Raid Finland 2006

Route and schedule

The whole route can be traced at the Virtual Boat Excursion by the Finnish Maritime Administration. The route can be seen on map sheets 5 to 7 on the website.

-this route is preliminary and can and will be changed, the dates and the start and finish location is fixed-

Friday July 7th

Arrival of Participants at the departure point at the HSK facility on the island of Lauttasaari in Helsinki, Boats are Rigged and inspected. Crew Briefing at 18:00 at the Blue Peter Restarant to be disclosed.

HSK-Helsingfors Segelklubb

Saturday July 8th

09:00 Official start of RAID FINLAND, Boats will depart and sail in parade thru Merisatama and arrive in Suomenlinna Island for lunch and a guided tour.

Aerial view of Suomenlinna

13:30 depart Suomenlinna heasing east, passing under the Hevossalmi bridge for the island of Karhusaari for the evening at Kuntokallio 19NM

Sunday July 9th

09:00 Depart and sail east towards Emasalo before turning north to Klobbudden for lunch, then head north-east  and arriving at the Emasalo facility for the night.18NM

Monday July 10th

09:00 Depart for the city of Porvoo, Participants have the afternoon off to explore and enjoy the rest of the day in Porvoo. Participants may choose their restaurant of choice as there is a large variety of small charming restaurants and cafés.7NM

Tuesday July 11th

10:00 Depart from the City of Porvoo rowing south east thru narrow channel towards the island of Pellinki for the Evening, Boats that do not wish to dismantle their masts will be offered an alternative route. 15NM

Wednesday July 12th

09:00 Depart from Pellinki sailing East to Algots Lykta for lunch, and then to Isnäs for the evening. 15NM

Thursday July 13th

11:00 Depart Isnäs for Rönnäs to visit the marine museum then returning to Isnäs for the evening. 10NM

Friday July 14th

09:00 Depart Isnäs sailing east for the island fortress of Svartholm before boats will depart north to the finish at Lovisa. 16NM

Official End of RAID FINLAND.

Saturday July 15th

LOVISA SMALL SHIPS RACE , Participants are welcomed into the towns largest sailing event, and Accomadations have allready been booked in advanced for our Raiders

Sunday July 16th

Day 2 of LOVISA SMALL SHIPS RACE

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