Wintering in the Baltic

[pandroid]

Has anybody any suggestions on where to overwinter a boat in the Baltic? (Danish side). And whats the best thing to do - pull the boat out, leaving a heater inside? I understood it was a bit cold (i.e. Frozen) to leave in over the winter. Are there any yards with reasonable security and take an interest in the well being of laid up boats?

I speak from a UK experience of the boat being ignored. I came back once after 4 weeks to find the cover whipped to shreds and the cockpit like a swimming pool (cover blocked the drains). Any more water in it and I think the boat would have fallen off the cradle.

 

[Jacket]

I've just left my yacht at Thurobund boatyard (www.tyk-yacht.dk) in Denmark. It was recomended to me by a British couple I met out there who left their boat out there last year.

The boat is stored inside a large shed, which should solve most of your worries. While I can't say how well they look after the boat, they were all helpful and freindly for the three days I was there.

Cost was expensive for Denmark (as not many places keep the boat indoors) but still cheap compared to a UK yard.

 

[roger]

A. try buying the CAs guide to Baltic Lay-ups. Their Baltic Section is quite useful in other ways too.
I laid up in Kullavik Batvarv a few miles south of Gothenberg. Dan and Olav Manhed are good people and I was satisfied with their work. The basic cost in 2000 - 1 was 5300 swedish crowns - in out wash off mast up and down. There were extra costs for covering etc. You'll find the Kullavik marina in the free Swedish marina guide.

 

[whisper]

Casting my mind back to holidays in Sweden as a youngster, I don't think that the Southern half of the Baltic does generally freeze. You may therefore not have to haul out unless you want to, depending on where the boat will be.

 

[whisper]

Casting my mind back to holidays in Sweden as a youngster, I don't think that the Southern half of the Baltic does generally freeze. You may therefore not have to haul out unless you want to, depending on where the boat will be.

 

[david_e]

You could try the British Kiel Yacht Club situated just North of the Kiel Canal. They have (or used to have) one of the biggest wooden buildings in Europe for wintering boats and superb maintenance facilities as well. Being part of the forces it is english speaking, and with the pressure on costs these days might well be disposed to a bit of extra income. The Baltic does freeze over but this largely due to the higher content of fresh water, not withstanding that it gets cold, very cold.

 

[Jacket]

I heard a rumour this summer that the slipway at the British Kiel Yacht Club has been condemed, although they're not admitting it. So if you decide to keep your boat there you may not be able to get it back into the water next year...

 

[vyv_cox]

There\'s a photograph...

I think in Brian Navin's pilot, but maybe elsewhere, of a harbour in Kiel with ice about 1 metre thick. I'm fairly sure he says that nobody leaves their boats afloat. A German boatowner at Hellevoetsluis has told me that he has seen situations at Kiel when prolonged northerlies brought huge quantities of floating ice down the fjord, piling it up several metres high in the marinas.

 

[pandroid]

Thanks to all who replied. Given me some useful leads to explore