Loviisa : Profile

Location

A small seaside town, approximately 65NM east of Helsinki. It is well known for its fortifications and the wooden houses in the Old Town.

Clearance

Harbour Master
Tel:+358 019 515 163, VHF Channel 12, 13, 14, 16

Docking

The town is at the head of a long narrow inlet and has a guest harbour to the SE of the town centre.

Loviisa Guest Harbour
Laivasilta
Tel:+358 019 555 445
Office is by the fuel berth. All facilities. Cafes near by. Visitors' berths are on the long east/west pontoon.

Valco
M-Yachts, Valco, Loviisa, Finland
Tel:+358 19 530 400
info@m-yachts.fi
Lat 60deg 24.55N, 26deg 15.35E Valco is located on the West Bank of the Loviisaviken, some 2.8nm south of Loviisa. Loviisa has an excellent marina with all facilities including fuel. 40ft lift capacity, cold and hot heated sheds and outside hard standing. The yard can undertake most engineering works. It also specialises in repair and construction of wooden yachts.

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