Our Cat at Sea

Monday, August 28, 2017

Is it a troll?

Monday, July 31, 2017

Last leg of the sailing in Sunrise

Day before yesterday the vessel returned to the home marina. Mine and the crew's non-nautical routines are slowly resuming. I have rested for the two days, and looked after one of the crew members having flu. Last week we had some quite long legs and early wake ups.

Once settled I will return with further posts on rest of the tour which went like this:

Oulu-Marjaniemi-Kalajoki-Mustakari-Tankar-Öja-Jeppis-Mässkär-Kummelskär-Vaasa-Granskär-(Sommarö fort)-(Larsbjörkaskär)-Grötfjärd-Djupkastet-Kummelskär-Jeppis-Mässkär-Tankar-Kalajoki-Marjaniemi-Oulu. (The ones in parenthesis we checked but not visited yet.)

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Sunset

We on our way back to N. As a big fan of sunsets the first mate requests to publish the first pic of one in this sailing tour. So here we go. An eternal moment from Mikkelinsaaret archipelago where we stayed for last two nights to avoid yesterday's too strong N wind and waves at the northern shores Vasa archipelago.

Saturday, July 22, 2017

Bakery in Vaasa

The crew is excited about a bakery called Aroma in Vaasa. A kind of place you would expect to find in Stockholm or in Copenhagen. Both bread, levain and local style of rye bread were tested, and the sweet things, mazarines, were excellent.

Granskär Saloon

We have been excited about the new routes available in the recently published new F chart and the new destinations for us in aurinkoreitti.fi. One of the new routes takes to Jannes Saloon which is a restaurant on island Granskär. There is a pontoon for the guests and we asked for to stay overnight. A lovely spot indeed with high sunset factor :-) ! The restaurant closes at 8 pm but the lady was very kind and allowed me attended by the first mate roam on the restaurant's outdoor grounds even later. I was very pleased as I do enjoy studying new places. PS The crew reported that the salmon soup lunch at the saloon was delicious. Simple and enjoyable food!