Saturday, July 1, 2023

Tallinn - Bockhamn

That was another efficient Tallinn stop. In 24h we had a Medieval feast in Olde Hansa, visited the Lennusadam maritime museum, did some provisioning, and even managed a surprise family visit. Then back to Finland as the weather window looked good!

We contacted the Tallinn Radio over VHF before starting engine. Advise was that there would be a about 20 minute wait due to ferry traffic. With that, we moved the boat to the waiting pier in front of the turning bridge. There we got advised of further delay. Finally about an hour of the initial contact we were under way. Out of the wave break, and sails up.

Soon we were beating alongside the Tallinn traffic separation scheme on a close reach, with windvane steering. As we advanced, the close reach turned into a beam reach, then broad reach. Cyanobacteria had dissipated, and we were able to make a bit of water.

We tried going a bit further east dead downwind wing on wing, but the waves and the low wind didn’t quite cooperate. So instead we turned the bow towards Helsinki and crossed the main traffic of the Gulf of Finland. Then closer to coast the wing on wing finally worked, and we rejoined our planned route at sunrise.

Now we’re tucked away in the extremely protected lagoon of Bockhamn near Loviisa. There is quite a bit of weather in the forecast, and hence we’ll stay here likely until Wednesday.

Distance today: 72.5NM
Total distance: 1940.3NM
Engine hours: 2.1
Dinner: flammkuchen
Midnight snack: cheese and vegetable wraps

Position: 60°16'4"N 25°59'49"E

From the logbook

Time	Position	Course	Speed	Log	Weather	Remarks
30.06. 14:28 Z	59°26'33"N 24°45'33"E	30°	0kt	1952.9NM	wind 3.8kt 259° baro 1003 hPa	Started main engine, Tallinn Radio advised a 20min wait before starting due to heavy ferry traffic
30.06. 14:31 Z	59°26'34"N 24°45'37"E	60°	0kt	1952.9NM	wind 3.4kt 129° baro 1003 hPa	Stopped main engine, waiting in front of the turn bridge. Was advised on another 20min wait
30.06. 15:03 Z	59°26'34"N 24°45'37"E	60°	0kt	1952.9NM	wind 4.1kt 206° baro 1003 hPa	Started main engine, bridge is finally opening
30.06. 15:07 Z	59°26'36"N 24°45'45"E	66°	4.5kt	1952.9NM	wind 8.4kt 293° baro 1003 hPa	Motoring
30.06. 15:19 Z	59°27'13"N 24°46'56"E	24°	4.8kt	1953.8NM	wind 10.2kt 321° baro 1003 hPa	Motor stopped, sailing with Main, Genoa 1
30.06. 15:20 Z	59°27'20"N 24°46'57"E	356°	5kt	1953.9NM	wind 11.6kt 296° baro 1003 hPa	Autopilot activated
30.06. 15:38 Z	59°28'40"N 24°46'43"E	8°	4.7kt	1955.2NM	wind 11kt 298° sea state 2/10 clouds 2/8 visibility 8/10 baro 1003 hPa	Bergie on watch, Suski to bed
30.06. 15:52 Z	59°29'47"N 24°46'10"E	341°	5.4kt	1956.4NM	wind 13.8kt 284° baro 1003 hPa	Deployed hydrogenerator
30.06. 15:59 Z	59°30'20"N 24°45'47"E	332°	5.3kt	1957NM	wind 15.1kt 280° baro 1003 hPa	Autopilot deactivated, windvane steering
30.06. 16:00 Z	59°30'26"N 24°45'44"E	337°	5.2kt	1957.1NM	wind 13.7kt 263° baro 1003 hPa	Hourly position log
30.06. 17:00 Z	59°35'4"N 24°42'52"E	348°	4.6kt	1962NM	wind 12kt 280° sea state 2/10 clouds 2/8 visibility 8/10 baro 1002 hPa	Hourly position log
30.06. 17:29 Z	59°37'13"N 24°44'4"E	39°	4.6kt	1964.4NM	wind 13.2kt 280° sea state 3/10 clouds 2/8 visibility 8/10 baro 1002 hPa	Out of Tallinn fairway
30.06. 17:33 Z	59°37'28"N 24°44'25"E	31°	4.9kt	1964.7NM	wind 13.2kt 280° baro 1002 hPa	Started watermaker, 18ppm after 10min
30.06. 18:00 Z	59°39'9"N 24°46'39"E	43°	4.5kt	1966.8NM	wind 13.1kt 275° baro 1002 hPa	Hourly position log
30.06. 18:37 Z	59°41'37"N 24°49'52"E	48°	4.9kt	1969.8NM	wind 12.5kt 271° baro 1001 hPa	Sails set: Main, Genoa 1 (30% furled). Wing on wing
30.06. 18:56 Z	59°42'23"N 24°52'22"E	65°	5.2kt	1971.2NM	wind 10.6kt 246° baro 1001 hPa	Stopped watermaker, 16ppm
30.06. 19:00 Z	59°42'31"N 24°52'56"E	74°	4.6kt	1971.5NM	wind 10.2kt 239° baro 1001 hPa	Hourly position log
30.06. 19:03 Z	59°42'36"N 24°53'21"E	57°	4.8kt	1971.8NM	wind 12.9kt 267° baro 1001 hPa	Lots of seemingly drunken chatter on 16. "Mario!" "Marco!"
30.06. 19:08 Z	59°42'49"N 24°53'57"E	1°	4.9kt	1972.2NM	wind 14.9kt 269° baro 1001 hPa	Too little wind for the waves to make wing on wing comfortable
30.06. 19:16 Z	59°43'26"N 24°54'13"E	14°	5.7kt	1972.8NM	wind 15.4kt 266° baro 1001 hPa	Sails set: Main, Genoa 1
30.06. 20:00 Z	59°47'27"N 24°55'21"E	3°	6.1kt	1976.9NM	wind 15.1kt 267° baro 1001 hPa	Hourly position log
30.06. 21:00 Z	59°52'35"N 24°57'52"E	11°	5.2kt	1982.4NM	wind 15.8kt 265° baro 1001 hPa	Suski on watch, Bergie to bed
30.06. 21:02 Z	59°52'44"N 24°58'3"E	29°	5.2kt	1982.6NM	wind 17.1kt 256° baro 1000 hPa	Switched to Finnish courtesy flag
30.06. 22:00 Z	59°54'20"N 25°7'12"E	67°	5.7kt	1987.5NM	wind 14.5kt 264° baro 1000 hPa	Hourly position log
30.06. 22:00 Z	59°54'20"N 25°7'12"E	67°	5.7kt	1987.5NM	wind 14.5kt 264° baro 1000 hPa	Hand steering
30.06. 23:00 Z	59°55'10"N 25°16'45"E	96°	5kt	1992.4NM	wind 11.9kt 245° baro 999 hPa	Hourly position log
01.07. 0:00 Z	59°56'5"N 25°26'34"E	80°	5.7kt	1997.4NM	wind 13.3kt 263° baro 999 hPa	Hourly position log
01.07. 0:22 Z	59°56'35"N 25°30'25"E	82°	5.7kt	1999.4NM	wind 11.7kt 274° sea state 3/10 clouds 7/8 visibility 8/10 baro 999 hPa	Starbuck back on, windvane steering. Preparing for the turn at the buoy in about 30 min
01.07. 1:00 Z	59°57'45"N 25°36'16"E	37°	5.3kt	2002.7NM	wind 15.1kt 268° baro 998 hPa	Bergie on watch, Suski to bed
01.07. 2:00 Z	60°1'57"N 25°42'21"E	17°	5.7kt	2008NM	wind 13.4kt 277° baro 998 hPa	Hourly position log
01.07. 2:40 Z	60°4'26"N 25°46'17"E	52°	3.9kt	2011.2NM	wind 9.3kt 306° sea state 3/10 clouds 3/8 visibility 8/10 baro 997 hPa	Stowed hydrogenerator
01.07. 2:42 Z	60°4'29"N 25°46'27"E	58°	3.4kt	2011.3NM	wind 7.9kt 289° baro 997 hPa	Autopilot activated
01.07. 3:00 Z	60°5'27"N 25°47'52"E	32°	3.9kt	2012.5NM	wind 5.6kt 281° baro 997 hPa	Hourly position log
01.07. 4:00 Z	60°8'9"N 25°52'6"E	41°	3.5kt	2015.9NM	wind 8kt 284° sea state 3/10 clouds 6/8 visibility 8/10 baro 997 hPa	Hourly position log
01.07. 4:13 Z	60°8'36"N 25°52'54"E	41°	3.1kt	2016.5NM	wind 6.3kt 262° baro 997 hPa	Sails down, motoring
01.07. 4:22 Z	60°9'5"N 25°54'2"E	51°	5.2kt	2017.3NM	wind 7.6kt 268° baro 997 hPa	Suski on watch, Bergie to bed
01.07. 5:00 Z	60°11'47"N 25°57'37"E	33°	5.1kt	2020.5NM	wind 8.9kt 276° baro 997 hPa	Hourly position log
01.07. 5:41 Z	60°14'49"N 26°0'17"E	4°	5kt	2023.9NM	wind 6.5kt 250° baro 996 hPa	Autopilot deactivated
01.07. 6:00 Z	60°16'4"N 25°59'55"E	305°	1.9kt	2025.3NM	wind 3.1kt 287° baro 996 hPa	Hourly position log
01.07. 6:05 Z	60°16'4"N 25°59'49"E	79°	0kt	2025.4NM	wind 0.8kt 104° baro 996 hPa	Stopped