gulf of Finland, Helsinki, Kotka, marinas in Finland

For many Finns, boating is about experiencing nature in the archipelago or on the lakes. But there is an other face to boating in Finland: the cities. Here is a one-week itinerary to visit four cities in the eastern Gulf of Finland.

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Stories from Finland 
18.01.201514.02.2025

Viaporin Tuoppi – yacht race for wooden boats

Posted By: Håkan Mitts classic yachts, Featured, Helsinki, sail racing in Finland, Suomenlinna, Viaporin Tuoppi

Viaporin Tuoppi, is the biggest race for wooden yachts in northern Europe. Each year the race collects up towards 200 sailing yacht for a day of yacht racing at the Suomenlinna fortress in the heart of Helsinki.

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People 
15.12.201428.02.2023

ARC Baltic experience, interview with Tina and Richard Exley

Posted By: Håkan Mitts Åland, ARC Baltic Rally, Archipelago sea, Featured, Helsinki, Interview

Last updated: 28.02.2023 The World Crusing Club (of Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, ARC, fame) organized their first Baltic rally in August 2014. I had

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Stories from Finland 
18.08.201414.02.2025

ARC Baltic Rally 2014

Posted By: Håkan Mitts Åland, ARC Baltic Rally, Archipelago sea, Featured, Helsinki, Jurmo

Last updated: 14.02.2025The World Crusing Club (of Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, ARC, fame) has expanded into many new seas and oceans. This year the

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Marinas and harbors 
14.06.201422.01.2021

105 Rocks – Helsingin Moottorivenekerho – marina

Posted By: Martin Edge 105 Rocks, Gulf of Finland, Helsinki, marinas in Finland, Martin Edge

Last updated: 22.01.2021 There’s a few places to moor near the centre of Helsinki and, as you’d expect, a whole load of marinas around

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Everything else 
13.08.201314.02.2025

Helsinki Classic Yacht Week 2013

Posted By: Håkan Mitts classic yachts, Helsinki, Suomenlinna, Viaporin Tuoppi, video

Last updated: 14.02.2025The Helsinki Classic Yacht Week 2013 featured classic, wooden sail and power boats like never before. The center of the week’s activities

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By Gråhara, Jacob Hägg, 1911
Destinations and attractions 
09.12.201214.02.2025

Sailing areas in Finland: The waters around Helsinki

Posted By: Håkan Mitts Featured, Helsinki, Porkkala, sailing areas in Finland

Last updated: 14.02.2025Helsinki, the capital of Finland, is called the “daughter of the Baltic” and for a number of good reasons. The central parts

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24.06.2025 Håkan Mitts Comments Off on 8mR World Cup in Turku 2025

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