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Neilson Porto Heli

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Topic: Neilson Porto Heli

Posted By: Quagers
Subject: Neilson Porto Heli
Date Posted: 06 Jun 09 at 7:47pm

Have just booked 2 weeks at Porto Heli in August, has anyone been? any reviews? Sailing experience wise im a 18 yo dingy instructor whos looking for a couple of weeks playing around on the high performance kit they supposedly have there.

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Posted By: swimalot
Date Posted: 06 Jun 09 at 10:06pm

We spent two weeks there in August last year. Most of the sailing was conducted in the bay. The winds there were mostly lightish, but most afternoons there was a reasonable breeze. They do a few trips out of the bay each week into the gulf - one to have a play with a bit more wind and a bit more space - a cruise to the next bay for lunch - and a race "around the rock". Racing in the bay more or less every day. Everything was well organised, and the instruction was very good - also the hotel and the food. Porto Heli itself is rather uninspiring.

We had a play with the 4000 and the 800, but I spent most of my time improving my racing in a laser. Very useful.