Belomorsk to Solovetsky Island
Minka of Southampton - Cruising Log
Edmund Wigan
Sun 17 Jul 2011 12:56
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We left Belomorsk at 1700 after about 4 hrs there
and set off for the last lock.There was a a wooden mansion on the
way.
 and then into the lock. This was the 19th and
last but most locks have two chambers so the total of lifts/descents is
nearly double that.
  This is the Skipper of Lena the Finnish boat
leaving the lock.We then followed a buoyed channel for a few miles and were out
in the White Sea. With a favourable brisk wind we were soon
sailing.
 The Czech boat Bagatela.
 Seeadler, the German boat with Gottfried on the
helm. And another of him leaving us behind........
  This is Bagetela with Persey a Russian boat in the
distance. It was 40 nm to Solovetsky Island and we got in at 0400 after a great
sail. At times Williwaw was making over 7kts speed over the ground and the most
I saw was 7.4.kts.
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