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(I write this in English as it's so much easier for me and the result is likely to be more error-free. Feel free to translate it into Swedish and remove this text if you like)
A friendly little harbour at walking distance from the old spa town Haapsalu. Navigational information can be found here: http://marinas.nautilus.ee/index.php/database . The harbour is maintained by Haapsalu Vana Jahtklubi OÜ (The Old Yacht Club of Haapsalu) and their home page (in Estonian) is: http://haapsalujahtklubi.ee/ . There you will find that in 2012 the Harbour Master (sadamakapteen) is Udo Seenemaa +372 524 7533, +372 5698 0975, ULL 10 kanal, E-post: info@haapsalujahtklubi.ee
The bay of Haapsalu is very shallow with muddy bottom. The mud is one reason why Haapsalu originally developed as spa town - a bath in Haapsaly Bay mud is supposed to be good for your skin. The fairway is well marked and there shouldn't be any problems for motor boats. The draught is announced to be min. 1,9 m but as the mud shifts constantly, I would recommend that sailing vessels contact the Harbour Master in advance to inquire for the current situation. The nautilus.ee page referred to above has good approaching information.
There are 10 berths for visitors, with buoys. I placed the tag at the far end of the visitor's pier on the satellite photo. The bottom is soft, even fluffy, thick mud. The positive about it is that one does not get stuck at once if the keel reaches the bottom. When I was visiting the harbour the water was low but to do the last 50 m or so I simply pushed through some 20 cm of mud with my sailing boat.
Current prices are unknown but in the past the pricing has been quite reasonable.
On top of those ticked below there's pretty much everything in the town at about 2 km from the harbour. Taxi is available for those who are too lazy or weak for walking. Quite close to the harbour at Sadama (Harbour) Street there's Rannarootsi Muuseum (58,95563 N, 23,52818 E), an interesting little museum of coastal Swedish population along Estonias west coast. As we know from history, many of them fled to Sweden during the WWII, but one can still encounter native Swedish speakers in the little villages.