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We specialise in teaching novices how to sail, and offer 7 and 10 day live aboard courses, sailing around the Greek Islands. Contact Athens Sailing Academy in Greece via email or direct phoneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223377360189879023.post-85079085946657123232015-08-09T02:02:00.002-07:002015-08-09T02:08:59.165-07:0052 AEGEAN RALLY..... WHAT HAPPENED ?... WHY WE WILL NOT RACE AGAIN .....<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The 2015 Aegean Rally was a bust... After preparing for the event, booking rooms at the Islands that would be visited, arranging for crew transportation... the organizing body HORC cancelled the event 10 days before the start gun.... so that now all our deposits on rooms,etc where lost... The resultant cost loss was extreme, had the HORC cancelled 15 days before the start gun then deposits could have been saved, and we would not have lost so much money.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was how my Aegean rally started... I had invited fellow crew members to come and race with us in the 52 Aegean Rally. I had gathered 10 of some of the better sailors that have come though the sailing school and offered them a chance to go and race with the big boys. Full on, no holds, a professional operation, Rooms in all the ports of call to stay in, meals on board when racing meals ashore at venues, supplied by the organizer.. a very professional event.. Crew uniforms, plus training before the event so that the crew would become one ...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>What Happened ..</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well once the cancellation was issued, we went into a bit of a daze... in the following days the HORC was bombarded with complaints ... the economic crisis should not effect sailing, the bank closures would not stop racing, similar rhetoric was forth coming. So finally they conceded and offered to run 2 weekend courses and call this the Aegean Rally. The first weekend race would take place on the original start date and the second weekend race would follow a week later... what happened in between was up to the individual boat..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was committed, I had 8 individuals coming to Europe from all over the world, and had to some how provide them with entertainment , sailing big winds and competition..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Crew arrived and we went though training, including the tricky dip pole gybe on the spinnaker.. actually it went very well .. at the dock... and when we went out that first day if went just as well. Mind you it was not blowing the 20-30 knots it would on the race but it went well... Second and third days training went along with out a hitch with crew member getting to know each other and confidence was building in the crew.. the day arrived for our trip to Athens and final race inspection.. as well as the skippers meeting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The HORC had convinced the Greek Navy to loan the Battleship Averof for the skippers meeting and cocktail party, it was a nice event with plenty of food and drink as well as a well presented outline of the courses. The next day loomed on us and we had a few issues still to take care of on board least of all was a mainsail that had blown the first reef... all was at hand and was being repaired as the crew was enjoying itself. The following morning the crew replaced the main back on to the boom and we where ready to race.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The First Race...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was blowing, when I say blowing, wind speeds at the start line hit 30 knots just for openers , the RC laid a long start line with a windward mark to turn around before we went down wind to the North tip of Hydra island. The start was off Falrio Marina with the windward mark close to the the retaining quay off Flisvos. To say that these where survival conditions would not be wrong we opted for a no3 and one reef, which made us over powered in the gusts but otherwise where OK. The start was a bit of a joke, the RC basically sent off everyone together with no class separation. We had a decent start 3 over the line and 4th around the windward mark. It was at this point we had to decide spinnaker or no spinnaker, it was a solid 35 knots true down wind Apparent wind was hit 27 knots, and we where already surfing with just the main and jib up...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had promised the crew a ride and so we did it, hoisted the 2.2 storm chute and went for it... blew the reef out and off we went like a bat out of hell !! Boat speed jumped from 9 knots under main and Jib, to over 13, 14 knots with the chute up... and we where flying... we quickly caught up the yachts who opted for white sails passed them and then set out to catch the only 3 other yachts who set chutes... this is where things got interesting as we did finally catch up with them by the windward mark (some 35NM down course), how ever there consistent high boat speeds finally beat us on corrected time... (more about how that works later ).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Needless to say K3 performed extremely well, she is stable at high speeds and does not roll excessively, we surfed waves and manged not to wipe out at all... off Aegina Island wind speeds became very gusty, with recorded gusts hitting 47 knots, and still the chute hung in there... actually it became and issue the chute is up, and the only way it was coming down again was for some one to cut it down,(which was not going to happen!!)....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We reached the North tip of Hydra and where in a solid second place with the IRC yachts still not in site, a very successful gybe in heavy air ( all those practices we did guys), took us around the corner of Hydra and in to BIG seas and gusty wind conditions, steering was getting tough and we did almost wipe out several times, but thanks to a rudder that goes down 2.60meters and some luck we manged to stay on our feet...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All this action and it was still only 5 pm in the afternoon, we had sailed some 38 nm in less than 4.5 hours... not bad all in all.. however the pay back was about to begin...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The spinnaker take down was a little rugged, .... yes it went in the water and was almost a shrimp net but through some quick thinking by the fore deck crew most of it ended up on deck. We turned the mark and started the chase for first place.... we had up a No 3 and a reefed main, boat speed was in the high 7's low 8's, how ever the seas conditions made for a very square and rough ride.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The return back to the finish was shaping up to be long slog up hill... dusk fell and we where still on the heals of the lead boat, he was easily in sight and closing slowly...by the time it got dark we had lost him to view, but still had him on the web site transponder, he went further west than we wanted to go, we hung on to a more rhumb line course in the hope of closing distance. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The finish line was set off the point of Voulagemei, and we hit the coast west of the line which meant that we still had to tack up to the line in order to cross. I had been following the lead boat, and going west more had paid off as he had pulled away somewhat, but was still insight, however a second yacht had creeped ahead of us and was some minutes ahead... we crossed the line 12.45 minutes behind the leader and 3 minutes behind second place, which made us third across the line.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Final Results</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In most international races world wide the handicap system is based on a time over distance correction, based on the size of yacht. There are other factors also to consider but essentially these are the criteria. The race was run under the IMS/ORC handicap system, (which as far as a handicap system goes, is truly mystifying). The K3 was second from the bottom in our class as far as handicap was concerned, with all the other yachts (12) owing us time.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The race course was over 45 miles long... the yachts that crossed in front of us owed us a considerable amount of time, and when corrected out we should have them and finish on top. Unfortunately the Greek interruption of the handicap system has alot to be desired... it seems that the greeks take a few more calculations in to effect when they calculate the final handicap, amongst them is the average wind speed that the yacht sailed in (how they guess that is a mystery), guessing the wind speed for each yacht over a 45 mile course is a good trick, almost impossible...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Koralia 3 corrected out 4th in class, which quite honestly is ridiculous given the distance/time we finished behind the leaders. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Greek racing is reserved for those upper class greeks that have joined a yacht club and found a yacht that they can race on. The cross section of competitors and questionable yacht owners reflect the state of private yachting in Greece. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until such time when clubs openly encourage outside competitors, and the handicap system comes in to line with accepted international practices, racing a foreign yacht in the Aegean Rally will make it impossible to win against the Greek system. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;">Yacht racing has for a long time been a sport that has challenged the masses. For many years it has been the sport of the rich and famous. However, today it is possible to charter a fully equipped race yacht and go racing. That's assuming you know all about the racing rules and racing sail techniques , such as spinnaker trimming and head sail changes.<br />This summer we will be offering the chance to learn all about racing and then to compete in a one week races series around the Greek islands. The Aegean Rally has for many years been the pinnacle of Greek Offshore racing. In 2015 the route of the Rally will comprise two islands, Andros and Skyros with particular emphasis on safe harbour mooring conditions and comfortable accommodation <span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">facilities. Local</span> transportation will ensure plenty of oppurtunites to explore the islands after racing.<br />The organizing committee recognized the problem of uneven racing of the many different types of vessels participating in the Aegean Rally, so this year classes will take different paths for three categories of vessel( PERFORMANCE , RACING & CRUISER/ RACER ).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The A.S.A along with the Athens Sailing School is offering the opportunity to participate in the event. 10 days, 3 days of training on the race yacht on Poros Island and then 7 days of racing in the Aegean Rally. The berth rate will included, the above plus accommodation ashore when not sailing, all meals on board the yacht while sailing, entry fee, </span></span><span style="font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">crew uniforms and Crew passes</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> all Race events. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you would like to join the crew please contact us for details and berth rate, advanced booking is required so that we can secure advanced </span><span style="font-size: 14.3999996185303px;">accommodation</span><span style="font-size: 14px;"> on the islands.</span></span></td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Poros, Greece37.493383608124169 23.461303710937537.443003608124172 23.3806227109375 37.543763608124166 23.5419847109375tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223377360189879023.post-29827608254286132422014-02-07T11:05:00.002-08:002014-02-07T11:08:34.368-08:00STORM TACTICS AND WHAT IT MEANS TO A SALTY OLD BN....<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5px; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 1em 0px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’m 57 years old, and have been sailing for most of my life, Royal navy, Ocean racing, 4 times across the Atlantic under sail, 2 times across the Pacific and once down south as far as 56 degrees south. I've only been scared at sea four times. By scared, I mean worried that I wouldn't see dawn. Three of those episodes involved major gales with opposing ocean currents. The fourth was a different combo — a major storm combined with a jammed sail. We made it through that last one, but it was stressful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This isn't to say I haven’t been worried or uncomfortable at other times. I have been, truly. In fact, I've been miserable for week-long stretches. But misery is my middle name. Offshore sailors have to be stoic.<strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Suffering is just part of the mix</strong>. I like to think of the experience as an organic social strainer that naturally weeds out the bozos, landlubbers, and dirt dwellers who are better off hugging a rock.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The reasons I am not scared offshore are many. One of the chief reasons is that <strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">I’m not scared of death</strong>. I fear dying in some uncomfortable, prolonged way, true. But everyone dies. It’s part of life. Change is our only constant, and death is the ultimate change. I view death as really just a scheduling conflict: you might want to croak off on a Saturday so you get one more Friday night beer-blast in, but God might send you off on a Wednesday morning. There’s no shame in death; only in not living while alive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">My life’s goal is freedom</strong>. My boat is the ultimate tool to achieving that lofty goal. On the outset of my first circumnavigation, on the lip of the Eastern Pacific, I thought about the 3,200 miles of empty ocean before me. I asked myself: If I knew that sailing offshore would kill me, would I continue? My answer surprised me. It was an unqualified “Yes!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The life I lead is so intoxicating and riveting and free and fulfilling that I’d gladly sacrifice all my tomorrows for another one or two minutes of today. I’m in the moment, and it is a very, very nice moment.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I do not ‘hope for the best’ and pray I’ll be okay. Instead, I prepare for the worst.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If sin exists, this is it. But the ‘death thingy’ is only a small part of my offshore philosophy. <strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">I’m seldom scared at sea because I work hard to be prepared to survive the conditions I’ll encounter</strong>. Most disastrous voyages begin at the dock with a lack of foresight and preparation. I do not ‘hope for the best’ and pray I’ll be okay. Instead, I prepare for the worst. This gives me a level of self-confidence and serenity that others may lack.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let’s take a peek at anchoring, for instance. Anchoring is the bedrock skill of the coastal sailor. <strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">I have over $10,000 invested in having my anchor hold</strong>. Many people find this amount excessive, while I, frankly, find it paltry. I spend the vast majority of my cruising life “on-the-hook.” What’s more important than having my anchor hold to a person such as myself? That’s why I have five anchors, a 250-foot chain rode, four 200-foot Nylon rodes, an anchor windlass, and various other bits to ensure my vessel stays put. The concept is simple: I should be able to safely and dependably anchor my vessel at will, given a decent bottom (sand or mud) and appropriate depth. If any vessel can hold, I should be able to hold. Thus, I mouse my shackles, rig my chafe gear, and juggle my chain claws with a clear and definable goal — to maintain position while others drag.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, I have three different anchor snubbers aboard. Yes, all this gear costs money and takes up space. But that’s is the price of admission in Minerva Reef, Beveridge Reef, and Chagos, locations where we regularly anchor in horrible weather conditions for months at a time. The other reason I’m not worried at sea is because I’m away from shore. Shore is the danger, not the open sea. I like to think I’m always the first sailor to leave an exposed anchorage before it turns into a lee shore. I’m proactive. I crank up. I move. My job is easier offshore. While sailing in deep ocean, I have many options as a storm approaches. First and foremost, I reduce sail. This is the primary difference between an inshore sailor and an offshore veteran — the seasoned veteran always has the correct amount of canvas up. (Yes, we still say canvas in this Age of Dacron.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My current vessel, a sturdy 57 foot ketch, is a delight in a blow. As the wind increases, I roll up the genoa while unrolling the storm staysail. Then, as the it increases more, I tuck in a single reef, a double reef, and finally I douse my mainsail, hoisting my storm trysail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With my flat-cut storm staysail, my tiny storm trysail, and a double-reefed mizzen, I can (semi)comfortably and safely sail to windward in 40+ knots. <strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">If my course is off the wind and my vessel is experiencing any tendency to round up or brooch, I trail a little something astern.</strong> This can be as simple as two fenders on 75 feet of line, or a small ‘gale-rider’ drogue. Anything that creates a mild turbulence will do, and the effect is often dramatic and immediate. A vessel that is wallowing and fighting its helm instantly becomes manageable upon launch of the fenders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">There are times, of course, when the sea and wind builds to such a crescendo that all forward movement is inadvisable</strong>. In these conditions, I heave-to.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I’ve never seen God’s face, but the closest I’ve come is aboard a small boat in a large ocean, pirouetting atop a giant wave.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Heaving-to is easy and fast. You merely allow a tiny amount of sail to remain up to steady your vessel’s roll and to keep her positioned approximately 45 degrees off the wind. This usually means I have the extremely rugged storm trysail up — with perhaps a double or triple reefed mizzen — and my helm hard over. Helm hard over? Yes. I leave the helm hard over as if to come about. Since the boat isn’t moving there is no water flow past the rudder, so the rudder doesn’t work and the boat doesn’t come about. But it tries to, and stalls out on repeat. The boat gets a little forward speed, the rudder kicks in — and kills that speed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If at first she hunts, I micro-adjust my mainsheet, traveler, vang, and helm until she is almost dead in the water. She will sit there for days (I’ve hove-to for 72 hours plus, at times) as pretty as you please. This has worked for 90% of the gales I’ve encountered on my circumnavigations. If you perfect heaving-to to the ultimate degree, your vessel will have zero speed forward and be pushed directly downwind sideways with your keel making considerable turbulence in the water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This resulting ‘slick’ to windward serves to trip/trick the waves into breaking before they reach you. I’ve made it through major gales with patches of dry deck showing amid huge breakers, all because of this ‘slick’ effect. <strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Remember — losing all forward motion isn’t easy nor quick to accomplish, but it’s well worth the effort</strong>. As a test, drop a wet paper towel into the sea to windward. If it appears to be magically sucked up directly to weather, that’s perfect, because it means the boat is drifting directly downwind!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One advantage of this method is that it presents your highly buoyant transom to the waves. <strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">The downside of this method</strong> is that, as the wind and waves increase, your vessel starts sliding down the face of such large seas so fast that her rudder aerates. She can spin out (broach) or tumble end-for-end (pitch-pole) during such conditions. Pitch-poling is nearly always catastrophic to the vessel, and often fatal to the crew. This is where a <a href="http://www.jordanseriesdrogue.com/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; border: 0px none; color: #5551d1; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;">Jordan Series Drogue</a> is worth its weight in gold. This is basically a long rode (line, Nylon) with (in the case of our 43-foot ketch) 136 small cones or drogues attached.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The advantage is that the series drogue isn’t in one wave while the boat is experiencing a different wave (and the horrible resulting shock load), but rather it is immersed in many waves. Thus, there’s little shock loading (except when a large sea breaks aboard) and the Series Drogue suffers almost no damage even in prolonged hurricanes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, the boat is oriented transom-to the waves. This makes the rudder vulnerable. So it must be secured amidships. The plus side of this is that 99% of sailboats want to drift nose down, so it is easier to keep them in this attitude than to maintain a ‘head up’ position to the wind and waves. If I don’t want to offer my transom to the waves, I deploy my <a href="http://www.seaanchor.com/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; border: 0px none; color: #5551d1; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;">Paratech sea anchor</a> on 250 feet of stretchy Nylon attached via a shackle to 250 feet of heavy chain. I’m careful to make sure that we’re crest-to-crest. This means that the boat and the parachute anchor crest on the waves at precisely the same moment about 400 to 450 feet apart. This is important. If the boat crests a wave while the parachute is in the trough, they are suddenly 40 to 60 feet different, and the resulting shock load can snap lines, rip off chocks, and decapitate the main bitts. All these tried-and-true options, once mastered, take the sting out of storm strutting. Now, in many ways, I look forward to an approaching gale. I call them to me — not in challenge, but in acknowledgment of their power and beauty and majesty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’ve never seen God’s face, but the closest I’ve come is aboard a small boat in a large ocean, pirouetting atop a giant wave.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Its winter and sitting behind the desk in the office made me think about the time a few years back when I took a New J boat from Athens to Paros island. The trip was suppose to be a quick delivery... My self and a couple of friends, well add on the owner and his friends and there friends and all of a sudden we had 8+ people.... what follows is the video we took after passing though the Kea - Kithonos Channel, forecast had been for 5-6 out of the North what greeted us after the channel was 8-9 Beaufort rolling seas and a down wind sleigh ride to Paros..... I watch this video and it puts a smile back on my face.........</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A great video describing a passion for ocean racing that I definately support and understand, it's a short video well worth the quick look...</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223377360189879023.post-20480069753414363382013-09-08T12:00:00.002-07:002013-09-11T01:07:06.979-07:00THE EROSION OF YACHTING ETIQUETTE IN THE AEGEAN.Once upon a time, sailing in the aegean was a relaxing past time that many enjoyed. It was a relatively under exposed vacation style that only those who knew how to sail could enjoy.<br />
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The development of the yacht flotilla quickly opened the coast lines of the aegean and especially the Ionian and Saronic Gulfs to groups of yachts following a mother yacht around, like so many ducks and her ducklings. The Flotillas in the early years compromised of about 10 small yachts,each with a nice family on board, all learning how to sail as they ventured from greek island port to the next.<br />
During their week of sailing the lead yacht would endeavour to show people how to better handle there little boats, while also giving them tips on local customs and yachting etiquette.<br />
These where gentler more civilized times , better known as, BC,,,BEFORE COMPUTERS.<br />
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In these times asking to raft on to a strangers yacht was normal, helping a damsel down the skinny plank gangway was normal. It was a time when in the morning the skipper would raise with his cup of coffee and sit in the cockpit and chat with his neighbour yacht about the coming days sail and offer advice or hints of places to visit that he had enjoyed....like wise in the evening strangers would enjoy a glass of wine while swapping sea stories or exchanges about the weather...<br />
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As the years came and went, flotillas became larger and more complex. The yachts became bigger, gone where the small Snapdragon 27 and the Mirage29, hello to the Bavara36, then<br />
40 and recently seen in flotilla mode Hanse 54 and Sun Odyessy 54.... Gone where the highly personnel and professional companies like YCA and SYC. Now Sunsail and Moorings ran fleets, in fact it has become such a big business that currently in the Saronic gulf area there are no less than 10 companies running flotillas in some sort of disguise. You may say to your self how do they do it and not trip over themselves, well they do and the result can be very ugly.<br />
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With so many groups jostling all for the same space in harbours, it has become an issue of first come first moors, otherwise the lonely flotilla leader has to do some very imaginative mooring arrangements. Which will inevitably end up with some sacrifice to the yachting etiquette gods.... Crossed Anchor Chains....extremely tight mooring side to side....ending up with a possible raft on to your yacht of 3 other yachts and a non stop traffic of people crossing your yacht though the cockpit, forward of the mast..all with their shoes on...never<br />
mind there inability to walk softly....<br />
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Of all the flotillas that currently work the Saronic gulf, by far the worse are the 'Fun" flotillas or 'National groups". These are the new breed of mass group invasion we can look forward to.<br />
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They represent the AD generation, or AFTER DIGITIZATION. They are the new socially aware and digitally connected generation who work as little as possible, to PARTY TO THE<br />
MAXIMUM. They are also the new 'NOUVEAU RICHE' that arrive from the old soviet block countries. Both these groups have shown a proponcity for over indulgence and extremely<br />
loud music.<br />
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THE YACHT WEEK, a large group of yachts, sometimes as many as 20 can descend on an island such as POROS, and occupy,most of the available berths. If one does not exist then<br />
they think nothing of rafting on to a private yacht and making their berth by adding another 2 for good measure.<br />
....gone are the days of asking, and should some one ask and be given a resounding 'NO Thank YOU"..<br />
it seems normal for the Yacht week captain to now enter into a<br />
discussion of why no!!....<br />
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It's not unusual for this group of young hooligans, to arrive with a yacht dedicated to playing loud music, tie it to the peir then proceeded to blast the entire village with modern bass<br />
techno music so that their crews have music to dock there yachts by....the rest of the evening is given over to young adolescent getting drunk to various degrees before throwing up on the street, yacht, where ever.....<br />
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When THE YACHT WEEK comes to town, head out of town and take a local with you because he doesn't like it either. The young kids spend no money,so they do not help the economy, and leave behind them a wake of garbage and unpleasant smells.<br />
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The opening of the soviet block has given these people a chance to come to a country they have only read about in books. On a whole the citizens of these countries are responsible hard workers. However, it would seem that once on vacation they drop all pretense and go on vacation in just a hard way. In a group flotilla situation they go by the rule of safety in<br />
numbers. Arriving in large numbers 12-15 yachts often later in the evening when most berths are now taken, expecting to be accommodated. In a small harbour on Kithonos island I<br />
witnessed, the group leaders of a flotilla that had arrived late to the village going yacht to yacht telling the captains of the moored yachts they had to leave, so that there flotilla could come in and dock.<br />
When the docked skippers did not leave, the flotilla leaders started cutting dock lines .The situation eventually resolved it self after the port police arrived. The flotilla went elsewhere for the night.<br />
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So what has happened to old fashioned yacht etiquette.....mostly within the charter world its not taught , most bareboat skippers here in the Aegean have some sort of qualification, but their depth of knowledge seldom extends to such quaint subjects as yachting etiquette. As they are not on the water long enough to understand the courtesies of the<br />
sea, they have no need for it,in northern europe they dock in marinas and away from private yachts.<br />
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However when you try and educate and widen there horizons about something as simple as how to cross a yacht, one is often meet with indifference and a question of lack of respect<br />
PLEASE CROSS THE YACHT BY WAKING FORWARD OF THE MAST......but across the cockpit is quicker <br />
PLEASE DO NOT WEAR YOUR STREET SHOES ON MY DECK....... wearing my shoes means I do not have to put them on on the dock...besides what if I step In something ?<br />
PLEASE WALK SOFTLY I'M ASLEEP BELOW DECKS.......Not my fault I have big feet !!<br />
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Charter a Classic yacht in Greece.....www.sailcharter-greece.com<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223377360189879023.post-42911421183419792162013-07-26T09:44:00.001-07:002013-07-26T09:44:28.693-07:00WIND SENSE AND WHY A SAILING YACHT MOVES<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 25.454544067382813px;">The world of sailing revolves around the wind. Your boat can't go anywhere without wind </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 25.454544067382813px;">Assessing the wind's direction is of utmost importance to a sailor. The wind's direction is a sailor's North Star, the center of his sailboat's universe. Where he goes, how he trims his sails, whether the ride is wet or dry, fast or slow — all these depend on the wind and its direction.</span><br />
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The wind changes all the time, and your ability to accurately sense changes in the wind speed and direction is the single most valuable skill you bring aboard a sailboat. Increasing your sensitivity and awareness of the wind is the first step in becoming a sailor.</div>
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A sailboat has four basic parts: a hull, an underwater fin, a mast and a sail. We all know that a sail is a piece of fabric that catches the wind and powers the boat. Sailing with the wind makes sense - it’s easy to visualize and understand how it works.</div>
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But when a sailor wants to move his craft into the wind, the dynamics get more complex. This brings us to the fourth part of a sailboat: the underwater fin, also called the keel or centerboard.</div>
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Hanging underneath the back of the boat is the rudder, which allows for fine-tuned steering of the boat. Also attached to the sailboat’s underside is a second fin, much larger than the rudder, called a keel or centerboard, which runs right down the center of the hull.</div>
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This diagram helps to visualize how a keel can turn a a force pushing sideways into forward motion, similar to how a plane turns forward motion into lift.</div>
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The keel serves two purposes. Most of the time, the wind pushing on a sailboat pushes it from its side, from various angles. The keel’s primary purpose is to keep the boat from being pushed sideways from the force of the wind. It’s second purpose is to provide lift, which, in physics terminology, is a force exerted on an airfoil that pushes in a direction perpendicular to the direction of motion</div>
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It works on the same principle as an airplane wing. An airplane wing is curved on its upper surface. Air passing over the wing travels over the curved part of the wing at a higher velocity than it travels over the flat part of the wing. This creates lower pressure over the curved part of the wing and lifts the wing. To put it most plainly, the low pressure created by the wind passing over the curve of the wing creates a vacuum that lifts the wing.</div>
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A sailboat uses this same principle when sailing into the wind. The sailor turns his sailboat at about a 45 degree angle into the wind, pulls in the sail and fills it with wind. The wind-filled sail creates an airfoil shape, just like an airplane wing; the wind flowing over the backside of the sail moves faster than the air moving across the front (flat) side of the sail. This creates lift, and pushes the boat sideways and forwards. And this is where the keel's second function comes into play.</div>
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Think of the sail, protruding into the sky, as one wing and the keel, hanging in the water, as the second wing. The water flowing over the backside of the keel goes faster than the water passing over the front side, which results in differing water pressures, and that pulls the boat forward and sideways.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">But picture the wind hitting a sailboat’s sail. As the wind hits the sail, it tilts it over in that direction. But the sailboat’s two wings (the sail and the keel) pivot on the ship’s hull. This means that beneath the ship the keel is tilting the opposite direction of the sail, which means the keel’s lift is lifting in the opposite direction of the sail’s lift. The two sideways forces cancel each other out and only the forward force remains.</span></div>
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Most modern sailboats can sail about 45 degrees in a windward direction. The trick is to keep enough wind filled in the sail to keep its airfoil shape. If a sailboat tries to sail directly into the wind, the wind moves straight across the sail and it loses the pocket of wind that gives it its airfoil shape and instead the sail flaps like a flag. Once the sail loses its airfoil shape, it loses its forward and sideways energy.</div>
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This diagram shows how tracking works, allowing a sailor to move into the wind by zigzagging along.</div>
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“A sailor can sail to a point that lies directly into the wind, he just can’t steer straight for it," said Isler. “He must approach it in a zigzag manner, called tacking.”</div>
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In steering toward the point that he wants to reach, he comes at it at about a 45 degree angle, then he tacks, or turns his boat about 90 degrees in the other direction, and after traveling in that direction for a ways, he tacks again back to his original angle.</div>
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So what about those ancient multi-masted, multi-sail ships sailed by the likes of Columbus and Magellan? Do they work the same way or does having all those sails confound those principles? For that, I asked Jan Miles, captain of the Pride of Baltimore 2, which is a multi-masted, multi-sail ship. The Pride of Baltimore 2 was built in 1988, and Miles has been its captain from day one. The Pride of Baltimore 2 was built using the same plans as privateer vessels built by the Americans for the War of 1812.</div>
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Miles explains that the hydrodynamics and aerodynamics of a square-rigged (they use square sails) tall ship are the same as today’s smaller, single-sail boats. But, while the principles may be the same, the practice is a quite a bit different. The multi-masted ships still form and position their sails into an airfoil shape, they still rely on the keel’s counter force, they just don’t get the same results as today’s modern sailboats.</div>
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Ancient mariners had a basic working knowledge of how wind powered their ship and how to position their sail and their ship to best take advantage of it, but they didn’t understand the physics of an airfoil and how it works.</div>
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Today’s modern boats are built with airfoil technology maximized into their design. Modern sails are cut to form the most efficient airfoil. Same goes for their keels. Ancient sails and keels were not.</div>
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“Modern sailboats can sail into the wind at an angle as close as 45 degrees,” Miles says. “The old ships could only sail into the wind at about 60 degrees.”</div>
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223377360189879023.post-75935435301471283442013-07-04T04:00:00.004-07:002013-12-21T12:29:57.723-08:00 ASA SCOTLAND SUMMER CRUISE 2013<br />
The ASA cruise to Scotland, actually started a few days before the guests arrived on June29th. An advance team left Athens, and flew into Glasgow on the 25th and started checking over the area, talking to the agents in Largs and visiting the yacht club where the Opening evenings Dinner reception would take place. Capt.Chandler had meetings with the Flotilla guide 'Muir Anderson". He immediately gave JC the update on problems including the conflicts we would have with the Fife Regatta, when we sailed to Rothesay on the first day. Alternative arrangements have since been made.<br />
What yachts where in harbor have been inspected and checked over, the marina has very good facilities and an excellent yacht club with unbelievable views of the area and surrounding bay... we are almost all set to go... just need our sailors and then we can begin this adventure...<br />
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Saturday arrived, and the crew gathered at the Holiday express Inn. Because of increased airport security we had to abandon the "bus" idea and use smaller private MPV's (Multi person Vechiles), that could carry 6-8 persons. By 1030 all crew members had been dispatched to Largs and the adventure was under way. The first day was going to be a list of forms collecting gear, fitting out of foul weather gear and the mandatory check out of the yacht and familiarization of the yacht systems. By late after noon all crews and skippers where on their yachts and had provisioned and finished all formalities.<br />
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Dinner had been arranged for the crews at the local yacht club, so by 5pm everyone was at the club bar meeting and chatting with each other. A beautiful mixed buffet of seafood and cold cuts awaited everyone for dinner which was followed by a brief out line of what was to happen the next day.<br />
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The Fife Regatta was due to start there race series the same day we would leave on sunday. Our Flotilla guide suggested that we hang back and watch the start then follow at our own pace. So sunday started watching the start of 100 year old yachts jousting for position on a start line like americas cup pro's.... all very exciting as the weather was starting to freshen and signs of fog and rain appeared from over the hills.<br />
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Around noon was when we slipped our lines in Largs and set off with the rest of the flotilla into a freshen wind, gusting 25-27 knots and drizzle. Skipper Charlie called for the first reef and 50% genoa un-furled. We sailed around the bay in front of the marina while the rest of the flotilla came out. Finally we all had our sails sorted and off the group went head for the Port of Bannatyre, just north of Rothesay. half a beat to the head land of Cumbrae<br />
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The sail was in drizzle and gusting winds with the first half being a tacking exercise. The flotilla had to round the southern part of Cumbrea before heading north to Port Bannatrye. Today was a good chance for everyone to get to know thier yachts, as it was a blustry day and wet. It took us in our little Jeanneau some 4 hours to complete the trip, being rewarded at the end by spectacular sights of the green hills and vistas of the scotish highlands... the rain soon stopped and by early evening the sun poked it's head out. Port Bannatrye was a sleepy town on a Sunday evening, not having much in the way of tourist facilities so this crew spent the evening and ate on board.<br />
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Day 2 started with wonderful sunshine beaming though the main hatch, to day was going to be a sail around the isle of Bute and on to Loch Ranza...what no one knew where the special surprises that lay in store along the way..<br />
Firebird and Swift where the first yachts to clear the marina and ambled out to clear water to hoist thier sails, the remainder of the flotilla slowly slipped there lines and joined in the procession up the channel around the Isle's of Bute.<br />
The Fife yachts had been moored in Rothesay just south of us. As we started our tacking course we could see the old yachts starting to gain on us. It was not long before "Swift" and our yacht "FireBird" , where in the thick of the Fife Yachts. it seemed that every tine we tacked we had another old yacht on our quarter or looking to exercise it's starboard right of way. It made for some very interesting sailing. All this excitement and the area we where sailing inn was spectacular, the sun even shone on us for most of the day.<br />
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After rounding the Isle's we head south for the bay on Loch Ranza. The Isle of Arran is the home to Arran single Malt Whisky, and still has a very active and modern distillery in the village at Loch Ranza..first yacht into the Loch was "Swift" and they pretty quickly organized them selves , caught the local bus and where just in time to catch the last tour of the day. The rest of the yachts arrived and moored up to buoys set by the locals in the bay. It defiantly was a case of inflate your rubber ducks fellow sailors, as that is the way to get to shore. Most of the crew had not been in a pub now for nearly 36hours and signs of yearning where becoming evident. Rubber ducks where quickly inflated and crews disappeared off to the pub and a good meal.<br />
As things progressed in the evening locals chatted with sailors, and it was not long before a little live entertainmant was conjured up. Skipper Richard Byrnes plays in a Celtic band on his USN base in Naples, at the pub he found a guitar and played afew songs solo.It was not long before a local couple joined in with thier talents... a celtic fiddle, a penny whistle and some spoons, along with Richards guitar had alll the pub patrons dancing and tapping with thier feet.<br />
The evening drew to a close and by midnight everyone was headed back to there yachts.. It had been a magical day, from the outset, starting with glorious sunshine, sailing with the Fife Yachts around the Isles of Bute, arriving in Loch Ranza and going to a whisky distillery and then finally getting involved with the locals in a Celtic musical Jam . Great way to end the second day here in Scotland, Tomorrow is another day and the prospect of seeing Tarbert is exciting. <br />
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I woke to the sound of a howling wind, the boat was swinging and tugging at her mooring lines. It sounded like a thousand ants where marching on the deck, thankfully it was just hard rainthat was pounding the deck..... Good Morning and welcome to Loch Ranza mooring field. Our little fleet of ASA yachts are all tied nicely in a line in the visitors area... The weather outside suck's!!!!.... so this is Scotland in summer....hmmm... remind me next time to read the brochure more closely.... Skippers meeting at 0930....<br />
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Well the weather is not about to improve, the pluses are ... with this wind its a down wind sleigh ride to Tarbert, the village is only 18 miles away and we have a nice marina with facilities to use after what will be a wet ride there.<br />
General consensus was to use just the Foresail to get there as wind speeds had already hit 28knts in the bay and would undoubtedly hit 30 +...<br />
Our intrepid sailors set off one at a time all dressed in full foul weather gear and safety harness visible. It really was not until we had cleared the lee of the island did we start to feel the full force of the winds and see the size of the waves.... these seemed more than normal and often would contribute to an occasional round out.<br />
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The trip to Tarbert was quick thank fully, the wind made for high overall boat speeds, which soon brought us to the entrance. The harbour is tucked way inland behind rocks and several significant navigation obstacles. We found the entrance and followed a fishing vessel into the harbour to be sure .<br />
The village is predominantly a commerical fishing harbour, with most of the catch going to Glasgow.... some of the local restaurants also buy from the fisherman.<br />
Returning back to the pub it was evident that the local talent was going to have another sing along in pubs along the is harbour.<br />
These sailors retired back to their yacht as it was time to take stock and prepare for the sail down to Campbelltown over 35 miles to run...<br />
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Rain and more rain, drizzle the worse kind of rain as it just hangs in the sir for you to sail into and get wet, it gets behind the glasses you wear, trickles down your neck....finds it's way up your selves and just makes things wet, cold and miserable... Oh why do we do this to our selves ? In search of what ?....what is worse is that you have half the visibility and can not see much, not even the wonderful landscape that you know is there, expect its blocked by the drizzle of the rain.... thats how we left Tarbert.....<br />
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However, if you wait 5 minutes the weather may change for the better.... and guess what it did, the further away we sailed from Tarbert the clearer and better it got... and yes there it was a funny looking yellow thing bright and warmth coming from it.... 'here comes the sun'...(thank you George for that song) now I can really sing it with meaning...<br />
Things where looking up, the drizzle had faded away, we had a delightful westerly breeze the boat was making way to Campbelltown, the kettle was on the boil and a hot mug of tea was on the way up to the helmsman... was this what I have been searching for ? may be....<br />
It was going to be a long day, nothing complicated just pure sailing in what was shaping up to be great conditions... Flat to moderate seas, a steady 15-19 knots on the beam and yes the sun... peeking in and out from behind white cotton balls of clouds.<br />
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The landscape of Isle of Arran is spectacular, green fields, steep hills rising into small mountains, it looks as if someone has painted the landscape with shades of green and brown and golden yellow. The effect is to make look like a continual painting as you sail by....<br />
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We where half way down to Campbelltown and the day was turning into one of those that you want to keep going for ever.... What a start we had.... now it was all so far gone and forgotten... ahead was a new port new friends and new adventures... Campbelltown here we come....<br />
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After a days sailing yesterday that ended with spectacular scenery, as we sailed into Campbelltown, and to be meet by a seal who guided the yachts into thier berths at the floating dock... the Skippers decided on a day to explore the town, and experience a little island life. Crews went in different directions quite a few headed for the various trails to be explored in the area, including the walk over to the light house island once the tide had gone down. </div>
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Others went trekking around town exploring the shops and the local distillery at Spring single malt. Torridon's skipper went in search of Bag pipes and found a local Fish and Chip shop who's young son came down and played a medley of tunes for the assorted group. Later the local bagpipe school sent 2 other pipers to play in public outside the local town monument.. it was a moving experience to hear the bag pipes played so well.</div>
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It was an early start,0830 we slipped lines at the dock and cleared the sea bouy an hour later. We had 42 miles to sail, with a predicted southerly to arrive. At the moment we where sailing nicely along with a west South west, skirting the southern part of the Isle of Arran before we headed north and set our sights on Larrgs and home port. </div>
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The day developed into the best days run with warm sun heating up the cockpit, Crews where even seen to take off foul weather jackets and pants....now that was a first for the week... the flotilla arrived back in Larrgs by 4pm that afternoon, and it was a matter of gathering the yachts together on the pontoons and handing them back to the agent. That evening we all gathered at the local pub and had our last evening dinner together. Good byes where said and cries of lets do it again next year ......</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">About 2 weeks ago<a href="http://athenssailingacademy.com/" target="_blank"> I was sailing in the Greek islands,</a> with JC and several other students who where attending a bare boat skippers course. The sailing school 'Athens sailing academy' regularly runs 10 day live aboard sailing courses that cover most licensing requirements. Today's charter companies require that you have a current charter skippers license in order to qualify for taking out one of there yachts on a bare boat basis.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now there are companies that will let you charter with a note from your yacht club etc.. but the more serious companies and the ones with the better yachts want to see a real qualification... after all they are giving you a yacht valued at €150.000 to over €300.000 depending on the size, for you to go and crash around the Greek islands or where ever ? makes sense that they want to see something that indicates you have had some kind of training....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I enrolled in the 10 day course that the Athens Sailing academy runs. Its a live aboard course, you have your own cabin with head,(bathroom), shower,etc...think of it as luxury camping with high quality linens and towels... the course is based out of Poros Island, and its here that you spend the first 3 days of your time learning about all the basic skills of sailing. JC has a selection of small yachts that are available though his friend Richard of "Greek Sails". This time we took a nice Jeanneau 32i for 3 days. Every body takes turns working the sails,learning how to tack and gybe the boat in the bay of Poros. A full day just doing that and then the next day its your turn at the wheel to skipper and repeat the first days tasks, the final day is spent practicing motor handling skills and emergency skills.. Man Overboard, Heaving too, stopping the yacht quickly (Crash Stop)...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a great 3 days playing around with the little boat I think every bodies confidence levels where boosted 100%... after that first night boarding K3 and looking at the size of everything, the winches are huge, the lines are massive 18mm genoa sheets. I was think to my self how the heck where we going to deal with all this on this monster yacht..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now it all seems so rudimentary and straight forward, size just means more power, more power is more speed, which is good and like in a car more speed means more respect for the car/yacht and what you are dealing with....No problem..hmm</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 days into the course it's time for the first exam, ASA 101.... endless definitions , language questions, rules of the road... I found it a breeze mostly because I knew some of the stuff from reading novels about sailing... CS Forester and the Hornblower series, Although it seems the ASA does not use the Cat of Nine tails any more, they just train and hire instructors like JC....(that one will get me in trouble!!)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So on the morning of the 4th day we w<span style="line-height: 24.4375px;">eigh anchor</span> (actually slipped mooring lines, but weighed anchor seems more nautical)... and head out to see on K3. The training yacht is a 57ft ketch, fully optimised and ready to ocean race any where... her training sails where a fully battened mainsail with carbon fibre battens, a new hydranet fabric genoa, 135% or No.2... the mizzen and down below a selection of spinnakers and staysails which according to Jc we would be working with when the wind allows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The plan was to head over to the Cyclades and find wind so that we could continue with sail training. Now that we where away from land it also gave us and opportunity to keep navigation watches and learn ore about the basics of navigation... starting with my easterly DR line and hourly position fixes using nothing more than compass and speed log. Course was set for Kithonos Island and off we went... a good wind out of the NNW had us reaching along under full sail at about 8.75 - 9.35, wind was a steady 18-20 knts with gusts to 22+...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Todays leg was going to be around 50/60 miles, and what you do not realize is that steering a large yacht by hand at speed takes alot of concentration and constant watching by crew members to sail trim and wind speed. In the gusts the K3 liked to lean over slowly and absorb the wind into her forward motion, as it became too much for her she would hint to the helm that she wanted to round up into the wind. The best trim adjustment was to give a little weather helm and easy her genoa first, followed by easing the mainsail traveller, before easing the mainsail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Result more often than not was a jump in speed of 2-3 knots, all of which was very satisfying.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our arrival at Loutra in Kithonos was some 6 1/2 hours after leaving Poros, fortunately it was early enough to get a good spot in the tiny harbor here. Later in the afternoon by 1800 the harbor was full, 3 large Lagoon cats doing a very effect job of blocking and filling 6 monohull spots with 3 cats... not what one may call effect use of harbor space..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our stay in Loutra was short but very enjoyable Micheal from the Sofrano's "yacht Club" made our stay worthwhile with great draught beer and excellent food, his free wifi also made life easier for those of us wanting to skype home. The next day was going to be more of the same good winds and great sailing, heading down to Paros island and a rest stop as well..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We left the harbor and headed out into the bay to hoist sails, the wind was a clean 18 Tw out of the N-NW, which made it a great opportunity for us to hoist one for Chutes. That morning while waiting in harbor we had folded and tied the red 1.5 Asymmetrical red spinnaker, as well as the 2.2 storm chute and the mizzen spinnaker. Jc had already given us instruction on how to hoist and control the sails, it now remained to see if we could do it ourselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once clear of the island effects on the wind we set course for Paros entrance. Jc called for spin pole to be rigged low and for us to get 'Big Red' up on deck and ready for a hoist. Once she was all hooked up, Jc ran K3 off down wind and we hoisted the sail in the shadow of the mainsail. He slowly brought K3 up to course and we trimmed chute so that everything was drawing correctly. Boat speed jumped straight into the low teens, well before we had hoisted the mizzen. Once she was up the boat speed continued to climb, holding steady at 13.3.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paros is about 45 miles south from Loutra and that morning the wind perfect for some downwind sailing and yacht sailing skills.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The NW had strength and we where now sailing in 25tw, with alot of canvas up and slowing down this wagon train would be a challenge...</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now it's not often that a novice sailor find's himself with a group of like minded </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">individuals, sailing full bore before a big wind on a yacht with all the sail possible </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hoisted.. folks it is a sight to see, I would have thought that it would have been quiet </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">almost sirene. It's noisy wind really howling, it whistles around the bar tight lines, the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">noise of the sea is immense as the yacht surfs and pushes mountians of water out of her </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">way as she scoots between the waves..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was not long before the skippers voice was shouting at me, "Tom are you going to star </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">gaze all day or would you like to join us and help sail this bitch...trimmmm.!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I grabbed the two handed winch and start turning the drum, it was the main spinnaker </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sheet and fully taught, Vic was pulling at the business end of the line as he watched the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">main spinnaker leech curl and come back into shape.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">JC was behind the wheel now, having replaced Mike who was sitting and looking aft as </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he watched the waves chase K3, while JC skillfully placed the yacht on each crest to </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">maxize speed and stability... The cry of 'Trimm" came again from Vic as the main </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">spinnaker started to collapse, the mizzen chute was already soft and had collapsed, I </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">glanced down at the boat speed, 15.4,16, 16.6, we had caught a wave and where </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">surfing, it was a big wave as we stayed on it for over 2-3 minutes before we slid off the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">back of it. All I could feel was my wet feet and the fact the yacht was now at a crazy </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">angle, I was gripping the handle tight and winding like crazy as Vic was endeavoring to </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">control the spinnaker, we had sailed into our own sails basically, and as we slid off the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">back of the last wave the yacht started to cork screw to windward. JC was fighting the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wheel, trying to a-line her stern with the next incoming wave.... it was like a crazy dance, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">everyone scrambling to hold on as we rolled, others desperately trimming sails to bring </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">her back under control... all played out in a matter of seconds....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The old girl started to come back under control as JC forced her nose down the next </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wave,he was screaming to dump the main sail and trim on the chute again... the mizzen </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">crew did the same.. we had both sails spinnakers back under control and off we went </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">again...only this time things seem a little more controlled...I turned again to look at the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">helm,.. be dammed if the skipper was lighting a cigar, and smiling...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next few hours saw us knock off miles quickly, we where approaching a critical point </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">where we had to gybe the boat and re set the spinnakers on the opposite side of the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">yacht. The wind had eased somewhat, but the seas where still up there 2-3 metres... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">boat speed was still high with spurts of 15-16 but constant 12-14 knts... the crew looked </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ragged and tired, I could feel my arms ache and I was starting to feel cool, after sweating </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so much earlier on now we had settled in to a routine with the sails and things seemed </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lex the Crew boss was going around talking with us about what our role would be in the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">coming manouvre, he went over what would happen and how timing was most </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">important... first things was to take down the mizzen spinnaker and the spinnaker </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">staysail on the foredeck... once those where bagged, JC started to slowly turn the yacht </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">down wind and the main chute was brought back square with the yacht ready for the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">gybe.....</span><br />
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The course started from Athens, and sailed out to the Island of Poros. The first days sail was 30 miles and was completed under over cast skies with a healthy North wind blowing. It was very cool on the water but still better than sailing in North Climes...England was enjoying snow !<br />
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<a href="http://www.poros.com.gr/?lang=en" target="_blank">After arriving in Poros</a> we Moored along side the North Pier and set up our base. The following morning the crew set off to get our smaller teaching yacht that was going to be used to drill sailing techniques and teach our students how to operate a vessel under power as well as under sail. The small yacht is a Jeanneau 30 and we use her for 3 days of intense sail drills in Poros bay. The first day we started the students had heavy winds with wind speeds in the upper 20's gusting into the 30's.. a good time to practice reefing and heavy air steering skills. Everyone enjoyed the tough sailing conditions in the bay. So when the wind dropped the next day it all seemed so easy and laid back as the wind was a calm and easy breeze. <br />
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The crew quickly got the hang of gybing, tacking and using the sails to control the yacht. MOB's and other techniques like coming up to a mooring buoy and sailing along side a dock took a little longer to master, but where soon just another 'cool' way to sail the yacht..<br />
Next day came the motoring section of the course... how to back up to a dock, set up for med mooring and prepare for coming alongside..<br />
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Lots and lots of practice makes you a competent driver just like in a car, so that's what they did... all day... and the reward a dinner on board cooked by the captain, fresh tuna caught that day by a friendly fisherman, who later asked the crew to help him bring in his nets... more about that later for now...........<br />
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I think that the crew really enjoyed the evening and lots of food and wine make for a happy ship... Next day was the final day in Poros we had to return the little yacht back to its dock and set up K3 for offshore sailing, meantime the crew had been invited to go fishing with the one of the local fisherman. Dimitri is along time friend of the school, he often helps with dinners and helps us by maintaining our moorings in the bay. He also owns a 12 meter fishing boat that works with drift nets and long lines. This morning he had to go out and pick up his nets from the previous days set... 0600 wake up and meet him at the end of the dock for a trip out to his boat... all the students went along and had a first hand experience of fishing Greek style... Over heard ... "this is hard work!!"... judge for your self from the pictures taken....<br />
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The crew returned excited and refreshed after a good mornings work, they where all ready now for the open waters and the sail to Erimoni.<br />
We cleared Poros channel and hoisted the mainsail, a short Motor and we found the wind, blowing out of the SSE down the Hydra Channel. A 15 mile down wind Gybing exercise on a 57ft ketch, kept the crew busy as the game was not to let the yachts boat speed fall below 7 knots, tight Gybing angles kept the speed up as well as gusts making the helm work for his dinner.<br />
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The yacht pulled into Erimoni old Harbour early evening and tied stern to the quay. The village was still in winter mode, so while the crew had hot showers, the cook went about getting some dinner ready.... home made Pasta with a rich sausage sauce and Galakaborico for desert....<br />
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Studying was also an evening past time with all the practical sailing going on it is still necessary to hit the books in the evening... at the end of the week there was going to be an exam the ASA 104 Bare-boat skippers test.<br />
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The following day was going to a long haul 38 miles to the village of <a href="http://www.epidavros.net/english/default.htm" target="_blank">Epidavros, the site of the ancient theater</a> cut high up in the mountains...<br />
The sail started with a lot of tacking as we sailing slowly up the Hydra channel, at about half way up the channel the wind died and we where forced to resort to engine power. Not to worry time for lunch and the cook dived below to surface a hour later with a fresh made sausage stew, and vegetables... a great meal to add warmth to your body.. by early evening we had found the wind again and sailed to wards the village as the sun slow started to sink below the mountains in the back ground.<br />
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Epidavros is a delightful village with an excellent sheltered harbour. The ancient theater in the hills is a nice distraction however in the village other ancient artifacts exist, including the practice theater used by the Thespians who would later perform in the big theater.<br />
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That evening there was a crew meal at the <a href="http://www.epidavros.net/english/html/tavernas/default.htm" target="_blank">'Posiden" taverna</a> hosted by the captains first cousin Pavlov, the crew where treated to octopus, fresh squid, Garlic Egg Plant, fine cheese dips and many other special Greek delicacies...<br />
Last day was spent with the crew swatting up on last minute revision before taking the ASA 104 exam....<br />
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<strong>- APRIL/ MAY 2013 - from Tortola, BVI's to Athens, Greece -</strong></div>
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<strong>- Mile building program - Delivery of S/Y JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY 54DS</strong></div>
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BVI's on the 6th April 2013 and run to Athens, Greece.</div>
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Choose one or more legs for this trip, and come along! We still have free places with very reasonable prices, but they are being booked fast!</div>
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<strong>- The key info:</strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13px;">The trip starts from Tortola, BVI's, by the 6th April 2013 and the Estimated Time of Arrival in Athens, Greece, will be around May, 15th.It's over 5.200 nautical miles, around 40 days, overall! - It's from </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> 23ºN, 63ºW </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">- A quarter of a round the world!</span></div>
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This will be a Sailing Yacht delivery divided in 7 legs.</div>
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You can choose to do one, two or more legs - <em>Or the whole trip with a major discount</em>!</div>
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No experience is required for crewing, it’s also a great opportunity to do a serious mile building passage, either if you’re working your way up through the RYA certification levels, from Competent Crew up to YM Ocean or you’re looking to gain miles for your ASA log book alternatively you can just sail for the fun of it, tag along!</div>
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A perfect opportunity to do some serious 'Mile Building' for your CV, <b>a great life changing experience, an amazing adventure!</b></div>
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<strong>- The Yacht - JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY 54DS:</strong></div>
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She has one of the best cockpit, salon and cabins areas in her size range and category.</div>
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It’s an elevated cockpit and command area, with all lines redirected to it, which makes handling and manoeuvring easy and extremely safe, even with a small crew. Her 4 double cabins, each with its own bathroom, will allow us to enjoy the crossing in maximum comfort.</div>
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A spacious saloon, with panoramic views and a fully equipped galley will allow us to replenish ourselves and put our cooking skills to the test.</div>
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Crossing the North Atlantic Ocean is a coveted experience for any sailing enthusiast, but it is in fact within the reach of any adventurous person without previous nautical knowledge.</div>
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<em><strong>These are "THE Ocean" and "THE Sea" and you will be crossing them!</strong></em></div>
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A trip like this is a memorable endeavour, unplugged from the fuss of the rest of the world, living in your own world and enjoying life aboard a yacht, surrounded by nothing else but the big blue Ocean, stopping in some fantastic places that will give you great memories from this trip, for life!</div>
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All the crew will take part in the daily routines essential for sailing, navigation and life on board a yacht.</div>
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It will be between four to five weeks of sailing with the blue Ocean surrounding us and the horizon in full view!</div>
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The daily routine of life on board a sailing yacht is composed by watches behind the wheel, sailing, navigating and keeping log, watching for other ships on the horizon and for changes in wind and weather conditions and all the "mother” tasks: cooking, cleaning and even trying to fish... and, of course, plenty of time to rest, relax and enjoy this unique experience!</div>
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First we will head North, to avoid beating against the wind, to do a pit stop in Hamilton, Bermuda.</div>
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From Bermuda, we'll take advantage of the 'The Gulf Stream' and it's northern extension towards Europe, the "North Atlantic Drift", a powerful, warm, and swift Atlantic Ocean current, which will help us head East towards the Azores.</div>
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The next stopover is Cascais, Portugal, also a “must visit" little town for a sailor, just next to Lisbon !</div>
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Here we will meet a few friends, and from Gib we will point to Palma de Mallorca, one of the world's super-yacht capitals of the world!</div>
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Departure from Palma, to soon after pass in Cagliari, Sardegna and then the tiny Ustica island, and head to the North Secily to meet the Aeolian Islands, where Odisseas (Ulisses) also stopped, before crossing the Messina strait.</div>
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The final destination, Athens, Greece, will be a few days ahead, but before we reach it, we'll pass the Ionians islands of Kefalonia and Zakinthos and the historic Corinth channel. </div>
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<strong>Prices do not include: </strong>Travel to/from embarking and disembarking ports, moorings or port fees, food and drink, customs fees, visas, communications (there will be a satellite pone available but the calls are not included) and any other concept not specifically mentioned.</div>
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<strong>- ETD, Ports, Estimated length and Prices:</strong></div>
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<strong>- Getting There:</strong></div>
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In all the ports that this passage is divided, crew members can be replaced, just contact for fine tune details and get the ETA or ETD in the ports you need.</div>
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In case you are considering doing the whole trip or just the whole Atlantic, Road Harbour Port, Tortola, BVIs, is the departure point for this journey. The airport is called Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport (code EIS), formerly Beef Island Airport.</div>
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We are pleased to announce that ATHENS SAILING ACADEMY with Poros Yachting Academy, a RYA-recognised sailing school, will be offering the RYA First Aid course in 2013. Completion of this course (or equivalent) is a mandatory requirement for anyone wanting to take a Yachtmaster examination. We feel it is very valuable course that all responsible skippers should have knowledge of and always useful for anyone in case of accident or illness among the crew of a yacht.</div>
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PLEASE CONTACT US DIRECT FOR BOOKINGS AND DETAILS OF WHEN THIS COURSE WILL BE RUN ALONG WITH OUR 10 DAY SKIPPERS COURSE.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223377360189879023.post-81549747065631890802012-11-21T06:46:00.001-08:002012-11-21T07:00:01.632-08:00ATHENS - TEL AVIV OFFSHORE TRAINING<br />
The delivery and advanced ocean passage that the school has just finished has been an interesting experience in different sailing philosophies and safety at sea. The <br />
school in an attempt to broaden its winter income base, has expanded into the yacht restoration business. We maintain a winter maintenance crew that service our <br />
school yachts and also do a certain amount of freelance work. The current Greek crisis has meant the decline in school business has required we diversify into more broad <br />
yacht services. Using our highly skilled winter staff to do yacht restoration was a logical step. <br />
Our first client has been an Old school student that bought a used charter yacht and then requested that we renovate it back to its original condition. This included new teak decks, new standing rigging, upgrading of deck gear and replacement of all running rigging. We also installed a fully comprehensive navigation package from Raymarine, that included their new radar/AIS/plotter interfaced computer screen, with all yacht instruments and the auto pilot. A truly one button navigation system. The system is also very addictive, and in my opinion will create some very bad habits, more about this later.<br />
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The owner of the yacht required that we deliver the yacht back to Israel once all work was completed. He was going to accompany the delivery crew with his 90 year old father. The crew was to be 6 but was shortened to 5 when a crew decided that the current situation in Tel Aviv made them uncomfortable. Our first leg was to be Athens to the island of Kos, where the yacht would refuel and then continue on to the remote island of Kastellorizo. Here the yacht and crew would check out of the EU and then continue out into international waters.<br />
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The trip started with a short shakedown sail to Poros island. It was a good chance to check out the new Raymarine toys and to do a more detailed tuning of the mast <br />
and new standing rigging. It was a good 5 hour sail in about 15-20 knts of breeze that came pretty much from all directions. <br />
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The following day was a hive of last minute adjustments, both to the rig and to the safety equipment. The yacht left late that afternoon heading out for the Cyclades <br />
island group and the further island of Kos. As the owner of the yacht was on board, he assumed the role of Captain with my self being more of an advisory role. The other crew members already had there ASA and RYA licenses, so this was more a mile building exercise as well as offshore experience for them. The first night of any offshore sail is always one that has sailors getting use to watch systems again as well as finding their sea legs. So a little irregular behaviour needs understanding and flexibility. I have always found that a good evening meal on the first night if possible goes along way to ensuring confidence and comfort for the coming nights watch. <br />
When quizzed about watch our captain was fairly non-committal about what he wanted and said that it was better if everyone did what they felt like. He further went on <br />
to mention that food was not a priority with him and that a little bread and cheese was all he needed. At first I was very disappointed with his answers, he had been <br />
one of our first students to come though the school, he already had a huge back ground of sailing but no real paperwork when he joined the school course back in <br />
2005. Since then he had completed this very same 'run' Greek islands to Israel some 5 times with his and other yachts.. so he was well aware of the changing weather <br />
patterns and changing sea states that one can encounter...<br />
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We finally arranged ourselves into 3 watches, 2 hours on and 4 off with the owner and father doing their own thing.. the yacht was extremely comfortable with a huge <br />
cockpit and cockpit table in the middle, long side benches that you could lie out on, full dodger and Bimini, and all major control lines lead back to the cockpit <br />
coaming allowing for easy dry access to trim and control the sails. Unfortunately the cockpit was so well sheltered that keeping a 'good' watch out at night meant alot <br />
of craning your head and neck around lots of supports and fabric... which is when the huge computer screen mounted by the helm station became a much more <br />
easier and dryer way of keeping a watch out. <br />
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The trip to Kos is about 190 miles as the crow flies, we logged 230nm with a couple of tacks thrown in. As a result it took us over 38 hours. The latter half of the trip was in heavy rain and limited visibility. The Raymarine package with its Chartplotter and interfaced AIS+radar was a very nice toy to have, making identifying shipping and other objects a simple matter. However what it did not see was more troublesome, the local Greek fishing fleet do not carry AIS.... nor do there fishing long line markers or drift nets... making the old skill of looking at the sea and horizon ie:- keeping a watch still the primary skill to learn..<br />
Once in Kos it was a short stop over with the crew taking a break ashore and looking for some breakfast while the owner took charge of refuelling the yacht. Some <br />
supplies where purchased but as the crew had not eaten a "Galley cooked meal' since the first night and where self-feeding themselves, not much in the way of <br />
immediate supplies had been consumed. The yacht was soon under way again this leg was to take us along the Turkish coast, north past Rhodes island and then to <br />
parallel the coast until we arrived at Kastollrozio island.<br />
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That evening was a busy time on watch, identifying shipping coming out of Rhodes and other ships heading to Rhodes. The weather again deteriorated to rain and squall fronts rolling off the Turkish coast. The Rhodes channel can at times have a heavy wind driven surface current running east west; this particular night it was running at least 2-3 knots which made our SOG as little as 3knts at times. This is not a good speed to be trying to avoid shipping traffic, despite the fact we where motor sailing for most of the time. Again the Raymarine AIS/Plotter package proved its worth, however it was still imperative to keep a physical eyes out over the horizon watch and not become glued to this very addictive screen like some video game.<br />
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The rest of that evening was a mixture of squalls and washing machine like seas that caused the yacht to pound and bounce around the sea slowly on its way to <br />
Kastellorizio island. Up to this point the yacht had been steered almost exclusively by auto pilot, with neither the owner nor our crew steering by hand for more than <br />
30 minutes. I think I had the most time on the wheel with our 12 hours since leaving Athens.<br />
The rest of this delivery continued with little change in the way things operated or the prevailing wind conditions as once the yacht left Kastellorizo for Tel Aviv, we had <br />
to face a remaining 350 nm of pretty much windless sea and intermittent rain. The extra jerry jugs of fuel we carried on deck proved necessary and the yacht finally <br />
made it to Tel Aviv.<br />
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However, my observations have lead me to believe that even though the advance of electronic navigation instruments is wonderful and extremely helpful, our addictive <br />
nature as humans makes us rely on them much to heavily, forgetting our old skills as seaman.<br />
I really do not think it is a good thing to come on deck watch and check the computer screen first for traffic before you have scanned the horizon. I prefer to hand steer as much as is required rather than let a yacht be steered by auto pilot 100% of time come wind or sea state. Auto Pilots allow a yacht to pound and bounce into potholes. There will never be a replacement for hand steering or a good helmsman. <br />
There has been alot of studies on watch systems, sleep patterns and nutrition at sea. Unless I am mistaken they have all basically come to the same conclusion, regular watch/sleep rhythms and regular feeding time, make a happy and efficient crew. Arbitrarily sleeping and eating leads to fatigue and mistakes. My lesson from all this has been to emphasis more the interaction of modern and old ways but never ever to rely solely on modern technology.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Retsif HaAliya HaShniya 48, Tel Aviv, Israel32.059300261061651 34.72778320312531.62943026106165 34.096069203125 32.489170261061652 35.359497203125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223377360189879023.post-12568721529867399562012-10-11T00:47:00.000-07:002013-09-11T01:11:08.464-07:00SAIL THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS WITH US THIS JUNE 2013<strong><u><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></u></strong><br />
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ARE ALL WELCOME TO JOIN THE SCOTTISH CRUISE AS WE SAIL THE LOCHS AND BAYS OF
THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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Clyde has lots of choice of areas to visit, most villages and towns offer
excellent harbor facilities, with lots to see in each location, from castles,
to ancient embattlements and of course the thriving local fishing industry. The
local social activities all center around the local Pubs, many of which have
local music and each with its own select brew and single malt-whisky.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;">The
sailing in the area is challenging with tides and currents all made to test
your sailing skills. Trips are short 20 miles at the most and some much
shorter, so you will never be far away from a comfortable ‘pint’ or relaxing
bay, or anchorage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The waters in
Scotland offer a chance to see some of the best in wild life, from whales to
sea birds, to dolphins, if you are a fisherman bring your pole as you will
un-doubtly catch something from your yacht. The Isles of Scotland are an
amazing place to sail that will always keep you smiling. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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register to join us,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>please E-mail.. </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:information@athenssailingacademy.com"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">information@athenssailingacademy.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">
….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or call 00 30 693 716 3246 and ask to
speak with Capt.Chandler about the Scottish Highland Cruise .<o:p></o:p></span></span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;">THE
CENTERAL MEETING POINT ON JUNE 29TH WILL BE PRESTWICK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
(exact location TBA). When booking your flights from the USA to Scotland most
international trans-Atlantic flights now land at this airport when flying to
Glasgow, otherwise your next option would be Edinburgh. A bus will leave
Prestwick Airport on June 29<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> to take all ASA participant’s to the
yachts that will be moored in LARAGS Marina. The trip will be about 1 hour.,
traffic dependent. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;">On
JULY 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">TH</span></sup> THE REVERSE WILL HAPPEN, THE BUS WILL LEAVE LARAGS AND
RETURN TO PRESTWICK AIRPORT. TIMINGS WILL ATTEMPT TO CONICIDE WITH ANY RETURN
FLIGHTS TO THE USA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you plan to
arrive early and explore Scotland prior to the sailing cruise please let us
know so that we have a complete picture of who will be on the bus. Like-wise if
you plan to stay longer again please let us know.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;">JUNE 29<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">TH</span></sup>
YOU WILL BOARD THE YACHTS IN LARAGS….JULY 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">TH</span></sup> YOU WILL DISEMBARK.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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DETAILS AND WHAT IS INCLUDED.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;">The cost of the Cruise includes the
following, Coach Transportation from Prestwick International Airport to the
yachts, and return at the end of the cruise, one full time professional skipper
from the company to act as guide and navigation officer,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a skippers meeting each day to explain the
days sail and all possible navigation dangers, all onboard systems, yacht check
in /out, ASA hosted party and goody bag, flotilla fees/activities, one set of
linens & towels per person, dinghy with outboard and all applicable taxes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A refundable security deposit will be
taken as a credit card imprint prior to boarding depending on the type of boat
the deposit will vary. Your card will only be a charge if there are damages to </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">the boat due to negligence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;">NOT
INCLUDED :-<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
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dockage/mooring fees, yacht fuel,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>yacht
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will be a full time Professional guide with the cruise as per local insurance
requirements. He will be the Flotilla leader, and occupy one of the cabins on
one of the yachts. Anyone else that wishes to captain a yacht on the cruise
will be required to have their IPC/ ICC (international certificate of
competence) with them. The lead yacht will have the English professional
Skipper, assistant plus ASA representative. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Additional
skippers are available to the cruise at a cost of $160 a day plus food and on
board cabin.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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you have a group of 4-6 people we can allocate you your own yacht, with or with
out skipper. If you are a couple or a single and wish you join the cruise, then
you will be sharing a yacht with other couples/singles. We will do our best to
match you up with other like minded sailors who wish to share a yacht.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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balance will be due 90 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SymbolMT;">days before your cruise starts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SymbolMT;">Please designate a skipper for your yacht. The skipper
must have a valid ICC permit. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SymbolMT;">You<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>will need to submit his/her sailing résumé to
us for approval. In Scottish waters. Insurance companies and the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Government “Dept of Health and Safety “<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>requires that Bareboat charter captains are
either licensed by the RYA or have an ‘ICC/ICP’ permit issued by their National
Sailing organization. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SymbolMT;">English professional skippers are available for hire if
you wish to sail without the responsibility of the boat and crew. Skipper rates
are $160 dollars a day plus food and on board cabin.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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charter. After returning to </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SymbolMT;">the dock you will top off your fuel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SymbolMT;">accident, sickness, and/or loss of baggage and personal
effects. The yacht is </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SymbolMT;">insured by the owner during the charter<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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180 days or more are subject to an administrative fee of $100 per person. Cancellations
received between 180 days and 60 days are not refundable unless the identical
space on the yacht can re-booked and are subject to the $200 per-person fee.
Cancellations inside of 60 days are non-refundable.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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flights generally arrive at Preswick international airport, however they may
also arrive in Glasgow airport dependent as to where you fly from in the USA.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: SymbolMT;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: SymbolMT;"><span style="color: black;">You will need a valid passport. The Group Coach will leave
Prestwick International Airport exact location (TBA). The coach will leave 10am
on Saturday June 29<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> , after a short 1 hour trip. You will board
the yacht on Saturday June 29<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>, so it may be necessary to arrive
the day before and stay in a local hotel. Depending on your return flight it
may also be necessary to stay again a hotel or B&B (bed and breakfast).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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breakfast on board, followed by an in depth skippers meeting outlining the days
sail to the next destination. On some days you may stop along the way for lunch
and maybe a visit to a local point of interest. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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typically it could a pub dinner or an excellent fish dinner. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The evenings can be spent in local pubs,
sampling the local whiskeys or ales or relaxing with an after dinner drink on
the boat or take a walk along the water front or through the town. There will
be opportunities for group dinners..<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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options for dinner for two or groups. There will be a welcome party on the
first night of our sail compliments of ASA.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largs"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Arrival in
Largs</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> and yacht allocation, orientation, skippers
meetings, provisioning. The rest of the day you will be free to explore the
village and near by area.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Depart Largs through the two Cumbraes heading </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothesay,_Argyll_and_Bute"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">North to Rothesay</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> on the Isle of Bute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Approximately four hours. </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothesay,_Argyll_and_Bute"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rothesay</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> is a fishing harbour which has been
converted into a small marina with pontoons/showers and toilets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The toilets are famous from the Victorian
period and are a must to be seen. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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YEARS PRIVATE CRUISE ;"We found a secluded bay just around the Kyles of
Bute where we stayed for almost a whole day soaking up rays, and the boy could
safely play around in the dinghy. we later found a Russian Tavern on the Isle
of Bute where the adults were able to let loose a bit."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.butehotel.com/The%20Tavern.htm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Russian Tavern</span></b></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></div>
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Depart Rothesay through the </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyles_of_Bute"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Kyles of Bute</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> to Tarbert on Loch Fyne.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Approximately three hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anchor for a lunch at Colitraive or
Tighnabuich can be recommended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good
hotels if you want to go ashore at both locations. Visitors buoys available. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarbert,_Argyll_and_Bute"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tarbert is also a fishing port</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: black;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Half has been turned into a marina with
pontoons, the other half still used as a working fishing harbour for
seafood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Superb selection of restaurants
and hotels with a wide selection of locally obtained food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The home of the ‘Scottish Series’, Scotland’s
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>equivalent of Cowes Week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Excellent <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>facilities throughout.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Depart</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarbert,_Argyll_and_Bute"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Tarbert</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> to Loch Ranza on the North
side of Arran.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Visitor buoys available
only.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arran_Distillery"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Take time to visit the Arran Distillary and taste this
newest of all Scottish Whisky’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Alternatively sail round to Lamla</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">sh wish nestles behind Holy Isle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Holy Isle is now owned by Buddhist monks and
you are welcome ashore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No alcohol or
cigarettes are allowed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take time to
climb Goat Fell and enjoy the panoramic views from the top. Sailing time
approximately 2 hours<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depart Arran for </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbeltown"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Campbeltown. </span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Campbeltown is the stop over for those sailors
wishing to go round the Mull of Kintyre.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A harbour now converted to a marina with pontoons and washing
facilities, also where the busy Mull Lifeboat operates from. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Springbank Distillery is one of the last
surviving producers of Campbeltown Single Malts. The distillery, located on the
southern Kintyre peninsula, produces three distinct types of single malt Scotch
whisky. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Sailing
time approximately four hours.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Campbeltown</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">
for return trip to Largs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sailing time
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yachts need to be cleaned and refueled, security deposits need to be covered
and the professional guide that accompanied the cruise needs to tipped. The
bus/coach will be waiting to return the group back to Glasgow.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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DAY 1 . ATHENS TO POROS ISLAND</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">The start of august has brought a ray of sun shine into our school. For the third time this year we are running a bare-boat skippers course with US navy personnel as the students. In the previous 2 courses we have had Navy Seals, Navy medical personnel, and the US naval attache to the US embassy here in Athens. This course brings us a full 4 stripe Captain from Naples Italy with his son. The captain is a submariner, from the ranks of the </span><a href="http://youtu.be/KzKEPUeBWxs" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">688's</span></a><a href="http://youtu.be/KzKEPUeBWxs" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b> (Los Angeles Class)</b></span></a><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;"> and the </span><a href="http://youtu.be/zuEn3cTDCHA" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #e06666;"><b>Nuclear boomers</b></span></span></a><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">...so we are extremely proud that he chose our school for their training ...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">Today was our routine kick off with everyone meeting on the dock in athens, for the usual introduction and orientation of the yacht. Once everyone was settled we slipped lines at 1200 and head out to the open water.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">Forecast was for a strong NNE which would have been great for a first day, the best the weather could offer was a merger 17knts true for about 5 minutes before direction and velocity started playing there usual games of being all over the place..</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcJBXRg39PKqvm_Ci9MTEuO3JhzuOD3C-4Qtayz2oaYqk5uWmRpxR7AIveuN2o9NyeSyLPkhFcWigDUB5nWgaxmPecvgYF9vNoxnJPDMzxCPS55bMlepv2nCuKscDJQeI5ltfsIEwY6pV/s1600/DSCF1237.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcJBXRg39PKqvm_Ci9MTEuO3JhzuOD3C-4Qtayz2oaYqk5uWmRpxR7AIveuN2o9NyeSyLPkhFcWigDUB5nWgaxmPecvgYF9vNoxnJPDMzxCPS55bMlepv2nCuKscDJQeI5ltfsIEwY6pV/s320/DSCF1237.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">By 1500 we had reached a bit further south of Agia Marina on Aegina before we turned on the engine and went motoring for the North Poros entrance...Once you turn the corner at the north entrance and come into the bay , the town of Poros opens up before you, its still one of my favorite picture post card first views of a Greek island town....A quick motor by our Whitbread 60, now swinging on her mooring waiting to go into dry dock for major spare part surgury on her shaft and welding on her boom, and then on to parking the yacht outside Vangelis taverna. As we come long side the low pier Vangelis is thier to meet us and collect lines. Once all lines are secure, Vangelis re-appears with cold beers and the latest news of the island. Its nice to be back with our friends and home on our island.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">Tomorrow will bring a fresh day and time for our students to jump on our small yacht and show us how good there sailing techinque is and start there practice on the water with drills, Tacking Gybing, reaching and even get into a few MOB exercises. All good fun when you are sailing in Poros bay...</span><br />
<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-size: large;">More to morrow with pictures and video....</span><br />
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DAY 2 SAILING PRACTICE IN POROS BAY</h3>
<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxMHu4g8GYdjFwBj6jpAcxaa4_9LZv0C2gLz0jgPClD8eKxtv8d0KsJKW5X81pcByz3QRphDCfeSZDyOJoqcw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><span style="font-size: large;">Day two of this adventure started with a little morning yacht maintenance. The teaching yacht is a 57 ft ketch, that means she has 2 masts. On the aft mast or what is called the mizzen we like to hoist stay-sails and mizzen genoas. One of our stay-sails needed to be put on a roller furling system. The students where tasked to do this more as an initiative test than anything else. In the process unfortunately a pair of the instructors favourite pliers went swimming. Amazingly we had a free diver amongst the students so off he went to retrieve them....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The evening lay ahead, with the promise of excellent Greek food for dinner and lots of sight seeing to do and still explore on the island.</span><br />
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Day 3 Motor Handling in crowded Harbours.</h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">Fact of life is that sailing is a reality easy sport, and the basics can be learnt well within a week of training. Once out in the open water away from other yachts you are unlikely to hit any one or hopefully any thing. Of course all this is dependent on how well you know the area you sail in and how well you have read your charts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The problem with most skippers is their ability to handle a yacht under power in a crowded harbour. Then ask the skipper to perform a series of tasks such as coming along side or berthing the yacht with out doing any damage, and the less experienced skipper will have a certain amount of anxiety about it all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today is going to be about practicing those skills over and over, until the drivers have an understanding of what to expect and how to make a safe and professional landing. Looking good while completing a perfect landing is as important as doing it safely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After to day we will be free from Poros, it has been a wonderful stay, but tomorrow we will be off to the Cyclades and some real wind, real sailing, and new adventures... see you tomorrow :-)..</span><br />
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.GREEK STYLE MANEUVERING IN HARBOR...<br />
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DAY 4 TRANSIT TO THE CYCLADES.</h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Early morning rise, 0530, god it was like I was back in the navy again !! However it was for a purpose, beat the heat and get to Kithonos for lunch time Ahead of the </span><span style="font-size: large;">charter yachts and hopefully the weekend Athenians. Coffee, nicotine, and a quick </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">cold shower had by body awake and sort of functioning.. food was next on the agenda but first we had to extricate ourselves from the yachts around us. A fairly simple bow spring and kick the transom out before backing out got us under way...0600 and we where exiting the South Poros channel, 0630 and the main sail was hoisted, and then by 0700 we had food and a second cup of coffee, all at about the time the sun came over the horizon to mark another new day.. and what a sunrise it was..</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The goal to day was to finish in Loutra for around 1300, the forecast was for calm </span><span style="font-size: large;">lots of calm so we faced a motor over. 55 miles of drone..on went the auto pilot and </span><span style="font-size: large;">every one relaxed into there routines some went back to thier bunks others stayed up </span><span style="font-size: large;">and watched for shipping, I watched for wind. I wanted to pass the island of </span><span style="font-size: large;">St.George to the north in hope of getting some offshore sea breeze from the main </span><span style="font-size: large;">land. By the time we got there is was mid morning and sure enough we hooked in to a </span><span style="font-size: large;">10 knt NNE, rolled out the Genoa cut back on the engine and quietly motor sailed at </span><span style="font-size: large;">8 knts. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Soon we had the south tip of Kea island in sight and the Kea Channel</span><span style="font-size: large;">. By noon the breeze we had picked up was </span><span style="font-size: large;">stating to die off and once in the Kea channel we where back to full engine and no </span><span style="font-size: large;">Genoa...things continued that way for the rest of the trip until we finally tied </span><span style="font-size: large;">along side in Loutra harbor on the outside finger pier. After cleaning up the lines </span><span style="font-size: large;">and stowing every thing we all went for lunch and a cold draft beer , 'Yannis" at </span><span style="font-size: large;">SOFRANO'S was happy to see us. The first cold draft tasted like mothers milk and </span><span style="font-size: large;">went down quite quickly, as they say the first is for your self the second is for </span><span style="font-size: large;">the sea....Really happy to be in LOUTRA, KITHONOS ISLAND. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Departure time is 1030, wind starting to pick up out of the North, should be a </span><span style="font-size: large;">healthy breeze for a quick reach over to Syros island.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So out the starting gate we go slip lines and off to some clear water to hoist the</span><span style="font-size: large;">main. Once she is up a short Motor to get around a small reef, and we are clear for</span><span style="font-size: large;">the open Aegean.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Wind speed starts to increase slowly, 13,15, 17 and there it is a nice 15-17 </span><span style="font-size: large;">northly, out comes the No#2 genoa and K3 is off to the races, boat speed jumps into the high 8's , we drop the main traveller to its leeward end ease a little main </span><span style="font-size: large;">sheet and take up some vang, and she settles into the low 9 knts...The students take </span><span style="font-size: large;">turns on trimming the Genoa and watch as there trimming helps speed and the helmsman weather helm..</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Life is good, beautiful sunny day, perfect wind, great yacht, blue sea and some </span><span style="font-size: large;">outstanding students....Syros here we come...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1330, enter the main harbor of Syros, 3 hours to cover 24.5 NM, not bad going, Main down and looking for a spot to med moor, by 1400 we are all secure engine off. Time to explore and discover the delights of Syros Island...</span><br />
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DAY 6 RUNNING DOWN WIND TO PAROS</h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">Todays start was a slow waking to calm winds in Syros harbour..The students had </span><span style="font-size: large;">disappeared for an early morning swim, the kettle was put on the boil, and coffee </span><span style="font-size: large;">was soon forth coming.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The mornings routine began, check the weather on the internet, check our next </span><span style="font-size: large;">destination work out course, distance, review the harbour plan. It was originally </span><span style="font-size: large;">planned to go to Naxos about 32 miles further south. However after reviewing the </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">over route, it meant that the crew would have to long passages back to back... a 65 </span><span style="font-size: large;">mile trip from Naxos to the port of Kamares followed by a long 70 nm transit across the south Aegean to Ermoni town.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">It was decided to change destination and sail to Paros island closer and made the next to trips more manageable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">We slipped lines and set of for todays sail to Paros, a realtive downwind leg with wind off the port at 120 -140 degrees. Wind speed a steady 18 knts with gusts to 24 knts. A new experience for the students steering in moderate winds with rolling seas on the quarter.Almost every one had some problems anticipating rolls with the gusts and the tendancy for K3 to want to pick her skirts up and surf off on the occasional wave... all in all every one had fun and we made the 24 nm in 4 hours flat.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Entering the harbour there was only one place left to park. A relative small slot, but with patience we got in stern too, only to discover that we had lost all transmission control... better now then out at sea... Lex went to inspect and came back smiling say no problem the nut holding the transmission wire on the to the selector arm had broken and the wire was now free in the air...phew... oh well a little maintenance later in the day, a good way for the students to learn about how to fix things at sea... you just can not get this in the classroom, valuable experince..</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The crew has taken to Paros quickly, exploring the old city and hitting the beaches....tomorrow sail to Serifos before we head back to the Saronic islands and Athens..</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">See you tomorrow</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223377360189879023.post-14477009902753072472012-05-11T11:21:00.001-07:002012-05-11T11:21:47.632-07:00Antigua Sailing Week 2012. Wrap up film.<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vJ7P-gvE7f8?fs=1" width="480"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223377360189879023.post-90606024450099538762012-04-01T10:12:00.000-07:002012-04-01T10:51:21.072-07:00HYDRA RACE 2012 with "Spirit of Poros "<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Hydra race is the opening yacht race for the 2012 Greek Offshore racing series. This year the fleet consisted of 60 yachts in 3 classes. It also had a Whitbread 60 competing in the ORC International Class, it was our opening race for "Spirit of Poros ".<br />
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12 crew which included 6 ASA students and 2 instructors meet in the port of Mikrolimano on Friday morning. The plan was to spend the day sail training and to be ready for the start of the race at 1600hrs the same day.<br />
After a yacht briefing from JC, and talking though crew positions and responsibilities, "Spirit of Poros " slipped lines and headed out to clear water to hoist the mainsail. This huge sail has a luff hoist of 25m and is fully battened. Despite being on a roller ball bearing system it takes 3 crew to sweat it up and the aid of an electric winch to get the last 2-3 meters finished.<br />
With the main sail up, it was time for the small genoa or No#3 Jib. A smaller easier sail to hoist and not as heavy. Its a self tacking sail which is nice when going up wind and you are engaged in a tacking duel with a competitor.<br />
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Both sails up and drawing we set off on a reach and immediately hit 12-13 knots in 12 knots of true wind speed. The first set of practice drills would be for the runner crews and the jib trimmer. The yacht has no permanent back stay, and the rig is held up by a series of runners and check stays that brace and bend the mast on each tack. So it is important to time the easing and take of each runner as the yacht tacks.<br />
Meanwhile the jib trimmer is easing the genoa to power up the yacht out of the tacks and slowly trim in the genoa as the yachts picks up momentum..<br />
So what is the rest of the crew doing while these simple tasks are being completed ? Hopefully getting their behinds out on the rail to help keep the yacht level. As the afternoon passed we practiced tacking and gybing the yacht, mean time the below deck crew where busy packing and tieing up the spinnakers we planned on having ready.<br />
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When your sails are this big , it's nice to give the crew a little help when hoisting, in particular the enormous spinnakers that can fill by mistake on the way up which makes their job miserable.<br />
So while packing the spinnakers the crew will tie up the sail in to a sausage star shape using wool thread that will break when it reaches the top of the mast and the wind catches the sail... well that's the theory , it does work providing that you have enough wind and that you do not put the woollies to close to each other....<br />
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Race time arrived and we watched as the fleet came out of their respective marinas. Spirit was hove too and the crew where taking a break, eating and talking, it seemed we where quite the attraction, as most yachts took time to sail by us and 'check us out'...<br />
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It was time to get the show on the road, half an hour to the 10 minute gun, hoisted the No3, and started our pre-start manouerves. The committee boat was a small sailing yacht about 36 ft long crowded with people, some spectators and some trying to act as committee personnel...<br />
The course had been set with a short windward leg before letting the fleet hoist spinnakers and head for Hydra Island.... The 10 minute warning was given, no gun, no horn... just a woman screaming on VHF channel 72 count down to the 10 minute warning... hmm..seems the Greek crisis has even hit the yacht racing fleet when they are unable to afford an audible signal, the 5 minute warning followed in the same light....it was not until the 1 minute pre-warning that things on the start line became a little more than crazy... With 30 seconds to go the cruising class yachts still had no cleared the start line area and where now mixed in with the starting 1st class who where looking for position on an ever shrinking line. Meantime the greek race committee was scream her count down to the start and all of a sudden we where racing.. some how we had ended up in the middle of the line with good speed but definatley a strong possibility of being over early.... Murphy's rule no43 you continue racing until you are called back by the committee or they announce a general recall...which they did... well sort of... the race committee announced a general recall with a 3 minute warning to the one minute warning... basically that meant that the lead yachts in the first start did not have time to return to the line and restart with the rest of the fleet....well in racing you deal with what you are dealt, and this is never more true than when racing in Greece. We re-started at the back of the fleet along with Optimum and Astapadia, it was not long before we had tacked our way though the fleet ducked a few starboard tackers and rounded the top mark.<br />
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Now is the time to make hay, up went the A2 and Spirit of Poros shifted into over drive. The whitbread 60 loves to run before the wind and is designed just for that, plus waterline length never hurt either. We hugged the coast and enjoyed a solid 15 knts from the NE, boat speed was playing in the high teens, fast enough that we quickly started to roll over the whole fleet to leeward. By the time we had cleared the Old airport nearly all the fleet was behind us, 3 yachts remained in front and we where quickly catching them. Unfortunately we had to start to move off shore away from the land mass and into ever decreasing wind pressure. The sun was starting to go down, and with it the wind... with 3 yachts to catch and now the race fleet at our heels we found our selves in a situation where the wind was decreasing the further off shore we went and our lead was slowly being whittled down...<br />
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It was about 2230 when we retired from the race, with the sea state oily and no wind it did not make sense to sit in the middle of a traffic zone any longer. On went the iron genoa and off to Hydra we motored. We arrived in Hydra at 0200 about half an hour before the first finishing yacht, a light weight Farr45, that ghosted over the finish line in 3 knots of true wind....<br />
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So what is the moral of our little story,.. wind and more wind will win races for Spirit of Poros, ghosting along in zephyrs and oily seas are not for this yacht, she needs the Meltemi and racing in the Cyclades and Dodecanese islands.<br />
So come and join us this summer as we blast around the islands in real wind on a really fast racing yacht..<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Akti Themistokleous 90, Piraeus 18537, Greece37.907366581454959 23.63159179687537.706898081454959 23.315734796875 38.107835081454958 23.947448796875tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223377360189879023.post-23123388979939776532012-02-10T22:38:00.000-08:002012-02-10T22:39:21.880-08:00GREECE'S REALITY WHEN IT COMES TO TOURISM THIS SUMMER<span style="font-size: x-large;">Travel dilemmas: Greece's reality </span><br />
By CATHARINE HAMM<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Q: What is the anticipated effect of the financial problems in Greece on tourists this summer?</span><br />
-M. Lowry, Los Angeles<br />
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A: That's not an easy question to answer, because negotiations over Greece's financial fate continued last week, and the outcome will determine how uncomfortable - or not - life there will be.
What has happened to Greece is a bit like what happens to many of us: It borrowed too much money. But here's the infuriating part: When a new government took power in late 2009, it was discovered that there had been some creative accounting, which made the financial situation look much better than it actually was. Whether you're doing this with a country or with your spouse, it's a bad idea. Although a little spousal deception generally won't destroy your union, when a country like Greece does it, it does jeopardize a different kind of union - the European Union, of which there are 27 members and of which Greece has been a part since 1981.<br />
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Greece has played a big role in destabilizing the union. It has tried to cut its debt by imposing austerity measures, which have led to public outrage, violent rioting and even deaths.
The situation there is unhappy. But Greece needs tourist dollars now more than ever to find its way out from under lest it default on its loans.<br />
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Tourism is one of its leading industries, and that means you are apt to find bargains.
"Greece is a perfect example of how, until they can show the world complete stability and control, it's going to have to generate some substantial value as a way to reel in ... vacation dollars," said Gabe Saglie, senior editor with TravelZoo, a deals site. TravelZoo recently offered an eight-night vacation package in Greece with air from New York for $1,499 a person, he said. It included two nights in Athens, three in Mykonos and three nights in Santorini, plus ferry service and breakfast. (The deal was posted Jan. 25 and may no longer be available.)<br />
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"Is this a package that we'd see if the current situation was much different and much better? Probably not," he said.
Will you get caught up in the insanity of a riot or a strike? It's possible, said Nicholas Hadgis, dean of the School of Hospitality Management at Widener University in Chester, Pa.<br />
"Be prepared to be patient when there are random strikes," he said. "Greece for years - even before the crisis - had random strikes." Being away from Athens also may be a good idea if you're looking to bask in the sun without the overlay of tension.
Greece will need to outsmart its competition, Hadgis said, especially to attract Europeans "who just want to get away from the snow and the cold."<br />
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Greece has more than 2,000 islands and gorgeous beaches, but it also has competition from the rest of the Mediterranean - Spain also is in a terrible financial situation - for the euros of those who want to shake off the chill, so it might have further incentive to discount.
Those nice, warm beaches need your cold, hard cash. So read the news, and keep your eyes peeled for bargains. In 2012, Greece very well could be the word.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223377360189879023.post-25314682330111541312012-01-28T08:10:00.000-08:002012-01-28T08:10:55.050-08:00TOURISTS COMING TO GREECE PLEASE READ THISAfter what seems like forever, our home country is finally out of the international headlines. What started as an interesting exposure to the international community quickly develped into massive negative press and the possibilty of Greece becoming a major contributor to a whole another world economic crisis.... Weeks, months later we are still here, some how.... the people of greece have been bloodied, bruised and most of all finacially raped by thier government and the powers of the EU...but some how like war veteranans we are still here standing, dazed and wondering whats coming next....hopefully nothing much more becasue as a people we have nothing left to contribute... I do not have to give endless examples a quick drive around the local nieghbourhood tells it all, for rent signs everywhere, businesses shuttered up and an ever increasing population of illegal refugees from the rest of the world standing on street corners with nothing to do...
A pretty damn grim picture of ATHENS and its suburbs I just painted, I live here and its all true, Athens SUCKS, however the Greek islands and summer are coming a time to escape this 'Dune' of a city and go back to the real greece where every day is another in a row of glourious sunshine and sea.
The islands will suffer badly this winter, no tourism and little to do for work. So when summer comes the islands need to be ready to welcome all those thousands of returning foreign toruists..... well here is where things will get sticky.... may be you will decide that a holiday in the greek islands sounds like fun and will definately be cheaper than a lot of other places ... then perhpas you will be of the mind that coming here will be a problem... riots, strikes, unhappy people, expensive... I honestly wish that I could gurantee that none of that will happen.... ITS GREECE... any thing can happen, we are proving that now.... What we need to do is have out tourist freinds return to the islands again to see for them sleves how they can help by taking a holiday and letting us show you how much better we can make it then it was in the past.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223377360189879023.post-35772241721595258172012-01-27T09:21:00.000-08:002012-01-27T09:21:16.338-08:00SILVER SPIRIT BECOMES 'SPIRIT OF POROS'....<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Latest News:</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">After talks with the mayor of Poros, we will be renaming our Whitbread 60 , “Spirit of Poros Island”. The idea is to advertise the island and show it as an Ideal place for yachts to visit and stay. To start the ball rolling we will be entering the Yachting spring Series. Starting with the Hydra race in March, the Poros Race in April finishing with the Kythonos race at the end of April.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodP-gXMN2IAZLKDkhEQIyuzsqXKE2QEO3Vc83b1WaWd_f69m3ebMzXLrek52gSdN5Acn_Ra3BsOm2sghJAqvnKlLGpNAf12v-gSA8imPBflv_R2vfDAkg22sHajjr_1N91oVVrlRcXr0b/s1600/jk1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodP-gXMN2IAZLKDkhEQIyuzsqXKE2QEO3Vc83b1WaWd_f69m3ebMzXLrek52gSdN5Acn_Ra3BsOm2sghJAqvnKlLGpNAf12v-gSA8imPBflv_R2vfDAkg22sHajjr_1N91oVVrlRcXr0b/s200/jk1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span lang="EN-US"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We are looking for Crew, we need 15 new crew members. These are volunteer places you pay your own expenses. The yacht will supply basic services during the race weekends only. Starts and finishes will be in Athens, off Palio Faliron, Marina Flisvos.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:information@athenssailingacademy.com" target="_blank">PLEASE CONTACT US FOR CREW PLACES AND DETAILS ABOUT POSITIONS AVAILABLE.<o:p></o:p></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Greece, Athens37.926867796214417 23.67416344335936230.952295796214415 15.275344443359362 44.901439796214419 32.072982443359365tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223377360189879023.post-62472395542134172742012-01-23T09:26:00.000-08:002012-01-23T09:26:20.704-08:00TEAM NEW ZEALANDS ''RULES OF THE ROAD"'<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b style="background-color: #d9ead3;">Team New Zealand's Rules Of The Road</b></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: #cccccc;">Racing, Miscellany, Team New Zealand</b><br />
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An excellent set of guidelines for conducting yourself like a professional sailor.<br />
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Rule number 1<br />
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No phones at dinner. As soon as a phone comes out the offender is fined. Fines are immediate and can be paid at the bar. Sounds old school but it really bugs me to have a get together and someone is Skyping their sister, surfing the net, or on Facebook. It’s not right!<br />
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Special permission can be granted to have a phone on the table. I think we gave permission once in France. At the time some questioned the wisdom of allowing any exception to the “rules are rules” policy, but Burg’s wife was in labour back in New Zealand.<br />
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Rule number 2<br />
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Change the shirt or change your beer. It never fails to amaze me how many people just don’t get it. An example from the past: How can a team member wearing the Emirates Team New Zealand shirt, proudly displaying our sponsors, including Estrella Damm, order a competing beer? In the bottle no less! Imagine if a director of Estrella Damm was socialising with his/her team and seen drinking a competitors’ product. Not a good look for anyone.<br />
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Rule number 3<br />
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While we are at it, clear away the empties. As the team has matured over the years I don’t have to use this line much. Picture this: You see yachties sitting, having a good time, perhaps a bit loud, at a table littered with empty beer bottles. Now picture the same scene but the only bottles in sight are those in use. A very different perception of the same situation. Better yet, no bottles and the beer is in a glass. All Black management discovered long ago that people tended to drink less if they drink from a glass.<br />
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Rule number 4<br />
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No job is too trivial. Wash the sails, clean the container, take out the rubbish or get lunches; doesn’t matter if you the youngest or oldest, skipper or a rookie boat builder. No matter where you are in the pecking order, you do whatever needs to done. Just get on with it, no complaining. And no festering. Festering is where you are hanging out just…….festering. Not getting anything done. Everyone get the jobs done and leaves.<br />
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Rule number 5<br />
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Win, by all means but make it fun. Little things like dinner together, having a beer together after sailing regardless of the day’s results or just being happy. It’s contagious, if you’re upbeat and looking forward the others will fall in line. If you’re walking depression you will drag your comrades down with you.<br />
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Life is too short not to enjoy it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223377360189879023.post-2445864359210921822012-01-21T05:38:00.000-08:002012-01-21T06:05:37.055-08:00SPRING DATES AND NEWS UPDATE<v:shape fillcolor="#652523 [1637]" id="Text_x0020_Box_x0020_4" o:gfxdata="UEsDBBQABgAIAAAAIQC75UiUBQEAAB4CAAATAAAAW0NvbnRlbnRfVHlwZXNdLnhtbKSRvU7DMBSF
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">New programs
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opportunities for crews to join races in the Aegean and a Whitbread 60 that
will allow students to experience sailing at high speeds 20 knts +..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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all the usual programs of mile builders and advanced sailing for offshore
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trip North to Lesvos to Explore the Northern Islands followed by a fun race
back to the Cyclades in the Aegean Regatta. Students who want to join the
crew and learn about racing as well as see the Northern Greek islands can
take advantage of our all-inclusive packages for the 2 racing yachts. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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success a short video is available here :-.. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://youtu.be/CCMFreqkqyc"><span style="color: red;">http://youtu.be/CCMFreqkqyc</span></a></span><span style="color: #558ed5; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> .. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The plan
is to do it again, the yacht ‘K3’ will
leave the dock APRIL 15<sup>TH</sup></span><sup><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Cost/10 Days
(€1500/person) for a first sail into the Aegean,2012. The Route will be chosen
by crew. 4 berths left call send email to reserve your place. <a href="mailto:koralia3@gmail.com">SEND ME INFORMATION</a> <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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been updated and adjusted, the 10 day course now include 3 days of small boat handling,
how small do you ask ?..</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We have a new Farr 25 Keel Dinghy, as well as access to 29 ft small
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EASTER MILE BUILDER 10 DAYS NORMALLY €
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NOVICE TO BAREBOAT SKIPPER 10 DAYS €1700/PERSON<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">This summer we have arranged to have 2 competitive race yachts
available for students to crew on and learn how to ocean race on either of
the 2 seasons Aegean race weeks. We have 2 yachts that will challenge you as
crew. A Whitbread 60 that will get you to the finish in record time, as well
as our school racing ketch. Each event is fully covered and paid for, that
means all you have to bring is your tooth brush and foul weather gear. Varied
crew positions are available from mainsail trimmers to bow men to hoist and
work the fore deck. Training/instruction will be available prior to the
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: purple;">Last years cruise was a huge success with over 400 miles
sailed and 2 students advanced by taking and passing their 106 exam. The
yacht sailed from Athens over to the Dodecanese and visited Leros and Patmos before returning to Athens
via Naxos and Kithonos. The weather
was everything, from glorious sunny warm days to full gale conditions and
blue skies.</span> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="color: #953735; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #953735; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">This year we will
be leaving a little later in April to try and avoid some of the early spring rough
weather. K3 will leave the dock form
Athens April 15<sup>th</sup> and return April 25<sup>th</sup> . The itinerary
will be open to the crew, and weather of course. There are 6 berths available
and if you book with this letter it we will honour a 25% discount off the
regular rate of €1800, that’s €450
saving…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Our
10 day Novice to bareboat course has been a success now for many . It is a convenient
way for clients to get certified so that they can charter a yacht in some of
the glourious locations around the world. For the last few years we have used
a combination of on hands sailing on a 57 ft yacht and class room style
teaching (book learning) to teach our students. One of our concerns has been
the lack of small boat sailing that we would have liked to introduce the
students too. Learning to sail on a big comfortable sailing platform like a
57 ft yacht is fine . What was lacking was that seat of the pants sailing
that all dinghy sailors go though and teaches students more gently about what can go wrong during a sailing manoeuvre
as well as build confidence with the
student in their sail handling ability. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">In order to make sailing
for our novice students easier we have purchased a 25 ft Farr designed school
teaching yacht. This yacht was designed specifically to help teach young
sailors the basic’s of sailing before moving on to bigger yachts .</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">The
little yacht will be based on Poros Island. After leaving Athens on the main
teaching yacht you will moor in the Poros bay and the new yacht will moor
alongside and be available for 3 days of intense sailing practice in and
around the island of Poros. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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well as the Farr 25 sailing dinghy we will also have a smaller 28ft cabin
cruiser available to be used for practice. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This
little cabin cruiser is designed to help the student gain confidence in manoeuvring
under power, as well as help him practice sailing in confined areas, like
river estuaries, and crowded marinas. The small cruiser is also a good yacht
to practice Med style mooring to the quay.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">All the best<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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