{"id":990,"date":"2019-08-10T02:45:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T02:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/?p=990"},"modified":"2019-10-03T04:36:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T04:36:14","slug":"hanko-to-kasnas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/?p=990","title":{"rendered":"Hanko to Kasn\u00e4s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wed. 7\/10\/19<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dep 12.18pm, arrive 5.57pm. 24.7nm. 5 hrs. 39 mins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a higher-resolution map of this route, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Hanko-to-Kasnas.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"HERE (opens in a new tab)\">HERE<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Grace-Hanko.gif?resize=576%2C432\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1081\"\/><figcaption>But before we leave&#8230;.coffee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wednesday dawned bright and sunny with good wind that promised a brisk passage to Kasn\u00e4s. By now my initial conservative sail plan had given way to a more confident outlook and with about 10 knots on the beam we hoisted full main, 140% genoa and mizzen for a brisk sail with the wind alternating from a beach reach to close hauled. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1108\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MB13Bx1t_m8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>That summertime feeling&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grace and Knut swapped on and off at the helm while I concentrated on navigating. But while the day stayed sunny as the afternoon wore on the wind eased and by 3.30 were were barely moving under a full press of sail, although our tans were certainly progressing nicely. Soon the wind kicked back in however and we enjoyed a brisk sail right to the entrance of of the Kasn\u00e4 harbor, before we dropped sail and fired up the genny. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"384\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Arcturus-Kasnas.gif?resize=288%2C384\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1058\"\/><figcaption>Tucked in at Kasn\u00e4s<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The harbor is divided into outside and inside berths and I tried to find an inside option before discovering all the choice spots were private. No surprise there, I suppose. As the wind continued to rise I was forced to turn the boat around in tight quarter that left my crew \u2013 and a couple of the local boatowners \u2013 a little nervous, but we made it out without incident and came in on an outside berth with stern buoy. Once we tied up snugly and our heart rates returned to normal we had a look around, noting clean and modern facilities, a nice terraced bar overlooking the marina, laundry, sauna showers and quite a large restaurant \u2013 or raventola, as the Finns call it. There were holiday chalets lining the marina area suggesting this was a not just a destination for yachties. We had dinner on the boat and one bottle of wine turned into two. I was eager to turn in because I had a deadline the following day, but Knut and Grace felt differently, and I believe they woke me up around 2am to watch a huge, lustrous Finnish moon rise in the distance. It was quite a moment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"288\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/kallarvinden-cafe.gif?resize=288%2C288\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1229\"\/><figcaption>Kallarvinden Cafe \n(photo: Grace F)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thurs. 11th: For me the day was consumed with a newspaper\ndeadline but Grace and Knut took the chance to explore. I did take a break at\ntea time and I was very glad I did. On the advice of the harbor master we took\na ten minute walk up the road to the most adorable tea house, nestled in the\nforest down a quiet lane. The grounds were awash in granite outcroppigs and\nlocal wildflowers, and three of us ordered tea. Hibiscus for the crew, green\ntea for me. The tea came with a tray of freshly-baked focaccia with three\ntoppings, including a spicy aoli and a yummy onion marmalade. Since they had\nfast wi-fi I stayed to work while the crew headed back to Arcturus. Twenty\nminutes later the heavens opened and I spent a very enjoyable hour inside the\ntea shop, sitting in a comfortable chair and listening to the pulsating\npercussion of a Finnish rainstorm on the corrugated iron roof. It was quite a\nspecial moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wed. 7\/10\/19 Dep 12.18pm, arrive 5.57pm. 24.7nm. 5 hrs. 39 mins. For a higher-resolution map of this route, click HERE: Wednesday dawned bright and sunny with good wind that promised a brisk passage to Kasn\u00e4s. By now my initial conservative sail plan had given way to a more confident outlook and with about 10 knots [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7wHME-fY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":988,"url":"https:\/\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/?p=988","url_meta":{"origin":990,"position":0},"title":"Jussar\u00f6 to Hanko","author":"Becoming Salty","date":"August 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Tues 7\/9\/19: Dep. 11am. 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