Baltic Sailing from Kiel

Assens and the Lille Baelt (eg Federicia) were nice. We went straight up into Denmark, though, so missed most of the interesting German areas. Flensberg and Schleswig are supposed to be worth visiting. There are loads of lovely islands, mainly with small harbours.

It was blisteringly hot, sunny and with a lovely sailing west wind and deep blue sea last Sunday, just south of Kiel!

Is it a relaxed sight-seeing type of week, or an intensive sailing, rufty-tufty 70-mile a day whatever the weather sort of trip?

Mid-September will not be crowded - most of their sailing is June/July/August.
 
Last edited:
AliM said:
Is it a relaxed sight-seeing type of week, or an intensive sailing, rufty-tufty 70-mile a day whatever the weather sort of trip?
Click to expand...

As I am taking 'Brown jobs' sailing I guess we will have to do a bit of the macho, boot stomping, shouting RSM bit. Dark Blue are always so much more relaxed about it all! :D I will also want to show them the finer side of cruising.

Thanks for the suggestions.
 
Peter,

In that case, what about a trip up the Lille Baelt (stopping at Federicia just after a couple of rather super bridges), round Samso maybe via Aarhus (go for the harbour rather than the posh marina to the S of the town) Stop at Langoer on the E of Samso, which has a lovely anchorage just N of the tiny harbour), then down the Store Baelt - don't know about the harbours along there except Korshavn which was OK; you could try Odense, too. That circumnavigates the large Danish island of Fyn (Funen).

That's a lovely Danish option - if you decide to go east into the old E Germany and Poland, i have no idea, but it's supposed to be lovely.

We have various pilot books and Danish charts - the Army will have them, but if you want a preview, we can lend them to you.

Ali
 
I always liked Marstal and Aeroskobing - if your feeling brave Hjorte or one of the smaller islands to give them a spot of sailing by the Witheys.

If you want to go up the west of the island you should make Aarhus unless you get some poor conditions.

If you want a more interesting sail you should be able to get round the south of the island of Fyn via Rantzausminde which my log book reminds me was entertaining.

If you seem to be doing OK with the crew, carry through the passage to the south of Sjealand (sp?) and then see if you can get to Copenhagen. It's do-able in a week if you can get a good run home, especially if you can sail through the night. By the standards of that area you've got some pretty clear water for a 2 dayish passage back to Kiel.

We did this in a lazy fortnight in a Contessa 26 many years ago and only did one long stint on the run back of about 36 hours so a bit of aggression in a decent size HR should crack it.
 
Are you after pretty small village harbours (which there are many), or places a bit bigger, or attractive anchorages in the wilds?

Agree that Marstel or Aeroskobing are lovely first night spots. The islands round there are lovely and interesting, but from there you may want to go up the little belt, or maybe round to Copenhagan. Depends what you are after to some extent.
 
One week really limits you to either a trip round Fyn as mentioned or perhaps Copenhagen & back perhaps between the islands. Actually, Copenhagen is not particularly good for a short stay as it is rather spread out and can involve a lot of walking. There aren't many major sights round Fyn as far as I recollect (from 1990) but several pleasant small harbours. Kerteminde has a Viking ship a few miles inland and Rudkobing was the birthplace of Oersted and had a small museum left unchanged for a century. My favourite spot within your reach is Nykobing, Falster (there are three Nykobings) which has a fine mediaeval centre. Aero is probably your best bet for a traditional Danish ambience with pretty little ochre houses.

You may want to visit Laboe near Kiel which has the naval memorial and U995 which is visitable.

An alternative cruise would be to sail inside Fehmann into Lubeck Bight. Here you can visit The small town of Neustadt with a very welcoming yacht club, Travemunde and maybe Lubeck, Wismar for a fine Hanseatic city, or Poel for a quiet time.
 
AliM said:
Peter,



That's a lovely Danish option - if you decide to go east into the old E Germany and Poland, i have no idea, but it's supposed to be lovely.

It is indeed lovely, and given the nature of your crew more likely to be better regarded for time ashore! And the price of beer can be a happiness factor - time in Germany might be better received??

So from Kiel a triangular plan to use the breezes would look like this: go north to Marstal for a shakedown, then east - Klintholm, perhaps as far as Bornholm. Then drop down to Stralsund (even Ruggen) and make your way back along the coast to Kiel via the big German resorts.

You might be tempted with a good wind to divert to Malmo in Sweden (just to say you've been there!) But if you do be prepared for pressure to go under the bridge for a night in Copenhagen. Oh yes!

PWG
Click to expand...
 
The museum at Peenemunde is very interesting, and well worth a visit.

I told the ticket seller that I was interested because I had played an important part in the development of the V weapons. She couldn't understand that - after all, I was British. So I told her that I'd been a target; if there had been no targets, there would have been no development!
 
The Rugen area is beautiful and I spent a lot of time there this year but although Dasser Ort has been open this year it is a long way back to Kiel if the weather turns against you, though you can zigzag back via Denmark to get a slant on the wind if you want. This was why I suggested a more modest itinerary for the week which would give a flavour of the place.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page

Top