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Finally at Tornio ! It was a long day, but now I'm extremely happy after finishing coastline paddling. It took 30 days as I expected in half-way. The last day was like the first one, sunny with mild or non-existent wind. Just great paddling day. During the day we visited Ykskivi daymark and Keminkraaseli lighthouse islands. The day was full of long crossings and long last kilometers to Tornio...

29. day 47 km (in total 1239 km) 26.7.2011 0.17.55

Hietakari, Haukipudas - Hietakalla, Ii 46,82km 0 Comments 0 Photos

Weather forecast was giving a warning of strong wind up to 14 m/s today, but the wind would calm down in the evening. Therefore we didn't had any rush to start paddling today, instead took easy and slept long. We enjoyed sunshine at the beach we were camping and followed the actual wind values of Marjaniemi, one of the closest weather stations. It was steadily blowing 13 m/s, but after 2 PM wind was starting to decrease. We had lunch before we headed to the sea at 4 PM. Direction was straig

28. day 36 km (in total 1192 km) 24.7.2011 20.02.57

Varessäikkä, Siikajoki - Hietakari, Haukipudas 35,66km 0 Comments 0 Photos

There were thunderstorms in the morning all around our camping place. It was raining and we had to wait until 10 AM before we dared to start to paddle 9 km crossing to Hailuoto island. We managed to reach Hailuoto and started the second crossing, which was around 12 km. Immediately we had to reroute and paddle closer to shore, because one of those thunderstorms was getting closer. Barely we managed to go ashore and get some shelter, before the storm hit. It took 1,5 hours and then we decided to

27. day 49 km (in total 1156 km) 23.7.2011 22.27.58

Raahe, Raahe - Varessäikkä, Siikajoki 48,64km 0 Comments 0 Photos

Paddling continued and we had all the day headwind 4-5 m/s from NE. First leg from Raahe to Tauvo was about 3 hours, after which we landed on the beach near Tauvo lighthouse. Day was sunny, but windy. We continued and passed Siikajoki delta, which was extremely shallow area and reached windmills at Varessäikkä.We tried to continue towards Oulu, but had to return back to Varessäikkä due to shallow waters. It was practically impossible to paddle. We need to do crossing to Hailu

25. day 62 km (in total 1107 km) 21.7.2011 18.14.38

Kalajoki, Kalajoki - Raahe, Raahe 62,05km 0 Comments 0 Photos

We had a plan to reach Raahe today and so we did! When we arrived to Kalajoki beach we had a rest of 3 hours and then started to paddle at 11 PM during the night. Weather forecast was expecting stronger headwind for this afternoon and therefore we decided to paddle as far as we could during the night on the good tailwind. After 4 hours paddling we pitched the tent at 3 AM on a beach at Pyhäjoki. We had a sleep until 9 AM and started towards Raahe at 10 AM. 7,5 hours later we arrived to

24. day 53 km (in total 1045 km) 20.7.2011 20.07.25

Poroluoto, Kälviä - Kalajoki, Kalajoki 53,34km 0 Comments 0 Photos

Fine paddling day again. Sunshine, mild tailwind and nice sandy beaches. We reached Kalajoki sand beaches today set a camp on a beautiful beach. We had one mistake on the route selection during the day and therefore the day was longer than expected.

23. day 46 km (in total 992 km) 19.7.2011 20.51.45

Mässkär, Pietarsaari - Poroluoto, Kälviä 45,99km 0 Comments 0 Photos

1000 km milestone is getting closer and closer. Now we are nearby Kokkola city in Poroluoto island. There are "wilderness" hut and sauna located at this island. The cottage and sauna is owned by the city of Kokkola and they are meant for recreational usage. I don't know if wilderness is correct word for this cottage, because it's located close to the city, "wilderness hut" is more suitable word for the huts in the Lapland. We were sleeping quite late this morning a

22. day 35 km (in total 946 km) 18.7.2011 17.11.28

Storskäret, Uusikaarlepyy - Mässkär, Pietarsaari 34,61km 0 Comments 0 Photos

During the night wind was turning to blow from SE and I woke up many times to check if the water on the shore would still be lower than our tent on the beach. Fortunately water level didn't raise up to tent and we started against the wind this paddling day. There were still one longer crossing towards mainland, which went well despite of increased wind speed. On the way towards Pietarsaari we visited Hällgrund daymark, where we had lunch after 3 hour paddling. Delicious pasta :) P

21. day 53 km (in total 911 km) 17.7.2011 20.12.07

Korsören, Mustasaari - Storskäret, Uusikaarlepyy 52,50km 0 Comments 0 Photos

This was the day of lighthouses, daymarks and long crossings on open sea. It all started at 15 km crossing from last night's camping place, Korsören to lighthouse island Ritgrund. Fortunately weather was fine, sunny and no wind. It took 2,5 hours to reach lighthouse. We had 1 hour break at Ritgrund after which we had another 15 km crossing onto a Mikkelinsaaret, which is part of Kvarken archipelago, the world heritage. So after 5 hours paddling we had a lunch at Mikkelinsaaret. On the

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