minorca, wildwind or sunsail?

   cool, ill be the idiot swimming around an 800 with a fat old guy whos my dad. 

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mike ellis Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 30 Dec 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2339	Post Options Post Reply Quote mike ellis Report Post Quote Reply Topic: minorca, wildwind or sunsail? Posted: 14 Mar 07 at 7:11pm
	cool, ill be the idiot swimming around an 800 with a fat old guy whos my dad.
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Hobbo Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 02 Jun 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 211	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hobbo Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 13 Mar 07 at 9:44pm
	I'm working there in October... See you there Mike
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Helz Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Groupie Joined: 04 Mar 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 96	Post Options Post Reply Quote Helz Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 13 Mar 07 at 8:51pm
	I hated sailing in minorca, it was a little bit cold in Feb but in La Gomera it is great compeating with the atlantic swells and constantly blowing wind.....My idea of heaven.
	luv Helz

KnightMare Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 08 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1682	Post Options Post Reply Quote KnightMare Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 13 Mar 07 at 8:49pm
	La Gomera is nice but no minorca lol well I was there 05 (minorca that is) at that time of year and it was pretty much shorts and Tshirt weather - right up till 2nd week in nov. With the exception of a masive storm that came thru and washed half the beach away. Though i did end up wearning my wetsuit when learning to trap on the 800 (shock horror) and my oily jacket when i was on rescue but hey im allowed then.


Helz Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Groupie Joined: 04 Mar 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 96	Post Options Post Reply Quote Helz Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 13 Mar 07 at 8:37pm
	Go to neither. Fly to Tenereife, get the Fred Olsen Express ferry out of Los Christianos to San Sebastian de La Gomera. Some of the best sailing in the world with Canarie sail!!!
	luv Helz

mike ellis Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 30 Dec 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2339	Post Options Post Reply Quote mike ellis Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 03 Mar 07 at 4:05pm
	thanks for that MM
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Medway Maniac Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 13 May 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2788	Post Options Post Reply Quote Medway Maniac Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 02 Mar 07 at 8:29pm
	Went once in October: it was a bit cooler and the winds were pretty strong (sounds good but after a week or so of it... . You won't sneer at the 4.7 Laser rig after that). That said, it's got to be a lot better than UK in Oct, and maybe it was unusually windy that time. Also, I think I had the problem that I thought, 'Ah Minorca, T-shirt and shorts' and got cold. Had I worn one of the supplied wetsuits I'd have been fine.

mike ellis Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 30 Dec 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2339	Post Options Post Reply Quote mike ellis Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 02 Mar 07 at 5:37pm
	update now, i think they have booked the holiday in minorca in the last week they're open. does anyone know what the weather is like there in october?
	600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it. Also International 14, 1318

mike ellis Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 30 Dec 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2339	Post Options Post Reply Quote mike ellis Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 23 Feb 07 at 5:42pm
	thanks for all the responses, at the moment (well last time i heard) we are planning on going to minorca i think. its the range of boats they've got there, vass looks good for wind but it doesnt have as much for the parents to do. sunsail doesnt look like there will be enough to keep me busy, and they take you off the water at lunch. my mum will probably change her mind at least 10 time this weekend though.
	600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it. Also International 14, 1318

NickA Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 30 Mar 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 784	Post Options Post Reply Quote NickA Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Feb 07 at 6:51pm
	Personally I like Vass. It is a tad scruffy, and true it ain't Fiskardo. but it's pleasantly laid back too. But more a windsurfing than dinghy place really (no wind in the mornings, howling gales late afternoon). Nice in a cat with a hefty mate on the wire probably Sunsail have the advantage (at some resorts) of day yachts - so your mum could sail off down the coast for lunch. Also, Neilson. Finnikounda is quiet and pretty, though nothing to do but sail, surf and sunbathe (oh, or mountain bike). Last time we went, Neilson had gone a bit "corporate" - lots of jolly briefings by uniformed staff and neilson logos everywhere, but the staff were nice. Neilson at Porto Heli has more (and higher performance) boats - but I've not been, so can't comment.
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