Ahh just arrived home after a long drive down to the Isle of Wight.

What a fantastic place for sailing!

Where are the other best areas around the world do you recommend to sail?

Yotty - I think the Folly at Whippingham must have changed "hands" - not the same as it was a few years back.

Jinkster

It is nice there, I was in Gosport last month for a sailing event - fantastic week !

What a fantastic place for sailing!


Er - yup - there is a lot of water there. It's gotta help:=

Carnac, Lake Garda, Sardinia and Sydney Harbour have got to be my favourite places in the world to sail. Superb events, good wind (no, not that sort...) and lots of attractive women.:\

Haven't had the chane to do Antigua week yet, now that would be special. Just need more beer tokens first though....

Did anyone here go to the Airline Sailing Champs in Canada recently?

Only this week I was in the Solent on a 72ft racing yacht, courtesy of Flexjet (they had a 'client day'). Perfect weather and terrific views of the IoW as we sailed past.

Swedish Skaergaard. Wonderful in good weather, f****** scary in bad weather.

Around Corsica.

As long as the sailing trip ends with a cold beer, it could be anywhere.

FS

Best I can do is listen to "Sailing By" - Radio 4, circa midnight.

Sends me to sleep a treat!

Was sailing in the Scottish series in Tarbet in May, which was very good.
Apart from sitting on the weather rail in a force 6 with freezing rain at 4am on the feeder from Bangor across the North Channel, that wasn't fun.

Anybody doing Cork week next year?

Flat Spin - was on the Isle of Wight with the 16ft Laser looks like we both picked a great week to do some sailing - also to get a burnt nose!!

Jinkster

boat , n: a hole in the water into which you pour money.

It is well known that there are 3 ways to die on a long sailing trip

1. Fall overboard and drown.
2. Run out of water and die of thirst.
3. Die of boredom.

And yes, I too owned my own sailing boat once…

Best sailing waters...

No one beats the inland shores of Denmark and West coast of Sweden in the late summer. Smooth waters, gentle breeze in most cases, yet it always seem to get windy during races so the adrenalin kick up a bit. Yup, that my best bet...

My second best bet would be the crossing the Atlantic in late November. To sit up nights keeping lookout, starting in full combat gear ending up in nothing but shorts as you approach the Carribians, with the risung sun in your back and dolfins guiding you in, is something to remember.

But I guess anyones favorite waters are the shores of home...

If time & money permit, you simply must experience the British Virgin Islands. Breathtakingly beautiful, wonderfully calm waters & the most incredible sunsets & storms I have ever seen. Truly amazing..
Failing that, the Firth of Clyde and the waters around the West Coast of Scotland have a beauty that is unique,too & is well worth seeing.Enjoy!

My favourite boat the Hallberg Rassy originates from the west coast of Sweden, Ellos. Ah maybe one-day wheres my revision book?

Happy Sailing

Sail my 27 foot Hunter regularly out of Falmouth - some of the best sailing in the UK but would rather be somewhere warm and sunny!... best ever sail under the stars between off the coast of Kos with a lovely Irish girl and a bottle of equally Irish malt.... unforgettable!

Try the Cyclades Island in the Central Agean Sea. Plenty of wonderfull islands nice small villages and wonderfull warm seas. A word of advice unless you are fluent in Greek (so you can seek advice from the local fisherman) use a skipper as the wind may be too strong. Check the METAR for LGMK if you want a taste.

You can also try the islands of the Eastern Aegean with a spectacular approach and deperature in Samos Island.

Rwy in Sight

PS I still need to pick up my sailing diploma.

Foss, yep should be doing Cork week (again) next year. Strangely enough it'll be in a cork as well! Time to start buying the paracetemol already...:} :yuk: :\

Around English Harbor in Antigua, or if you want somewhere nearer home (UK), Fowey, Cornwall, on a good day!

Personal fave is the Hauraki gulf off Auckland, NZ. Have been out there for the last 2 America's cups and managed to sail both times, though obviously not on the cup boats!!

Last time (Feb 2003) I managed to get a sail on an old cup boat that some bright spark has bought and runs trips out on. Fantastic let me tell ya!!

Look here for further info:

Sail NZ (http://www.sailnewzealand.co.nz/)

The Solent is pretty special though, definitely a "home waters" thing!

Best place for cruising/dayboating has got to be the Whitsunday Islands off the coast of Queensland. Emerald green waters, lots of sunshine, good visibility, deep water (US Fleet anchored here in the 40's), stiff winds and good wildlife (on and off board). Only place I can think of that's worth sitting on a plane for a day and a half. Might be Mr & Mrs WF's next holiday destination......
Otherwise, Milford Haven (Dale in particular) is the tops - especially for dingy sailing or learning to windsurf, Flat water, shallow(ish) drop and again, half decent wind. Plus there's a cafe/pub for refreshments after a hard day on the water.

Best place for cruising/dayboating has got to be the Whitsunday Islands off the coast of Queensland. Emerald green waters, lots of sunshine, good visibility, deep water (US Fleet anchored here in the 40's), stiff winds and good wildlife (on and off board). Only place I can think of that's worth sitting on a plane for a day and a half. Might be Mr & Mrs WF's next holiday destination......
Otherwise, Milford Haven (Dale in particular) is the tops - especially for dingy sailing or learning to windsurf, Flat water, shallow(ish) drop and again, half decent wind. Plus there's a cafe/pub for refreshments after a hard day on the water.



Hear hear on both of those as good spots.

Spent 3 cracking days sailing the Whitsundays back in 2000. Even managed to swin with Manta Rays which was definitely one of life's highlights.

Only time I've done Milford was on a weekend just before Christmas a couple of years back in a winter series race. The day was fantastic, crystal clear, blue skies etc...etc... Cracking the ice of the deck was amusing at 8am with a raging hangover!!! I have a mate runs a sailing phtography business round those parts. If you see a crazy photographer called Ed screaming round the sound in a boat, say hello from Dan!

:ok:

Dannyo - if you can make Milford, and sailing a 1/2 man dingy is your sort of thing, then a worthwhile place to visit is Ponsticill Reservoir to the north of Merthyr Tydfil.

They usually have a boxing day race (woe betide those who "fall" in!) and you really do need the ice pick up there!

Still, stunning scenery, peace and quiet and one big reservoir with only about 10 boats on it (that really is the peak rush hour up there), can't fault it!

I know that Mark won't mind me pasting up the homepage of the club here.....

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mgovier/merthyrt.htm

Looks rather pleasant weselfluren

I would like to get back into dinghy sailing again. All I 've been doing for the past few years is more "big boat" oriented.

I live over near Cambridge and don't get to go over the border that much these days but will definitely look the place up the next time I'm in the area.

Cheers for the info and remember, if you see Ed, say hello!

Jinkster, my man, if you had said 'X-Yacht' I would see some fascination.....but dude, you kinda lost me there......


Ok...for cruising...Whitsunday Islands is a hard spot to beat.

...for racing...gotta go with Auckland's Hauraki gulf. Very competitive and racing most week day afternoons for Rum. Weekend series races, and some great overnighters!

....so, fellas, what's your favorite yacht?
For my money, I'm going with the X-442
..the new 46 is going to be kick-ass though..
...and while I'm here, anyone had a look at Jeanneau's SunFast 43? (the performance version) ??

The Dodecanese are wonderful to sail around.If you go, do try to visit the island of Symmi.. wonderful little natural harbour. Off this weekend to get me feet wet out of Plymouth..should be fun

I'm off to English Harbour, Antigua to spend two weeks sailing around the islands - Exercise Caribbean Endeavour next April.
:cool: :cool: :cool:

Any good places to go ashore, particularly drinking holes. Where do the laydeeeeees hang out (if there are any worth talking about!);)

M7

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Say again..
what boat will you be on?
Be on a Sigma 33 myself.
Never mind bloody sailing though, got a rocketing hangover today from the flipping yacht club.

ready about.. le ho
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Fos