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Summer Is Coming!
March Equinox was passed one week ago. Yesterday the daylight saving time started in Europe. Today we saw the first Coltsfoots and Northern lapwings (Vanellus vanellus). According to the measurements, the thickness of the ice cover on Lake Saimaa is still around 40 centimeters. So, the boating season has to be waited for still. Nevertheless, the beginning looks fairly promising!
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To Tierra del Fuego in a Sailing Dinghy?
Remote rugged naturally beautiful places have something that fascinates our minds. If you leave the cities and head for the inland and upwards, you can end up to a mountain summit where wind and some sporadic birds are your only companions. In such a place you can feel like you were in a completely different world, far from civilisation, noise and stress.
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The Picks of the Season 2015
Writing this post the temperatures at the lake start to be at same level as the Barents Sea temperatures in summer, that makes it wiser for us to stay ashore. Washed and cleaned Sarastus is waiting for the next spring. We have explored several new waters during the summer and gained new experiences. Now it’s time to look back, to have an overview of the sailing season.
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The Scenic Waters of Ireland
· Lough Derg · Wayfarers · 106 MHow does it sound to you, to sail in a beautiful scenery together with foreign sailors, who enjoy spending time on water? This kind of experience is possible in Wayfarer International Rally, which takes place annually either on the waters of Europe or North America. In this September the destination was Lough Derg in Ireland, where Wayfarer sailors gathered, not only from the British Isles, but also from the continental Europe and North America.
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Petrisaari
What makes you wake up at 5:00 am at weekend? Probably there are many good reasons, but in my case it was seeing the clearest water of the big lakes in Finland. It was still a dawn and the rest of the family was sleeping, when I cooked up porridge, ate breakfast and started to prepare Sarastus for the day trip to Puruvesi, which is two hours drive from us.
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U-turn
Family sailing sets its own limits to the conditions. We had to notice that yesterday, when the wind was stronger than expected. With two or three experienced adults the situation would have been different, but now we would have had children aboard. After spending around 30 minutes admiring the white caps from the breakwater, we decided to headed back to home.
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Listinki and Satamosaari
· Suur-Saimaa · Sarastus · 43 MIt was August and the weather conditions have improved clearly since the record-breaking cool and rainy July. We launched Sarastus and headed for Listinki island, where we arrived in a gentle breeze. In Listinki you didn’t need to feel yourself lonely In Listinki we prepared a meal quickly, to continue to Satamosaari island and to pick up our guests from the continent.
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Linnansaari
Weather in this summer has not been that great, but fortunately there have been some good days too. Thw week started with two of them, and we decided to head for the Linnansaari National Park in the northern waters of Saimaa. Sarastus traveled well on the trailer without any issues. Its mahogany surface lured couple of locals, when we refilled the car at Lohilahti service station.
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Äyrätsalo
· Suur-Saimaa · Sarastus · 17 MBy one of the traits leading to Puumala there is an island called Äyrätsalo situated. There is a sheltered long lagoon on its west shore. The entrance to the lagoon has maximum depth of about 1.5 metres, but the deepest point there is almost 10 metres. There is a small sandy beach at end if it, where it’s nice to start swimming.
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Pullikainen
· Suur-Saimaa · Sarastus · 13 MPullikainen island is a nice destination for daytrips in the southern Lake Saimaa. The breeze was light and the temperatures relatively high. It was another great sailing trip. Anchor didn’t hold well. There are two fenders supporting the aft. It’s said that there are plenty of bilberries this year How much fuel do you need to cross The Atlantic Ocean in a boat like this?