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dohertpk ![]() Posting king ![]() Joined: 28 Sep 12 Online Status: Offline Posts: 172 |
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Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone has been to Minorca sailing and has any unbiased information about the wind conditions. I'm thinking of signing up for the Musto Skiff training week in the first week of May. All the YouTube vids of Minorca Sailing seem to show very light breeze... Cheers!
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Rupert ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
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We had tons of breeze, but that was in July. Seemed to be what the instructors expected, though. Friends who went in May 2011 had plenty, I seem to remember - too much at times.
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dohertpk ![]() Posting king ![]() Joined: 28 Sep 12 Online Status: Offline Posts: 172 |
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Thanks for that!
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NeilB-Phantom ![]() Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 01 Mar 14 Location: Plymouth-UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 41 |
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Many years since I've been which was July or August and it was mostly 2-3 with a very occasional 4.
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ajbaldwin ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 09 Oct 12 Online Status: Offline Posts: 51 |
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I am a big fan of Minorca sailing and go every year. From speaking to instructors and being there June -July seems to be fairly light breeze with it building more around the September October time. Iwas there for 2 weeks in September this year and it was very light breeze (typical) I have never been early season though
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Steve411 ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 09 Sep 08 Location: Cheddar, Somerset, England Online Status: Offline Posts: 705 |
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http://www.windfinder.com/windstatistics/mahon
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simsy ![]() Posting king ![]() Joined: 14 Jun 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 158 |
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I'm a very good friend of this seasons Beach Manager, he tells me it's mostly light, perhaps force 2-3, with the occasional windy day, or when a Tremontana (sp?) comes through!
Whenever I've been to Minorca or Majorca, its been quite light winds.
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furtive ![]() Posting king ![]() Joined: 30 Mar 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 188 |
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http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php?sc=48918
Looks like a Tramontana coming through this week. Generally the wind is OK, light to medium I guess, but rare to get windless days outside of the very hot days of July and August, and still fairly uncommon then.
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turnturtle ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 05 Dec 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2538 |
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A friend of mine went there once and got skunked. He's also the same guy who found the only section of the alps without snow on it one year, so took out a rental mountain bike and ended up getting two punctures.
He's not a chap to go on holiday with. Back on-topic- those wind stats look good for musto skiff sailing.
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andy101 ![]() Posting king ![]() Joined: 11 Jan 11 Online Status: Offline Posts: 176 |
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I was doing a winter season in serre chevalier 90/91. Small amount of snow in the French alps late November then a high pressure system settled in and did not shift until 20th February when fortunately over a metre fell in 5 hours. It is one of the main reasons behind the massive investment in snow making that has taken place in recent years.
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