Karelia to Moscow

It so happened that I was fortunate to be associated with yachts, in the past year to participate in the stretch yachts quater of Karelia in Moscow only by water.
In this topic, you will learn about people, about life, about the events and show the beauty of our Motherland)
And start it with photos of unknown dolmen (I do not know what they mean, but in Karelia are everywhere)





The road began with a semi-abandoned factory Avangard where we rested after the regatta "Onega»



The fact that sailing requires a lot of time, and no holiday is not enough for him, so the crews vary between races and overtake whole or in part, and is leaving us part of the crew slept, after the correction of health you can walk along the shore



City all his fibers demonstrated readiness for the day of the Navy and already at 8 am across drunken citizens in his cap, we are sympathetic look at kindred spirits, but they preferred not to spoil Uren cool alcohol



Parking itself is as I have already written to polupokinotom factory ... when he was probably the pride of Soviet industry but now the impression is like Chernobyl ... picture supplements horrible (if not more obscene) state of the roads in the city



"Uploads plates cosmic map» ©

after the seizure of collecting stocks and buying 15 bottles of balm on the Karelian souvenirs ready to leave



Sad ghosts of the past, the older brother of our ship was out of our longing look provazhayut windows ...

This is done when they plant, minesweepers, with non-magnetic wooden buildings ...



Farewell Petrozavodsk



Ahead stopping on the islands of Grand Chardon and we are already mentally preparing for a rare descent to the beach and 10 days on the deck



The morning started early



Our boat was the side by side with our familiar yacht Jaguar



There's quite a difficult fairway, and even surface of the water and looks serene, but beneath lurk danger to sailors)



Around the classic nature of Karelia - granite, pine, moss



We could not resist and went ashore



Flower)



and another flower)))



passing through the island came to the opposite bank, it is open to all the winds, and there is no start anchoring the yacht was not the slightest possibility



Again incomprehensible sculpture in stone, we did not touch them, you never know the creator of a sudden the road and he checks them occasionally



soft carpet underfoot Stela mosses and lichens, and under them solid granite



and another "pyramid»



But these islands are not inhabited, at least not all year



a typical view of the island)



Half of the author to scale))
beauty is so striking that over time, the brain does not see it already



Goodbye Big Chardon!



And ahead of us a long way, and we have already got used to life on the boat))



I am particularly pleased that this way we pass not alone, with our fellow travelers are



Passing Lake Onega feel like at sea, off the coast no great depth ... The water is cold - checked, bathed))
A rocket that Onega go on for some reason painted in green



This is our heroic exec



It is necessary to raise the sail calm ... there is no possibility, but really want to crazy about motor



The wind never blew for the second half of the day and only rare clouds rescued from the sun ... and burn very seriously on the water - grain you, terrible burns as if parboiled, so all smeared protective creams



Evening wind ... never blew



On the steering wheel. Time 23 hours, and there is still a whole night on watch



Before entering the vytigrinskie gateways ... early in the morning and we hope to go through the whole system in one day. How wrong we were



Lock operator certainly follower gay kept boats on the roads as red-hot frying pan under the sun 9:00 (and it's not bad !!! in the past (2011) we were kept 14 hours in the same gateway!)



Local calories indicating km to Moscow



Still standing waiting for the team to enter the lock ...



The team arrived and we are in the gateway! We have already raised, but the whole cascade of gateways, we do not have time to go, look at the color of the water, it is rich brown, so look for it zhutchayshey escape from the heat no one dared



Counter ships in the roads waiting until we come out of the gateway that would go to Onega



And again in the gateway, then you can clearly see how much we have raised in locks and assess the full scale of engineering works builders gateways



Again we go, necessarily feel small scales near



By the way on the quay walls, many teams waiting in the gateway passage write the names of their ships and the different messages



turn to the gateway on the other side and we are ... and we will not pass to the next stop and the village Deviatiny



During the night dew fell on her were drowned (?) Insects lay thickly like a carpet)



Again, we are waiting for locks and the river behind them Kovzha



You can estimate the height of the rise in the gateway ... and even the color of the water
there is even a saying, "Water Colors Kovzha»



On its banks grow a forest that is tempted and falls into the river, and the water that color difficult to see large ships snag ... it certainly does not hurt but we have to be careful, and we must look closely at the helmsman ahead



typical forested shore



But it is worth noting that they began to ennoble the shore, and sometimes it looks just fine!
Here is one of oblagorazhivateley resting after lunch



Vytigorskaya gateway system is loaded, and even ... perhaps not in full cope with the flow of ships, what they say such here turns



Generally a little alarming remoteness from civilization, dense forest with fallen trees along the shore ... that's a rare corner of civilization - Ann pontoon bridge



Tired of the monotonous landscape, we go to the lake White, and it is like a breath of fresh air for those tired of the monotony of minds



We are catching up with the passenger.
Sailors and passengers connects old friendship)), we can say we love each other)) and at each meeting of the audience excitedly waving to us and whistles asking aboard. We are not in debt and we remain waving and whistling back)
here is understanding



Dead wood ... ... leaving only stumps trunks above the water, it is better not to go on a yacht



Float entry in the bypass channel, saying it started to drip under Peter the First, and finished just under Nicholas the First ... obelisk raised in the 19th century marks the entrance to it.



Here it is, the white lake!



City Belozersky. Morning.
The city itself has made an oppressive impression ... dilapidated houses, with traces of fires, Gopnik, the road after the tanks ... I hope to know the city on the other side, but has not yet received



Well, a cup of coffee)), where the same without it) on a yacht course has a stove where everything ready, so that we do not bedstvuem



at the outlet of White Lake is dilapidated church ... they do a lot on the banks ... or look clings to them as to what that is isolated from the neighborhood? not will deal



What a monastery (women say, would stick but do not let the first mate) and passengers



In addition to the banks of the monasteries and is popadatsya More ... or "authentic staropravoslavno-Slavic HOTEL" or scenery filmmakers



... Sunset Sunsets on the water incredibly beautiful



Sometimes there is a feeling that you are somewhere in Europe ...
(speeds)



Morning advice captains. 5am.
Solved route point stops ... and just chat - insulation on the boat affects



... We do not just pass under the bridges) and a transmission line



and this cunning sign indicates where to swim is necessary, and which in any case!



All types of largely steering eyes look that way.
In the river, the channel does not put the sail, so we go back to the motor



in fact, sometimes the spirit captures the beauty of landscapes and you realize that photography is only a weak replica



...



so) over 5 am, the council of captains)



Sheksna city, Sheksninsky Gateway, the only parallel in our way (this is when the two side by side and can raise and lower ships independently)
We will omit



go to the gateway
the ultimate goal of the day - Cherepovets



Cherepovets is thorough car park - have to be washed, restock food and fuel ... and yet there is a very beautiful bridge



At night, he certainly looks more beautiful .. (sorry, no tripod)



4am, bye Cherepovets! we have to go Rybinka per day, so it's too early ...
morning city produces vpechetlenie industrial hell)



...



Dawn



Rybinka. Rybinsk Reservoir.
Meets with us vmorduvindom, narrow fairway isilnymi (for naschego class yachts) waves



Half-day struggle with a headwind, the waves rocked us like a swing, and sailors from tankers were looking at how we talking about waves and deploys counter vetrom.Navernoe they thought that we mad)))
but it is the time! Sail!



boat heeled, cuts the waves like a knife ... and the wind fills the sails of freedom!
Only in silence can be heard a little wind and only the murmur of the water being cut breaks the silence



and of course the bank has made adjustments to the movement of the boat)



and at the same time ... it's an incredible feeling!



Of course despite the dinner sail on schedule! By the way, these meatballs complete garbage! never taste good! do not buy such !!!

Meals are mainly canned products + fresh vegetables, rice, pasta, buckwheat.



Morning. Volga.
We went Rybinka ... right at the exit we were almost drowned one "passenger" ... had to endure unpleasant second when he walked to us without changing course, but still behind



and that the railway bridge), this photo could not paste that in it such? but))
this bridge is always when we go out of Rybinka (or enter into it) there is a train, and the whole crew is waving his hand, and train signals in response.
Sort of greeting two travelers hurrying about their business.
There is a brief sense of unity and brotherhood with all around the world)))

Of course at the moment of photo diesel horn sounds)



Again Church on the banks ... but other ... even if there are abandoned but there is no gloom of the north



)) and the actions around it was a lot of cars, probably the wedding)



Uglich Hello!



And the next morning we pass Uglich the gateway, the ultimate goal - Dubna, and tomorrow in Moscow



Uglich HPP ... or just dam)



The Volga River is very beautiful, very Russian, quiet and beautiful



... Another "passenger»



this is the most complete picture conveys how it looks live



... And in the meantime we are getting closer to Kalyazin



Kalyazin, with the water it looks like a city of contrasts, a city of the past and buduyuschego ... why?



because



closer to channel them. Moscow
swim up to Cymru



The city itself has made as after a hard impression as Belozersky



The lack of people, empty, dark windows of the houses, overgrown with weeds and nettles embankment gray izrisoval rough hand fences ... and two drunk putting across the fairway network



The morning of the next day. 4 a.m. The first gateway Canal. Moscow



I want to go to sleep ... and the channel quickly))



After the first ... our gateway with a slight trace of sadness looking leader of the world proletariat



And then ... happened ... engine emergency arose, almost swept under a barge ... barely taxied adrenaline rolls over)
at the end we took the lift

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