Cruise In Saltsjö Pir Marina

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Boat rentals In Saltsjö Pir Marina

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Peter • Jul 2024

The boat is in good condition and comfortable to use. As is apparently usual with charter boats, the equipment is kept minimal: - No buoy hook - No ropes exce... read more

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Good condition, minimal equipment

Peter Jul 2024

The boat is in good condition and comfortable to use. As is apparently usual with charter boats, the equipment is kept minimal:

- No buoy hook
- No ropes except the most necessary ones
- Anchor ball and cone for machine travel without mooring lines
- No anchor claw
- The length of the anchor chain is not marked
- The electronic map did not reach Åland
- No ball fender

But we still enjoyed the wonderful sailing in the Stockholm archipelago :-)
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Peter • Jun 2024

We had a great week's sailing in the Stockholm Archipelago, however, the service provided by the operator was mixed and the facilities at Saltsjo Pir marina wer... read more

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Bavaria 34 from saltsjo pir marina - a mixed review

Peter Jun 2024

We had a great week's sailing in the Stockholm Archipelago, however, the service provided by the operator was mixed and the facilities at Saltsjo Pir marina were poor.

The marina is easily reached by public transport from Stockholm and well-located for a cruise to both south and north of the archipelago, we made a satisfying circuit in our week. It is only a few minute's walk from the bus/train stop and a good supermarket, and it has a good restaurant on site. However, the marina facilities were very poor. Only one combined toilet/shower - with 12 charter yachts turning round each week. Also there is no proper rubbish disposal or recycling, no sewage pump-out station and no fuel station.

We had booked early boarding as an extra and arrived at the office at around 10:30. We could leave our luggage there and went to shop for provisions, then waited in the office for the early boarding time at 13:00. During this time it became clear that the preparation of the charter yachts was proceeding slowly and chaotically. It was the first weekend of the charter season, the manager said "its always like this, the cleaning company never sends enough people" - but surely it is the manager's job to make allowance for this, the cleaning could have been done on previous days in this case. But the manager offered to refund our early booking fee, which helped, then just at 13:00 the staff on the pontoon said our yacht was ready. Great - but once we got onto the boat, we realised it was not the model of Bavaria 34 that we had specifically ordered. We questioned this and found that a yacht of the correct specification was available, but it was not yet ready. We decided to switch to that and, despite the pontoon staff prioritising our yacht, it was after 16:00 before the yacht was ready for us to leave.

I should emphasise that the staff on the pontoon were all great and worked hard to clean, repair and equip our yacht as quickly as they could. But the manager seemed to take no responsibility for the issues that were occurring, just pushing the blame on to others. When we returned home, three days after our charter ended, our refund had still not been transferred. I believe the manager did not transfer it until I reminded him and would have not done so if I had not contacted him. I received it three days later.

As it turned out, when we left the marina the yacht was still not "ready". The waste tank was almost full and overflowed on our second day, its gauge didn't work. The fuel gauge showed 3/4 full, but on our second day we filled it with more than half a tank (80L); the gauge then showed full for the rest of the week, despite our using an estimated 45L. However, other than these issues, which we worked around, the yacht was in good condition and sailed well. She was well-enough equipped, although a bit short in galley equipment, with glass and china crockery resulting in breakage and further shortage!

In the first week of June the season had hardly started and the archipelago was very quiet once beyond a half-day from Stockholm. We enjoyed good restaurant lunches in Sandhamn and Finnhamn which were both quiet and friendly at this time. But at several anchorages shore facilities were not yet open.

The area is very different to our usual cruising grounds (West Coast Scotland and Mediterranean) with more restricted channels nearer the mainland and open water further out - but peppered with rocks! Navigation is mostly straightforward line-of-site with hazards visible or well-marked, but the islands and skerries all look the same, so either precise chart work or close attention to chart plotter are essential.

Anchorages were mostly quiet at this time, we had some to ourselves. We are normally most comfortable with swinging anchorages, but we found the holding generally poor and on two occasions fouled on abandoned cable/chain in recommended anchoring spots. It is well worth copying the locals and getting used to bows-to mooring onto the rocks - more secure.

Overall, it was a beautiful and interesting area to sail in with limitless itineraries and hundreds (thousands?) of sheltered anchorages. We had good weather in early June, some good sailing winds in generally flattish water and only two rain showers in the whole week.
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Thomas • Aug 2024

Der Bootszustand war dem Alter entsprechend. Die Arbeit des Reinigungsteams war OK, hat aber noch etwas Luft nach hoben. Das Yachtcharter-Team (deutsch sprechen... read more

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Fast perfekt

Thomas Aug 2024

Der Bootszustand war dem Alter entsprechend. Die Arbeit des Reinigungsteams war OK, hat aber noch etwas Luft nach hoben. Das Yachtcharter-Team (deutsch sprechend) unter der Leitung von Hans war stets bemüht und zuvorkommend. Die Begutachtung und Bewertung des Bootes bei Rückgabe war korrekt und ohne Probleme. Wünschen würde ich mir zusätzlich zur derzeit vorhandenen Ausstattung zumindest eine wirklich laaaange Landleine und einen Reserve-Festmacher, sodass man im Bedarfsfall eine 2. Spring legen kann. Aber das lässt sich sicher machen. Unterm Strich blicken wir auf einen traumhaften Törn zurück!
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Jean-Baptiste • Aug 2024

La zone de navigation de l'archipel de Stockholm est magnifique, truffée de mouillages et de petits ports ou passer la nuit. On trouve toujours un endroit ou s'... read more

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Excellente croisière en famille !

Jean-Baptiste Aug 2024

La zone de navigation de l'archipel de Stockholm est magnifique, truffée de mouillages et de petits ports ou passer la nuit. On trouve toujours un endroit ou s'abriter quelque soit le vent. Le côté lacustre et la multitude d'ile limite les vagues, parfait pour une navigation en famille ou en équipage réduit. La navigation reste simple bien qu'intéressante, et on peut faire un trajet en boucle sans repasser deux fois au même endroit. Les distances sont également raisonnables ce qui laisse le temps de visiter les îles.
Et cerise sur le gâteau, on peut se baigner partout ! L'eau est à la fois suffisamment chaude (20 degrés) et très peu salée !
L'accueil du loueur était à la fois sympathique et professionnel. Le bateau est en parfait état, très bien équipé, très confortable et très facile à manœuvrer donc idéal pour notre petit équipage de 4. Il y a un parking gardé et un grand supermarché à proximité, et l'accès est très facile.
Bref, nous recommandons à la fois la destination, le bateau et le prestataire !
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Johannes • Jul 2024

Der Hafen on Saltsjö PIR ist toll (bis auf die Toilette wo es nur eine gibt). Das Team vor Ort war sehr nett und sie haben uns maximal unterstützt! Kann ich nur... read more

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Tolles boot, tollesteam

Johannes Jul 2024

Der Hafen on Saltsjö PIR ist toll (bis auf die Toilette wo es nur eine gibt). Das Team vor Ort war sehr nett und sie haben uns maximal unterstützt! Kann ich nur empfehlen, ist ein tolles Erlebnis!
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Florent • Sep 2022

L'archipel de Stockholm est un endroit paradisiaque ! Des milliers d'iles, une impression de naviguer sur un lac (attention cependant aux grains qu'il faut anti... read more

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L'archipel de stockholm en fin de saison

Florent Sep 2022

L'archipel de Stockholm est un endroit paradisiaque ! Des milliers d'iles, une impression de naviguer sur un lac (attention cependant aux grains qu'il faut anticiper lors de navigations sous voiles), des ports acceuillants, mouillages a la suedoise, saunas flottants...
Fin aout, la saison est finie depuis longtemps. Les ports et les oles sont vides. De quoi jouer les explorateurs et visiter les lieux habituellement complets en été.

Le support de Globesailor etait parfait tant pour la réservation que lors du séjour.

Cruise In Saltsjö Pir Marina

Our cruises with or without skipper

Bavaria Cruiser 34 (2023)

Bavaria C45 (2023)

Dehler 34 (2023)

Bavaria Cruiser 34 (2017)

Hanse 458 (2021)

Hanse 418 (2022)

Dehler 38SQ (2022)

Hanse 388 (2022)

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