N59 28.12 E024 49.34 - TALLINN, Estonia
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Peter & Christene Tanner
Mon 20 Jul 2015 19:18
We sailed another 200nm leg ENE to Tallinn this time with a good following wind, although the autopilot problem has re appeared. We arrived in a thunderstorm but with help from ashore it all worked out. Very commendably the Raymarine engineer came down that afternoon & after two 2 hour visits checking, updating & resetting everything pronounced it ok - we await the next quartering sea with our fingers crossed.  It was lovely to see the town buzzing after Estonia’s tortured history - founded by Denmark in 1219, sold to the teutonic knights in 1346, ceded to Sweden in 1582, & lost to Russia until 1918 when it finally became independent. Then during the second world war it was annexed by the USSR in 1940, occupied by Germany until 1944, & then annexed again by the USSR until 1991. Phew … The old town is very attractive & we spent a couple of days wandering round the museum, old churches, the walls & the odd hostelry.   We are now provisioning & preparing for the 185nm sail to St Petersburg with a little apprehension about the bureaucracy but at least the forecast is good. with love, Peter & Christene |