Yacht Ostrako leaves the yacht club, bypasses Dolobetsky Island and, leaving the Dnieper, goes to the island of Vodnikov.

Note!
Walk to the flooded motor ship. The island can only stop at anchor.

   When calculating a route, it is important to consider:

• estimated running time to the island - 3 hours
• return of the vessel from the island to the yacht club - 3 hours
• the time of anchorage at the island is calculated according to the sailing tariff of the yacht

Route "Hydropark - Vodnikov Island"

  Down the Dnieper, along the Venitsiansky Island, on the left, and the slopes of the right-bank Kiev, which reveals the beauty of the Park of Eternal Glory, the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra and the Singing Field, passes under the Paton, Darnitsky and Yuzhny bridges, bypassing Veliky Yuzhny Island. Further, past the Deviation Tower and Zhukov Island, it goes to Vodnikov Island.

Description of the resting place

  Vodnikov Island (54 hectares) is a historical area on the territory of Kiev near Zhukov Island. The islands were connected by a dam, along which a highway was laid. A workshop of the Kiev shipbuilding and ship repair plant was built on the island and its bay was turned into a convenient harbor for the wintering of the river fleet. Now there is a large sandy beach on Vodnikov Island, it is convenient to cook barbecue, fish and swim here.

  Before the revolution, the island was known as Chernechiy, since it had long belonged to the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, and it was also called Galerny because, in addition to the convenience of the pier, it resembled a large galley barge in shape. In the 30s, for military purposes, a tunnel with a railway was laid through the island, but at the beginning of the war, the construction that had begun was mothballed and flooded, and in 1946. tubing and tunnel equipment were dug up and used in the construction of the Kiev metro, and in 1974. (after the launch of the Kanevskaya hydroelectric power station) was flooded again.

Yacht Ostrako leaves the yacht club, bypasses Dolobetsky island and, leaving the Dnieper, goes to the island of Holguin.

Note!
The island can only stop at anchor.

   When calculating a route, it is important to consider:

• estimated running time to the island - 3.5 hours
• return of the vessel from the island to the yacht club - 3.5 hours
• the time of anchorage at the island is calculated according to the sailing tariff of the yacht

  Holguin Island is the second most popular place (after Velikiy Island) for recreation on almost all types of yachts and boats, as well as small motor ships.

Route "Hydropark - Holguin Island"

  Down the Dnieper, along the Venitsiansky Island with the slopes of the right-bank Kiev, which reveals the beauty of the Park of Eternal Glory, the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra and the Singing Field, passes under the Paton, Darnitsky and Yuzhny bridges, bypassing the Great South Island. Further, past the Deviation Tower, Zhukov Island, Vodnikov Island and Kazachy Island it goes to Olgin Island.

Description of the resting place

   Holguín is surrounded by picturesque dense vegetation with a muddy bottom and a rapid current around it. Holguín is a great place to get away from civilization and relax with friends or work colleagues. Often the most beautiful vacation spots are occupied by yachting tourists, fishermen on boats, scouts who train to survive in non-urban settings.

   Representatives of European and Asian flora and fauna coexist here in an amazing way. In the reserve, which has become part of the regional landscape park "Dnieper Islands", scientists have discovered many rare plants, insects and birds.

  Here you can find rare snow-white water lilies, medicinal herbs, otter and ermine. The decoration of the reserve is a colony of herons.

Yacht Ostrako leaves the yacht club, bypasses Dolobetsky Island and, leaving the Dnieper, goes towards the Postal Square.

   When calculating a route, it is important to consider:

• estimated sailing time from the yacht club - 1 hour 10 minutes
• return of the vessel to the yacht club - 1 hour

Route "Hydropark - Pochtovaya sq."

  Turning from the Venetian Island along the Dnieper to the right, upstream, the route will pass between Trukhanov Island and the slopes of the right bank of Kiev, which overlooks the Park of Eternal Glory, Askold's Grave, Mariinsky Park, and passing under the Pedestrian Bridge, to the Arch of Friendship of Peoples and Funicular, located at Pochtovaya Sq.

Description of the turning point

  At the Postal Square. located: the lower station of the Funicular, the Kiev river station, the Church of the Nativity of Christ, the building of the former Post station.

  Postal Square is one of the oldest trading squares in Kiev, dating back to the 4th century AD. acc. archaeological research. The name of the square comes from the appearance of the post-stagecoach station in the middle of the 19th century.

  The name of T.G. Shevchenko is associated with the Church of the Nativity of Christ (built in the 18th century horse trail on the square), whose ashes were transported from St. Petersburg to Kanev, and solemn requiems were once again ruled in it.