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    Posted: 14 Apr 10 at 1:56pm
Originally posted by ChrisC

Originally posted by timg

D-One Regatta in Scarlino next week....


Well I am going to this event, but I have never sailed in Italy before.


Have any of you sailed around about this time?


I was wondering what sailing gear to pack as I am limited on baggage
weight!


Any ideas greatly recieved thanks


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Tim,

Check out the You Tube footage of the Melges 24's at The Volvo Cup
there last week (I think ?).

They all looked pretty well togged up.

Serious wind and waves ! Reckon you will probably need a spare pare of
pants as well (check out the Melges broaching) !

Good luck

 

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That it - Looks great fun doesn't it !

Have you got a small sail ?


Not now Kato (you fewl) !

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Post Options Post Options   Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Apr 10 at 2:38pm

nope!

just the 11 metre main with 15 metre kite!

should be great fun.

As long as it's sunny....da missus n daughter are coming too.
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I've been out in Sardinia about this time a couple of years back and that
was on the end of a similarly cold winter (It had snowed on Sardinia,
unprecedented.) and it has been cold down there. My nephew just got
back from Olympic Trials further south than that in Spain and said it was
still fairly Baltic.

They've been having the same Northerlies we've had and it's kept the
water temp pretty chilly.

So I wouldn't pack summer and if you're lucky and it does turn warm, it's
easier and cheaper to pick up boardies and sunny stuff than it is to get
wintery warmers down there.

(Oh and it was definitely chilly glad I packed a hoody and used a spring
autumn 3mm short arm steamer when I was in Sardinia in early May.)
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Thanks GRF,not long now until your delivery!

Great info from you all, much appreciated.

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I was down in the Adriatic doing the Jadrolana race - Vrsar-Dubrovnik
and back. During the day, it was quite hot, even with 5 Bft. At night
temperatures went down to around 7°C. needless to say take good base and
middle layers and a MUSTO MPX drysuit.


By the way, we cleaned up all the trophies there were to be had...


 



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Cheers Jim,

I reckon I will take the dry suit too.

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Post Options Post Options   Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Apr 10 at 12:16pm

hmmmm dont get me started!

Wed morning flight.

I'm hoping the Volcano of unpronouncable nameski decides to play ball, otherwise its cancel city arizona!

I am remaining optimistic though.

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Given the Eurostar is most likely booked out from here to eternity, get a ferry to Calais, a TGV to Paris, a sleeper train to Milan and then a couple more trains? I guess budgetry constraints might prevent this being a solution...
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I am fingers crossed it will be ok.
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