The sailboat was raised after HS reported.
HELSINKI A small sailing boat that sank in Merisatamanranta was raised on Friday.
HS news on Thursday that it is not just any boat, but a historically valuable Havsfidra made in Sweden in the 1960s and 1970s. Experienced round-the-world sailor Tapio Lehtinen recognized the boat from the news photo. Lehtinen said in the article that he finds it “incomprehensible that the city of Helsinki does not take care of its beautiful beaches”.
The Havsfidra boat became famous when the Swede Åke Mattson participated with his Havsfidra named Goodwin II in the traditional Ostar competition in 1968.
The boat was stationary in front of Kaivopuisto for a long time, partly under water.
Helsinki the city has been unsuccessfully trying to reach the owner of the boat for some time. Head of the Maritime Services Unit Ari Maunula previously told HS via e-mail that the city found out at the end of autumn that the boat was about to sink.
The city also made an investigation request to the police. According to Maunula, the owner of the boat once had a boat dock in Merisatamanranta.
The rescue service, meanwhile, has stated that the boat did not cause any immediate harm to the environment. The sinking of the boat could have caused environmental damage if, for example, it had leaked fuel into the sea.
In this case, there was no similar danger because it was a small sailboat.
The sailboat was stationary for a long time.
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