Thanks, Steve. The cruise I was looking at starts and ends in Stockholm. Others go from Amsterdam.
If we have a following wind eastbound, we should then have a head wind westbound. Would that make it rougher? How are conditions in the early fall? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 7:22 AM, Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/8/15, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>We are thinking of a Baltic cruise to St Petersburg. Has anyone on >>the list taken such a journey? Any recommendations? > >>My wife has a tendency towards motion sickness, and that's why I >>wangted to hear from anyone who has been on one of the Baltic cruises. >>We did the ferry from Copenhagen to Oslo years ago, and it was a very >>rough crossing. > > Where are you cruising from? > > The journey you took from Copenhagen to Oslo can be difficult because > once you clear the Danish peninsula you are open to the very long > 'fetch' from the North Sea -and with the prevailing westerlies, the sea > can build up nicely as you transit - beam on to the sea - towards > Norway. Not pleasant aboard a boat with no sail - no matter how large! > > I sailed that route aboard a 60 foot yacht in such a sea with 40 knots > of wind across the deck and it was exhilarating, but appreciate many > would find it very uncomfortable. > > That said, from the western Baltic to St Pete's in the summer months > should not be a problem - in the summer months that region is not > usually bothered by gales. If anything, the wind will generally be a > following one, so aboard a ship should be very pleasant. Gets very warm > in the summer and the long daylight hours are a big bonus. I'm looking > forward to doing some cruising up there in years to come - although in > something a bit smaller: 35 feet-ish. Can't wait! > > Definitely go for it. > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, > || (O) | Web Video Production > ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
