Minorca sailing: wind conditions?

   Yeh it was a toss up between Wild Wind and Minorca. Wind conditions certainly sounded perfect on Lefkas but was very unimpressed by their dinghy fleet - they seemed to have only one of everything, certainly of the performance boats (RS100, 800, 49er etc.). No Mustos either which I'm itching to sail. I want to learn as much as possible while I'm out there so Minorca's more formal structure seemed the better bet. Fingers crossed for decent breeze now!

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dohertpk Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 28 Sep 12 Online Status: Offline Posts: 172	Post Options Post Reply Quote dohertpk Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Minorca sailing: wind conditions? Posted: 09 Dec 14 at 11:54pm
	Yeh it was a toss up between Wild Wind and Minorca. Wind conditions certainly sounded perfect on Lefkas but was very unimpressed by their dinghy fleet - they seemed to have only one of everything, certainly of the performance boats (RS100, 800, 49er etc.). No Mustos either which I'm itching to sail. I want to learn as much as possible while I'm out there so Minorca's more formal structure seemed the better bet. Fingers crossed for decent breeze now!

jaydub Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 06 Jan 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 267	Post Options Post Reply Quote jaydub Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 Dec 14 at 12:38am
	Wildwind is more focussed on the cats, but if you want a laid back holiday, excellent socials and as much high wind practice as anybody could want then it's a great place. The format at Wildwind is very much focussed on beginners and improvers in the morning and then getting as many people as possible out 'joyriding' in the afternoon with the instructors. The vast majority go out in the cats, so if you're a dinghy sailor you do get pretty much your own choice of the boats or some decent 1:1 time with the staff joyriding either the 200s or 500s. I don't think anybody is going to argue about the dinghies not being better at Minorca or the tuition not being more structured there. At the end of the day both companies have their own USPs and both operating very successfully as independent operators in their own market niches. Long may that continue.

ajbaldwin Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Groupie Joined: 09 Oct 12 Online Status: Offline Posts: 51	Post Options Post Reply Quote ajbaldwin Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 Dec 14 at 10:00am
	Sounds like a few people got unlucky with wind conditions. As I said I was there in September this year and it was unseasonably hot so the wind was not as strong as I was expecting. My typical day there was: Morning session sail a single hander hiker usually a 100, if we went out to sea then a Vareo Afternoon I would sail with my wife in a double hander, usually a 400 on the odd very windy afternoon then a 200. The first week I was there they had Pete Vincent out as a double handed coach who is a very respected coach back in the UK One of the best things about Minorca sailing is you can book a one to one lesson with an instructor from 4 pm so every day I would take out a 800 with an instructor. In terms of the quality of instructors, I sailed with a guy called Luke who placed Top 10 as a helm at the Euro's in lake Garda and knew his stuff Minorca is expensive compared the other sailing schools, but also has the best choice of kit. The main selling point for me with Minorca sailing is they have an excellent nursery for young children with qualified British child minders.
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