Olympic boats and speedboats.
Sail or engine, got to get to the sea.
The exhibition in the boat hall consists of boats included in the collections of both the Maritime Museum of Finland and the Museum of Kymenlaakso.
The centre of the boat hall houses a magnificent 49er sailing boat, with which Thomas Johanson and Jyrki Järvi of Finland won the Olympic gold medal in the Sydney Olympics in 2000. The small wooden yawl from 1928, also used in the Olympic games, represents older Olympic history.
The Marino Family Sport launched on the market in 1960 is an American-style outboard motor boat designed for the whole family. The body is of glassfibre, but the deck and interior are still of wood. The Finnish technology magazine Tekniikan Maailma named it the Finnish boat beauty.
The wooden Victoria boat reflects the likings of the creator of the Moomins. The wooden boat, which used to belong to Tove Jansson, was built on the island of Pellinki in 1962. In the summer, Jansson used to live on the small island of Klovharu, to where people travelled on the Victoria.
