3. Why the Baltic?
• A new sailing territory to explore
• Beautiful scenery, historic towns
• Sheltered, non-tidal waters
• Wonderful facilities
• Not too crowded
• Good weather in summer
• Not very far away
12. About us
• Sam, 71 – partly retired since 2007
• Camilla, 56 – works as a contractor in internal
comms
• Benedict (Ben), 18 – had just finished A-levels
• Guy, 21 – working in Greece for Sailing Holidays
• Sam & Camilla RYA coastal skipper qualified
• Owned dinghies & trailer-sailers 1986 onwards
• Flotillas and charters
• Magewind 2002, sailed E Coast & Netherlands
• Kalessin 2004, sailed E Coast, France,
Netherlands, and in 2006-8 round the outside &
back up the middle
14. Our plan
• Get across North Sea in May 2011 & leave the
boat in the Netherlands
• Return to the UK for Ben’s A-levels
• Sam & Camilla returned to head to the Kiel Canal
• Ben joined us to sail into the Baltic
• East along the coast of Germany, north to
Copenhagen and west to overwinter in
Augustenborg
• Meet up with other HPYC members... sometime
• Sweden in 2012
17. Preparation – equipment
old & new
• Liferaft, dinghy & inflatable kayak
• 2 identical autopilots
• Delta, Fortress & CQR anchors
• New feathering Darglow Featherstream prop
• 4 batteries (engine, 2x domestic, fridge)
• 1 fixed and two flexible solar panels
• New CD/radio with iPod attachment
• Lavac & holding tank
• Lots of warps (+ two more from Enkhuizen)
• New foresail
• Spinnaker & cruising chute
18. Preparation – navigation
• New combined chart plotter/radar/AIS (Garmin 750S)
• Imray coastal paper charts up to the Kiel canal
• Dutch chart packs & Standing Mast Route atlas
• Electronic charts: UK, Netherlands, Germany;
Nordics (including Spitzbergen & Iceland )
• 4 packs of German Baltic charts including CD and
harbour manuals
• iPhone +Navionics charts for UK & Netherlands
(£15), all of Europe (£6) and Denmark (£30!)
• Pilot books: 2 x Netherlands, Brian Navin’s
Germany & Denmark, The Baltic Sea
• Navtex
• Membership of CA – Baltic section
20. Keeping in
touch
• The blog: April 2006
– January 2012. Now
posting by email &
readable on a mobile
• 2 laptops on board
• Wi-fi when available
• 2 iPhones
• Vodafone Data
Traveller on 1 phone -
£10/month for
25MB a day (in July
used £155-worth)
• ....and two Kindles
39. Shopping & eating
• Germany was the cheapest of the countries we
visited for both shopping & eating out
• Stock up on German booze before crossing the
border to Denmark
• Food & drink prices in Denmark – similar toUK
• Supermarkets are much like supermarkets
anywhere (Spar, Lidl, Rewe etc)
• We hear Poland & Baltic states can be more tricky
• Camping Gaz – easy in Germany, ok in Denmark,
challenging elsewhere