Hanko to Uusikaupunki by boat
Photo: Radosław Botev, Attribution via Wikimedia Commons
The Hanko–Uusikaupunki fairway is the main leisure craft fairway through the Archipelago Sea. There are lots of sidetrips to be done, but this fairway is well marked and suitable for any yacht or motorboat.
UnderstandThe Archipelago Sea is a maze of islands and islets, having more of them than any other archipelago on earth, if tiny ones are also counted.
PrepareYou will need a vessel. Yachts and smaller motorboats can be chartered at several locations. See Archipelago Sea#By yacht and small boats for a few businesses.
Get inHanko and Uusikaupunki are reasonably well-connected and you should be able to charter a boat in both, but you might have to make arrangements in advance.
SailThe itinerary could be sailed either way. Here it is described from Hanko.
Stay safeMake sure you have the boating and navigation skills needed, that your vessel is seaworthy and that you have proper large-scale sea charts. Have a means of getting sea weather forecasts.
Respect
Go nextAfter this introduction, you will probably want to spend the next summer exploring the Archipelago Sea.
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- Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Hanko to Uusikaupunki by boat" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo: Radosław Botev, Attribution via Wikimedia Commons