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Satamosaari
· Suur-Saimaa · Sarastus · 11 MFinally, the day in July arrived when we were able to sail again. Hopefully such a long break is not becoming a trend. This time we set off on a trip to the four of us to Satamosaari island. Rain was forecast for the evening so the plan was to get back before it.
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Takaruuho
· Suur-Saimaa · Sarastus · 13 MJune came and so did the opportunity to make a sailing trip to Lake Saimaa. We went with my wife and my eldest daughter, who was at home for the first part of the summer. The weather was good all round, and we had the whole day to spare. So we drove to Sarviniemi, from where we continued by boat to Taka-Ruuho.
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Kaito
· Suur-Saimaa · Sarastus · 15 MThe second half of May is a great time to be outdoors: different shades of green take over, almost round-the-clock light, summer temperatures, very few insects, birds singing, etc. This year, on top of all this, the sailing weather is starting to hit its stride. I went out on the water with our eldest daughter, just the two of us, with the idea of choosing a destination based on the actual wind conditions.
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Summer is coming!
On April Fool’s Day I came across various less credible things, but on a neighbour’s pile of soil there was some very credible looking colour again. The temperature was as high as 16°C in our part of the country that is quite an achievement for this time of year. During the winter, like many other households, we have had to keep an eye on our electricity consumption because the new electricity subscription is no longer as cheap as it was in the good old days.
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The Picks of the Season 2023
The sailing season ended months ago, and the snowy winter started very early. The summer was actually the tenth summer we sailed Sarastus on Saimaa, so it could therefore be considered a kind of special season.
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Taka-Ruuho
· Suur-Saimaa · Sarastus · 14 MTwo of our daughters were at home before starting their studies. Over the weekend the weather looked clear, so we decided to take the four of us on a night trip to Ruuhonsaaret islands. The wind forecast was a bit dull, but compared to the rainy July, it seemed like a minor inconvenience.
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Satamosaari
· Suur-Saimaa · Sarastus · 18 MThe first working week was over, and in the weekend we wanted to get out on the water, because our eldest daughter was going to continue her studies on Monday, and she wished to go sailing. We were a bit apprehensive as the winds were forecast to be between 9-16 kn on the Saimaa, but luckily they predicted it would weaken a bit by evening. We chose Satamosaari as our destination, where we could get in tailwind.
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Kaunissaari
· The Gulf of Finland · Sarastus · 15 MTwo of our daughters came home after their summer work ended, and they were hoping to get out on the water with us. So we decided to go sailing on a day without rain. Tuesday looked like a good day otherwise, but a light, variable wind was forecast for the Saimaa. We therefore decided to head out to sea, where the wind speed was forecast to be 6-8 kn.
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Värrätsaari ja Liittokivi
· Suur-Saimaa · Sarastus · 18 MThe summer holiday finally started and gradually the rains eased. As the wind forecast said that the wind would blow from north-northeast, we chose the Sarviniemi ramp as our starting point.
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Ilkonsaaret
· Suur-Saimaa · Sarastus · 20 MI feel a bit ashamed of not starting the sailing season until Midsummer, but sometimes it is just the weather and other pressures combined with other things that throw a spanner in the works. The weather forecast for Midsummer predicted thunderstorms every day, which was a bit discouraging, but we decided to keep an eye on the weather.