These columns (as #?c''est t?f the rat'?g? areyours.Don'thesitate to use itforgiving to us som e newsabout your boat, yoursailing partiesorvoyages.Even a single photo withtkw Iines could be publishedin your mag.W e hope to get som enew sfrom you soon.Rémy.N * :* N'1 j,l4.)Espresso timeThe crew quarter.4 '#TheseaPeople26 lssue74 @ *IS EA P E O P L E= .A bridge too far. .--Ns'e I'lav'e a l-est n'e l'lav'e a fest...-- Threen-1en i1 a slnall l'notor boat Nveregesticu1ating to us as they cirtr1ed arotlnd(;odzi1a 1thenarrtlys'channel.N?1elja-'w'hospeaksalittleS Nsredish.thoughtthel'nleanta l-estis'alo1-party'- 'w'la)'Nvould thel'beteIIing tls this'? W-el-e tlel'Nvarning us tostay a'svaq'- after al1 otlr large strangeIooking cral't1-n1ghtl'lot fit11-1the harbotlr('SNe-d l-aced thatproblel'n before),01-NvereNsebe1ng Ns'eIcon'1ed? Eventtlal1)'they cal-nealtlngs1de and Nvith sol'n e S'w'inglish (n-lixedsNvetl1sh.li1)1-1ish and engl1sh)Nveeventtlally'tllderstood tlatthel'had a l3RIII)I.JE - a1(JN t'ne.jtlstrotlndtlenextcorner.W e'dbeel u'onderiI1g Ns'l'1y Nve-d not seen anyotlersai1ing yaehts al'ld in t-aetN'ery 1ittIetral-licat:1lI.on thisN'ery beautifu 1route -and noss'u'ekness'N'$'h)'!W'e-d lel-tl-rkll1-1U tö island .oneo 1'-the n-lostout1)'1ng 1sIands11the F inn ish archipelagosea (Sfitirislol-neri) earll'11 the nlorning.1-1:.1N.'11g scrotl1ged c1:1rts ï-ro 1n ane1gh botlring yakrltthe eq'en ing before soNs'e eould contintle ourtrip Nvestvvards.I'dbeenp Ialn 1ng to btly'chartsen rotlte,i1-andNsrlel'1u'e dec1ded to Ilead 1-0!-zthvenannlliliand1n) 1-1oNy.Ns'e Nvere 01,1tl'le edge ofour--k lal.lvs'nNs'orld- l-(1been fortulateto strik'eltlcky al'ld col-ne back Nvith :1chartsetfronl--3(,)()()-u'itl'lthe colnl-nentthatat leastthe--l-tAt.rk's 1:,s'en-tI'nos'ed since tlen'-!!'W/e-dbeel recol-n lended Dergerby as :1 niceN.'1IIage t( .) stop at- ss'ith a sea Nvaters'w'inll-1lil-lg pool,restaurantand shop.and.llak'ing otlr passage 1-,Ial'l Ihad chosen anarrosv rotlte tlrough tle hearl of the1s1and. rather thal'l the nlai1 sl1ip pingehannelgoing nortl and NvestNvhitlh Nvasanq'sN':1)' right agai1-1st the prevai1ing1)('rtl'lerll' Ns'i1'1t1. Sol-neho'$.s' 11 l'n)'e1'1t1-1tls1:1sI11 I-d total1)'n-1issed the bridgea1(1its 1e1gltnlark'il'lg 01thechart- quiteeasl'to dt)anlolgstthe l'l-l'riad 01-channels:11-.(.1 1'1oNs' I f-acetl the el-nbarrassingkst.ln seqttences!(.ltl1-three kids- Lara. 7, Storl-n- 4. anditt.l(.1l.-?-1-1atl:.1Ireadl'been'w'aitingto arriN,eatIl-lergtlrby harbourNsritl) --A1-en -tss'et<strong>here</strong>'(h et'-- . lne1-iodit2aIl)' enlalating frol'n theirplalroon-lcabin.Itshould has'e been lessthan hal1-and hotlrau'ay,butnou'-svhat?!The three l'nen in a boat stlggested u'ecouldusethelocalchtlrchjety,butpassingit by I didn't fancy' t)'ing ( .JodziI1aalongside -.the rick etl'constrtlction w'asprobably ok 1br sl-nal1 dinghies but notlargecatamarans!Idecidedu.eshotlld tindananchorage - B'eu'erein:1verl'shelteredarea afteralI.W e nlotored tlp near to theb rid ge, causing solz)e aprê-s saun aenter'tainnlentfor the Iocals.It's probabl)'silnilarto a U FO sighting to have a Iargeblack poIl'nesian catalnaran. Britishjlagged,appearing 1tlstoffl'otlrshoresidesatlna!N o dotlbta feu'beers add to theil-npression ...W eca1led acrossto acoupleNvatching tls in their dressing goNvns.andth ey pointed toan ad jaeentbal'asagoodplaceto drop theanchor.Itturnedotlttobetleperfectspot.Tranqtli1and sheltered,It-s tlsuaI i1)the Baltic tol'noortied boNvsto the shore,so anchoringNvasanicechange1-01-tls-nltlch qtlieterandu'ithotlt the hassles 01-harbotlr or otherboats. The next l'norning Ns'e roNved ourd inghj', -bPik ku fli'- (L itt1e G ) to TheBridge,and svalk ed (in potlring rain)the2kl-n to the N'iIlage and harbour.zknl isquitea long 'w'al'N.vith snlaIIkids....btltu'enaadeiteq'entual1)'.A lthotlgh itsvasSuldal'es'erytl)ing u'as open by the til-ne u'e gott<strong>here</strong>, and u'e l'nanaged to eat, has'e ashoNver and stock up 01 groceries andpetrol. and get a (s'ery' expensive) taxiback!Fl5gf5I,Nv<strong>here</strong>'weanchored.u'astleftlrthestNvest 'we n-lade. H eadi1)g back tou'ardsFinIand again throtlgh tle archipelagoscattered Nvith rock's and islands, thecontinuing northerl' u'inds l'nade thechoice fortls.(ltlrnextstop urasKarlby o1K l.5klir isIan d.K arlb)' is d eep n'ithin theK-nlainland--ofKök lir,nlore1ikebeing on arisrerthan sea.An extrenèely narrosv andt'wisting channelled tlp to tl'leharbotlr-andas Nve Nvere arriving arotlnd luid-daytinding spaceNvasnottoo d iflictll-u'iththeharbotlrluaster directing us to thepenultinlate spaee i1 a dead-end Tvith theNN'(7rds *'sN.'e k2an tONV j'O u (.)tlti1-yOtlNN'ftlttOleaveu'hen itisbtlsl,--.Stlrprisingly Karlbl'
S E A P E O P LEwasftllloflargeandN'erl'expensiven'lotorl'achts and quite a nunnber o1- A SVB!S(as'erage Nvhite boats) of sai1 and nnotorN'arietl'.ItseenlstheNvholegtlestharbourispartof-a conlnlercialdevelopluent. vvithlitle localactiNritl'in es'idence.W ebecalueqtlite :.1totlristattraction in otlrosvn rightl'nooredright opposite the n'1ini-go IP INvotlldn 'treconlnlend Karlby to l'ntltihullstInlessyou need accesstoalll'nod-colstbraday orturo.Köklirhasatleastt'wo otherharbotlrson thenorthern side01-theislandNvhichNve-1lcheck'otltnexttinle.:4 ticrK ök'liru'e saiIed eastagai1 i1to theFinnish slitiristölneri- reaching Jtln-no b)'lateatkernoon..1tln-no hasalong 1istorl'01-habitation,the earlierresidents k l'loN.'$rn 1brtheirpirating (apparently qtlite 1)colnl-nonlis'elihood in the archipelago.luring slipsonto hidden reefs and pi1laging thecargoes).N ovvaday s Jurnlo is knoubn lbru'ild scenery and the unique geologicalrock fornaations.Asu'eapproachedJtlrnloharbouru'ecotlldsee itu'aspack ed 'w ithlu asts- not21gooklsign.W eklaIledacrossto:1cotlple01-yachtsheading out.and thel'said it'was alreadl'fulltlp.Ihadstudiedthecharts(th istinle!!)and could see that certail) parts o f theharbour u'ere N'ery shallou'- btlt certainlq'enotlgh tbrotlrdraf-t,so w'e continued i1u'ith the intention to drop a stern an tlhorand lmoor tIp to the shore.Once in theharbour t<strong>here</strong> u'as lilmited space tolmanoetlvre butIlloticed a couple ofslual1jetiesonthe'windu'ardside,andl'nadethedecision to go fbr those rather than theanch or plan. ()-011p Ieting :'1 -1andbrak eturn'(ctltting seriously close to the sternsof1'1uluerotlsyachtsalreadl'enj0y ingtheirstlndovvners and causing a feu'hiccupsnodotlbt)Ns'e n-ladc itto the jety and tiedGodzi1la aIongside - a very snug -catconler'-! Although croNvded the harbotlrNvaspleasantNvith sinlple alnenities and :1slnalshopselling freshly snloked lish.H eading back tovards nlain land F i1'1Iandthe nextday 'with Iightu'inds and drizzlewe alreadl'started l'nak'ing plans tbr otlr1ex t )'ear's crtlise - ftlrt1'1eru'est....A 14v e1a11-ntili- S to ck 1'1oIn'1.(bötland.....thoseVik ingsbetterSvatchotlt!(bj'-1lî(lb'S&A'/ -Ptlhi./-9.?'k $'k t> .r j.xJu; r< ',(:w'''..< . . I ij .- . u . . 1 . . y.-p I. . Y.C.=.'.- 1.z' >''' ..- -. 14 .'b%-.. . Nk- . Nèfh +Nẋ' X *s ':W'C wA ee. aqv w- .k'/.-' ;.at',7or#o,f'ztvt'. @M otorsailing onGodzila.Lara athelmKarlby harbourThe BridgeThe Sea People@ * lssue74 2 7