The proportion of owners and charter crews sailing eastwards on the Baltic Sea is still relatively small. Most are drawn northwards to Denmark, Sweden or Norway. However, Poland and the Baltic states to the east of Rügen are attractive sailing areas. The South Coast Baltic association, an EU-supported project that promotes the region from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania via Poland to Lithuania at trade fairs and most recently in the form of a summer flotilla that runs from Gdansk to Kaliningrad in a week, has been promoting this for several years.
The association has now published a free area guide for the 2018 season, which presents the harbours along the entire length of the coast and can be obtained in both printed and electronic form ( Link to download). Massive investments have been made in infrastructure in recent years, particularly in Poland, but also in the Baltic states, often with generous EU support. Many harbours are technically up to date and have modern jetties, supply facilities and sanitary installations.
The "Harbour Guide for the Southern Baltic Sea Coast", comprising around 180 pages, presents them with plans, information and brief characteristics. The plans and maps in particular are not always up to the standard of professional guides, for example depths and information are sometimes missing, but you definitely get a good first impression. More information about the Website of the network.
Andreas Fritsch
Editor Travel
