Wednesday 22 July 2015

3rd of July Attempt to Tallinn

 The Crew arrived chilling early in the morning. The idea was to go to Tallinn to fill the ratios for the summer sailing. Matias and Aleksi arrived exactly and we set sails to the south. Unfortunately the wind was almost all the time against us and also the waves were quite a challenge.

We tried to start the engine somewhere at the Helsinki lighthouse and we noticed it does not start.... decision turn back to Helsinki. If service is needed - it is easier to get while in Helsinki.
Finally we got AQ2 in the Särkkä Service pier. The same time we arrived to Särkkä there were FDP boats and ambulatory groups + Helicopter in Särkkä. Terrible accident had happened in the boathouse and one member of Merenkävijät has lost his life. Sad but true.Matiasd and Aleksi went back to Helsinki and decided to go to Tallinn anyway the next day to enjoy the athmospere. They decided to use ferries. 
So no ratios filled. Luckily it was quite easy to fix the engine. The wind got higher reaching 14 m/s so the Captain stayed in the yacht overnight and moved it back to its place the next day.

Small and interesting trip to learn new things.

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