May 19, 2018May 20, 2018

Day 78 – Margaret and Erling was crawling on the floor of a crammed office in the loft of a next door building – 18 May

Day 78. 18th of May. We did not find the right personnel entrance to Kunstkammer right away, and ended up being late for our appointment with professor Sergey Korsun and…

May 18, 2018June 11, 2018

Day 77 – We went to the Norwegian Constitution Day reception at Consul General Dag Malmer Halvorsen’s residence – 17 May

Day 77. 17th of May. Norway’s Constitution Day. No paddling, but a lot of walking around St Petersburg in perfect summer weather. (Warm enough so that the shadow is a…

May 17, 2018

Day 76 – We have kindly been invited to the Norwegian Consul General to celebrate the day – 16 May

Day 76. 16th of May. No paddling. Maintenance, preparations etc and sightseeing in St Petersburg. After a quick breakfast we started the day at the Yacht club looking over the…

May 15, 2018

Day 75 – Stage three of the trip has come to an end; we are in St Petersburg! – 15 May

Day 75. 15th of May. Yacht Club Terijoki (Zelenogorsk) to St Petersburg. 45.2 km 6.3 km/hr average speed. Since this update is written in an open air Cafe on the…

May 14, 2018

Day 74 – We asked about the price, but concluded that it was a bit too much to pay to feel like fish on land – 14 May

Day 74. 14th of May. Yakht-Klub Dubkovaya Bukhta to Yakht-Teriojaki (Zelenogorsk). 46.2 km, 6.5 km km/hr average speed. We had picked up breakfast in boxes in the evening and got…

May 13, 2018

Day 73 – Two beers was just right. Had it been any more the boats may have sunk – 13 May

Day 73. 13th of May. Primorsk to Yakht-Klub Dubkovaya Bukhta. 28.2 km, 7.2 km/hr average speed. We deliberately made it a slow start, since we were planning a short paddle…

May 12, 2018May 14, 2018

Day 72 – Enter the third Sergey. Helicopter and Antonov 12 pilot, and most importantly in this context: Owner of the Yacht club – 12 May

Day 72. 12th of May. Vyborg to Primorsk. 52.2 km, 6.8 km/hr average speed. Farewell to Vyborg. Hello to the coastguard. Warm welcome in Primorsk. We left the hotel shortly…

May 11, 2018May 14, 2018

Day 71 – What else she writes we don’t know and how she found us and our Russian phone numbers we don’t know either – 11 May

Day 71. 11 of May. Vyborg. Still no paddling. No paddling, but a good night’s sleep and Russian Sim cards plus a grand tour of Vyborg. We slept in and…