Now entering week 3 of the ARC Baltic, currently have zero wind after a
steady blow yesterday, the wind comes and goes. Good squall/ down poor on
friday, the rain comes and goes. Fine sunny day on another day, the sun
comes and goes. Weather here is a bit UK ; but probably colder.
Tallinn is a UNESCO old town, all cobble streets,olde worlde buildings,
restaurants and gift shops, big cruise ship terminal and a fine natural
harbour.
Local boat show had a fine colection of old navy vessels, think that when
the USSR pulled out of Estonia in 1991 they left some of there old boats and
lorries behind, now making up a museum colection in the remains of an old ship
yard from 1920 with eastern bloc concrete additions.
A small panic in the ARC fleet, Russia has a fairly low 3 lts allowance
for alcohol ; it is well known what the “A” stands for, so a few serious de-stocks taking place. The good news is fuel is dirt cheap in Russia so the
motor boats in the fleet will be having a re-stock of this other vital comodity.
The local bird life is mainly terns, with a few gulls, I suspect that both
sea life and bird life is low, as not much food in the Baltic. A small pod of
porpouse near Rostoc is the only marine life I have seen.
Simon