The Baltic Sea and Approaches Балтийское море и подходы

4th edition.
The nine countries bordering the Baltic Sea offer an immense variety of cruising grounds, people and cultures. There are thousands of harbours and innumerable anchorages, and it would take an entire bookshelf, to cover them all in detail. The information contained in this book is therefore selective. It has been chosen for its value both at the planning stages – preparing the yacht, choosing the most suitable route, timing and communications etc – and again on arrival, when a general overview of each individual country is followed by specific harbour information. Where detailed cruising information is readily available – effectively Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Finland - only selected harbours are covered, chosen, with a few exceptions, as fulfilling certain key needs. Where cruising information is more limited – Poland, Kaliningrad, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Russia – many smaller harbours are also featured in detail. In addition to comprehensive suggestions for further reading (and sources in each country from which they may be ordered) more than 200 websites are listed, again chosen for their relevance both at the planning stages and en route. In order to facilitate the latter, as well as for general communication, details of internet access points are included for most major harbours.
Beautiful, secluded anchorages, picturesque canals, bustling marinas, dramatic cities – all await those considering a Baltic cruise.

Contents

The RCC Pilotage Foundation
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Early History of the Baltic
Reaching the Baltic
Berthing systems

1. Germany
la. Approach to the Baltic via the Kiel Canal and River Eider
1b. Kieler Forde to Flensburg Forde
1c. Kieler Forde to Mecklenburger Bucht
1d. Darsser Ort to the Polish border

2. Denmark
2a. Eastern Danish ports
2b. The Danish side of The Оresund
2c. Approach to the Kattegat through the Limfjord
2d. Danish harbours and anchorages of the Kattegat
2e. Approach to The Baltic by the Lille Baelt
2f. Approach to The Baltic by the Store Baelt
2g. Bornholm and Christiansо

3. Sweden
West coast of Sweden
3a. The Swedish side of the Oresund
3b. Southwest coast (Sodra vastkusten)
3c. The Bohuslan coast - Northwest coast
3d. Gota Alv, Trollhatte and Gota Kanals
South coast of Sweden
3e. Gislovs Lage to Utklippan East coast of Sweden
3f. Utlangan to Landsort, including Oland and Gotland
3g. Stockholm - the Archipelago and surrounding area
The Gulf of Bothnia
3h. The Swedish coast of the Gulf of Bothnia
4. Finland
4a. The Finnish coast of the Gulf of Bothnia
4b. The Archipelago Sea
4c. Gulf of Finland - western part
4d. Gulf of Finland - eastern part
4e. The Russian channel, Saimaa Canal and Lake
5. Russia
6. Poland
6a. Zalew Szczeciriski to Berlin
6b. Coast of Poland
7. Kaliningrad
8. Lithuania
9. Latvia
9a. Baltic Sea Coast
9b. The Gulf of Riga
10. Estonia
Appendix
I. Suppliers of charts and publications
II. Abbreviations used on Russian charts
III. Firing practice areas
IV. Search and Rescue
V. Radio communications and weather information
VI. Chart coverage in Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
Index