Last updated: 14.02.2025 This really tight wee harbour with a rocky entrance is a good jumping off point for Sweden. The potentially dodgy channel
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105 Rocks – Martin Edge’s guide to places to tie your boat up
Last updated: 26.02.2015 I’ve spent the last two summers (2012 and 2013) cruising the Baltic aboard my wee 27 ft long keeler from Edinburgh
105 Rocks – Rödhamn – guest harbour
Last updated: 02.03.2026 Rödhamn is a popular harbour as a first stop in Aland on the way to Mariehamn. It’s well sheltered from most
Crossing the ocean
Last updated: 29.08.2013As I prepared to leave Enklinge in the morning a Swedish bloke on the next boat asked nervously “Are you crossing the
Harm Done and Ill-Effects
Last updated: 28.08.2013There was another strong north westerly as I sailed off under just the jib towards Mariehamn. An Australian of my acquaintance who was
Cleats and Saunas
Last updated: 15.07.2023The next day I was invited to Håkan Mitts’ summer cottage and with a fine 10m/s breeze I sailed on a random
Mosquitoes and Midges
Last updated: 27.08.2013I did well to survive my night on Västerön. Late in the evening that I was there I discovered who’s evil alien lair
The quest for a rock
Last updated: 17.02.2025From Mariehamn I passed through the Lemström bridge which, to the considerable annoyance of a boat motoring busily at it from the east,
Interview with Martin Edge, skipper of Zophiel
Last updated: 14.02.2025It is my great pleasure to introduce a new guest blogger here on Sail in Finland. The guest blogger is professor Martin
The bare essentials of Finnish sailing
The most striking thing to a British person about the Finns in summer – apart, of course, from their obsession with saunas – is their footwear.