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  #1 Winkel Ulrich on 10 Jun 13

   

  The wind tends to strike along the Spanish coast, both east or west along the Costa del Sol, and then just when you believe you'll get the wind on the order as you turn the corner, you obtain it on the nose again. Actually, that's n..
  
  I doubt there is one, but if you're the sort of yachtie who loves to use his engine to get out from the marina, instantly established his sails, and only use the engine to get involved with a harbour, then you'll be disappointed. There is plenty of motoring in the Med.
  
  The wind has a tendency to blow along the Spanish coast, both east or west along the Costa del Sol, and then just when you feel you'll get the wind on the order as you turn the corner, you obtain it on the nose again. Actually, that's not exactly correct, since for 10-20 miles north of the south-east corner, the wind continues to blow east-west. To get alternative ways to look at it, please consider peeping at: hoa management. Even though the wind blows, it does not usually start before 12 noon, and often not till later.
  
  So the move to make is run up across to the Balearics, because we unearthed that the winds round the islands are great sailing winds. You frequently get good winds round Menorca, Mallorca and Ibiza, and there are many of good anchorages and marinas to stay in. It's a great touring ground, specially the north-east of Majorca, and most of Menorca.
  
  Most people consider the Med as being either calm, or with just a piece of cake, however it can blow as strongly down there as around Devon and Cornwall. The big difference is that the wind can come from nowhere and get up to a force 7-8 by 50 percent an hour. And neither the sky or the measure give you much idea.
  
  Found Out within an inland sea
  
  We have been fairly lucky in this respect, but once we were caught out badly. We'd cunningly anchored off the less popular part of an island in the inland sea of La Manga. All was well the next day, and the first evening, and then the wind was likely to come from the east and turn around, I think it was, but not until the next day. At about 8 pm the wind from the west dropped, and we expected nothing to take place the days tend to be relaxed. Within half an hour, the wind hadn't only gone around to the north, but was coming at a force six forcing us onto the island!
  
  We couldn't go around the other side because the water was not deep enough, so we had to go in to the marina in the tube that leads out of the inland sea. That could have been easy enough except that the lights marking the entrance to the canal weren't working, and by the full time we got there it was pitch dark.
  
  That wasn't all; because of silting, they'd had to draw out a route to the channel, and this was a dog-leg marked by rules connecting several buoys white and red can you think. In the event you claim to learn further about association property management, we recommend many online libraries people can pursue. In case you desire to discover further about condominium association, we recommend thousands of online libraries you could investigate. Worse than that, there clearly was only 1 white light, and a few red people at the beginning of the funnel, because it were, to the channel. So obviously, we're able to not see them and just had to inch our way toward the wall until a stick was suddenly seen by me silhouetted in the sky.
  
  At that moment, we got so close to the rope marking the channel that it caught around the skeg, but fortuitously slipped off quickly enough. Even when we experienced the marina we'd a job mooring as the wind was blowing us so very hard off the jetty the only area left being the fuelling jetty, which didn't entertain the person in charge of it the following morning when he came.
  
  We've since discovered that the Spaniards in particular are not great at lighting and setting buoys, and that they often don't bother to replace ones that are broken. Night sailing is best reserved for long articles in the wild ocean.
  
  So, like elsewhere, unexpected things can happen when you travel in the Med, but you visit some great areas, meet some beautiful people, and can have some great sailing so long as you know where to go - that does not are the south Spanish mainland!
  
  Seasons have been now spent six by us touring in the Med, steadily heading east from Estepona, and lots of people ask:
  
  "Is the Mediterranean the best place to sail?"
  
  By John Hartley.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The wind tends to strike along the Spanish coast, both east or west along the Costa del Sol, and then just when you believe you'll get the wind on the order as you turn the corner, you obtain it on the nose again. Actually, that's n.. <br /> <br /> I doubt there is one, but if you're the sort of yachtie who loves to use his engine to get out from the marina, instantly established his sails, and only use the engine to get involved with a harbour, then you'll be disappointed. There is plenty of motoring in the Med. <br /> <br /> The wind has a tendency to blow along the Spanish coast, both east or west along the Costa del Sol, and then just when you feel you'll get the wind on the order as you turn the corner, you obtain it on the nose again. Actually, that's not exactly correct, since for 10-20 miles north of the south-east corner, the wind continues to blow east-west. To get alternative ways to look at it, please consider peeping at: <a href="http://www.associaonline.com/" rel="nofollow">hoa management</a>. Even though the wind blows, it does not usually start before 12 noon, and often not till later. <br /> <br /> So the move to make is run up across to the Balearics, because we unearthed that the winds round the islands are great sailing winds. You frequently get good winds round Menorca, Mallorca and Ibiza, and there are many of good anchorages and marinas to stay in. It's a great touring ground, specially the north-east of Majorca, and most of Menorca. <br /> <br /> Most people consider the Med as being either calm, or with just a piece of cake, however it can blow as strongly down there as around Devon and Cornwall. The big difference is that the wind can come from nowhere and get up to a force 7-8 by 50 percent an hour. And neither the sky or the measure give you much idea. <br /> <br /> Found Out within an inland sea <br /> <br /> We have been fairly lucky in this respect, but once we were caught out badly. We'd cunningly anchored off the less popular part of an island in the inland sea of La Manga. All was well the next day, and the first evening, and then the wind was likely to come from the east and turn around, I think it was, but not until the next day. At about 8 pm the wind from the west dropped, and we expected nothing to take place the days tend to be relaxed. Within half an hour, the wind hadn't only gone around to the north, but was coming at a force six forcing us onto the island! <br /> <br /> We couldn't go around the other side because the water was not deep enough, so we had to go in to the marina in the tube that leads out of the inland sea. That could have been easy enough except that the lights marking the entrance to the canal weren't working, and by the full time we got there it was pitch dark. <br /> <br /> That wasn't all; because of silting, they'd had to draw out a route to the channel, and this was a dog-leg marked by rules connecting several buoys white and red can you think. In the event you claim to learn further about <a href="http://www.associaonline.com/our-services/what-we-do/association-management/Pages/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">association property management</a>, we recommend many online libraries people can pursue. In case you desire to discover further about <a href="http://www.associaonline.com/our-services/who-we-serve/premier-other-properties/Pages/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">condominium association</a>, we recommend thousands of online libraries you could investigate. Worse than that, there clearly was only 1 white light, and a few red people at the beginning of the funnel, because it were, to the channel. So obviously, we're able to not see them and just had to inch our way toward the wall until a stick was suddenly seen by me silhouetted in the sky. <br /> <br /> At that moment, we got so close to the rope marking the channel that it caught around the skeg, but fortuitously slipped off quickly enough. Even when we experienced the marina we'd a job mooring as the wind was blowing us so very hard off the jetty the only area left being the fuelling jetty, which didn't entertain the person in charge of it the following morning when he came. <br /> <br /> We've since discovered that the Spaniards in particular are not great at lighting and setting buoys, and that they often don't bother to replace ones that are broken. Night sailing is best reserved for long articles in the wild ocean. <br /> <br /> So, like elsewhere, unexpected things can happen when you travel in the Med, but you visit some great areas, meet some beautiful people, and can have some great sailing so long as you know where to go - that does not are the south Spanish mainland! <br /> <br /> Seasons have been now spent six by us touring in the Med, steadily heading east from Estepona, and lots of people ask: <br /> <br /> "Is the Mediterranean the best place to sail?" <br /> <br /> By John Hartley.</div>

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