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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.
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Shades of yellow
This spring, we had to wait a little longer than usual for the coltsfoots, as cold temperatures only started to ease around Easter. Finally, the hope of summer and a new boating season emerged.
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The Picks of the Season 2022
Despite the turbulence in the world over the past year, the sailing season was nothing to complain about. However, we have got a new large dog, which limited our sailing somewhat, because a Bernese Mountain Dog is a bit too big to take on a sail, and its claws would not be good on the wooden surfaces of the boat. However, we did get out on the water a few times during the summer.
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Peräsaari
· Suur-Saimaa · Sarastus · 31 MOur eldest daughter came to visit home before the beginning of the university term, and our plan was to go sailing, as she hadn’t had a chance to get out on the water all the summer. We decided to head to Peräsaari, because it was her favourite island on the southern Saimaa, and because of its protected bay opening to the north. The weather was lovely, but the forecast predicted a fresh south-easterly breeze for Lake Saimaa.
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Hiekkapakka
· Suur-Saimaa · Sarastus · 11 MAfter a long time we had the opportunity to go out on a sailing trip. Our original plan was to sail to Kaito, but on the way we had second thoughts.