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Shenanigan - Rostock to Tallinn



Since leaving Rostock, Germany on 4th July, we have sailed over 550 nm arriving in Tallinn, Estonia on Friday 17th July, after motor sailing nearly all the way from Gotska Sandon (Sweden) the wind and rain whipped up as we arrived with a 30 knot gust knocking us sideways; which was a bit of a shock but we rapidly got the sail down and headed into the marina – it was a bit like taming a wild horse trying to berth.  The weather has ranged from Caribbean temperatures to gale force winds and rain – happily more sun than rain.  The evenings are cool and thermals are definitely required for night watches. The sea state has varied from wild to mini ‘Atlantic’ rollers to mirror like.  The sea state calms amazingly quickly though. At it’s wildest we were marooned in Ronne, Bornholm (Denmark) for an extra day but caught up to be back on schedule by the time we arrived in Visby, Gotland (Sweden).  We visited Hammershus (Gotland), the largest castle remains in Northern Europe and took a walking tour of Visby surrounded by Ferraris and other very expensive cars; which the boys enjoyed looking at.  We are having a super time, we have barbequed, sat on a beach, taken bus tours and walked the streets of the towns we have visited.  Yesterday we had a lovely lunch high up on the castle wall ramparts of the Maiden Tower in Tallinn, and a good evening in the main square where the whole fleet met for a crew dinner.  Today we will head back into town before preparing to sail to St Petersburg, Russia tomorrow where we are looking forward to meeting Phill and Jane.


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