Tammisaari (Ekenäs)

About This Anchorage

Tammisaari (Swedish: Ekenäs) is one of the most historically significant towns in southern Finland — a medieval Swedish-speaking market town with a beautifully preserved old quarter, wooden buildings dating from the 18th–19th century, and a striking stone church. The town sits deep in the inner archipelago behind a maze of islands and channels, giving it extraordinary shelter from all directions. The surrounding Tammisaari Archipelago National Park protects thousands of islands across the Raseborg municipality. The mud bottom in the town anchorage gives excellent holding, and the calm inner waters make it one of the most comfortable overnight stops between Turku and Helsinki. The old town's restaurants and cafés are excellent, and the archipelago park offers kayaking, birdwatching, and day sailing from the guest marina.

Hazards

• !Shallow inner approaches — use echo sounder; minimum depth 2m in anchorage; chart depths may be optimistic due to uplift
• !9mm/year uplift — check current chart edition before approach
• !Complex channel navigation — the inner archipelago channels require careful GPS tracking
• !Speed restrictions in inner channels — 5 knot limit strictly enforced

Skipper's Tips

• →Tammisaari's old town is one of the best-preserved in Finland — explore on foot; the museum is excellent
• →The Tammisaari Archipelago National Park offers superb day sailing in a protected area — hire a kayak from the town for inner island exploration
• →The Saturday market at the town square (summer) sells local produce, fish, and handicrafts
• →This is an ideal bad-weather bolt-hole — the inner position means complete shelter even in Baltic storms
• →Swedish is the primary language here (majority Swedish-speaking municipality) — Finnish and English widely understood

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