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Gertha 4 - Tallinn



Now entering week 3 of the ARC Baltic, currently have zero wind after a steady blow yesterday, the wind comes and goes. Good squall/ down poor on friday, the rain comes and goes.  Fine sunny day on another day, the sun comes and goes. Weather here is a bit UK ; but probably colder.

Tallinn is a UNESCO old town, all cobble streets,olde worlde buildings, restaurants and gift shops, big cruise ship terminal and a fine natural harbour.

Local boat show had a fine colection of old navy vessels, think that when the USSR pulled out of Estonia in 1991 they left some of there old boats and lorries behind, now making up a museum colection in the remains of an old ship yard from 1920 with eastern bloc concrete additions.

A small panic in the ARC fleet, Russia has a fairly low 3 lts allowance for alcohol ; it is well known what the “A” stands for, so a few serious de-stocks taking place. The good news is fuel is dirt cheap in Russia so the motor boats in the fleet will be having a re-stock of this other vital comodity.

The local bird life is mainly terns, with a few gulls, I suspect that both sea life and bird life is low, as not much food in the Baltic. A small pod of porpouse near Rostoc is the only marine life I have seen.
 
Simon
 
 

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