A day of flying the Iron Genny
02 August 2008 | Lehtma port; Hiiumaa (Dag�) Estonia
A sunny, hot day almost calm. Seven hours of motoring added with 2,5 hours of fine fore-reaching in the evening
made it possible to get into the little port of Lehtma at the N point of Hiiumaa. A long breakwater stretching to SE is wat it is. Coastal freighters alongside at the outer part of the pier, than a Pilot boat, one or two fishing vessels, two Coast Guard boats, and then closest to shore 10 mooring bouys for pleasure boats. A Beneteau 50 flying a Latvian ensign and apparently a charter boat was docked here when we arrived. Aparrt from the sevice building with shower and toilet, there is nothing. 13 km to the nearest village and provisioning facilities.
Well, we are still carrying enough provisons for weeks, and intended to get a 'fresh' weather forecast here and then take off for Finland. In all honesty, I must confess to being fed up with this cruising ground by now. Some 20?'? in Harbour fee every night drains our kitty, obviously, but we are also missing the sweet life among the anchorqges that are so common in Finland and Sweden. The shallow and rocky waters along the shores combined with quite poor charts makes anchorages few and far between. A couple of Finnish sailors who has been cruising in Estonia several times verified that there is difficult to find a good anchorage here.