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The best article written about our trip through Russia (In Russian) https://www.yachtrussia.com/articles/2014/11/24/articles_69.html?fbclid=IwAR1_eILpBPBP-u8MwNCWcRNUMT2Wtu1TkpRSiGmxjFVnXP95vVOAYRkdmUE От Белого – к Черному, или Путешествие австралийца вглубь России Лето 2013 года года ознаменовалась событием, оставшимся незаметным для широкой публики, но ставшим определенной вехой в истории развития … Continue reading →

The editor of sailing magazine Yacht Russia wrote this amazing article about our trip. It is in Russian. But the automatic translation works reasonably well. https://www.yachtrussia.com/articles/2014/11/24/articles_69.html?fbclid=IwAR1_eILpBPBP-u8MwNCWcRNUMT2Wtu1TkpRSiGmxjFVnXP95vVOAYRkdmUE

Cruising guide & travel tale is available through Arthur Beale in London (UK). http://www.arthurbeale.co.uk/

For those who would like to follow Blue Dove, search for her on Marine Traffic  www.marinetraffic.com Blue Dove’s MMSI is 235031014 Or go immediately to: https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:5490966/mmsi:235031014/vessel:BLUE%20DOVE

Through a long night we ran square under main alone. Not Blue Dove’s best point of sail but in lumpy seas we couldn’t be bothered setting up a pole then gybing repeatedly through busy commercial traffic off the German wind … Continue reading →

A fine 30 mile broad reach down to Travemunde allowed our Aries finally to prove its worth. The great square rigger Passat marks the entrance to the river. A splendid sentinel. From here it is 10 miles up the Trave … Continue reading →

In 2012 the Russian Prime Minister decreed that restrictions on entry of foreign vessels into Russia’s inland waterways were to be eased. Now, for those yachts seeking a novel route south from Svalbard and Norway to the Mediterranean, the Volga … Continue reading →