Day 108 – Again the captain transformed into a chef and we had a tasty and solid pasta stew – 17 June
Day 108. 17th of June. 52.5 km, 7.7 km/hr average speed. From lock 9 to a lighthouse in the middle of the lake, 30 km from lock 10. It is…
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Day 107 – UPDATE: With text and pictures – 16 June
Day 107. 16th of June. Povenets to just beyond lock 9. 20.5 km paddling, 7. 7 km/hr average speed. 106 days behind us, and from tomorrow 106 days to go!…
Day 107 – No coverage. Update tomorrow if possible – 16 June
Day 107. 16th of June. 20 km paddling, 7.7 km/hr average speed. 10 km with the Swiss sailingboat Silvertärna. No coverage. Lock 9. Update tomorrow if possible. See inReach message…
Day 106 – One detail worth mentioning, 20% of the victims were women – 15 June
Day 106. 15th of June. No paddling. Museum visit in Medvezhevgorsk. The Belomor Canal was built by hand in a record time of two years. By forced labour working year…
Day 105 – Walking through the memorial on top of where the mass graves had been after midnight in a white night will not be easily forgotten – 14 June
Day 105. 14th of June. Across Onega to Povenets. 47.5 km, 7.6 km/hr average speed. If yesterday (104) was a fight against the wind, today was perfect. 2 m/s tailwind…
Day 104 – We used one trick to make life a little easier – 13 June
Day 104. 13th of June. “Fish Karelia” camp to Krivonogoskaya. 42.3 km, 6.1 km/hr average speed. We met the same happy bunch for breakfast, and we also met the youngest…
Day 103 – Alexey had even built a Canadian type canoe. Where did the drawing come from? YouTube! – 12 June
Day 103. 12th of June, Russian national day. Kizhi to Tibnitsy village. 27 km, 6.2 km/hr average speed. We slept well in our 20 feet container, part of a three…
Day 102 – Stein tried to dive, but to no avail – 11 June
Day 102. 11th of June. Longasy to Kizhi. 10 km, 7.6 km/hr average speed. We waited out the forecast morning rain, and got off to an 1145 start. With following…
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