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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Coastal cruising experience is a must for any serious blue-water sailor, yet it is an often neglected facet of many sailors' experience. Before plunging into the deep blue headed across the big puddle, take some time for coast cruising to really learn your boat's limits...and some of your own.Learn your buoys and rules of the road. Be forewarned that in many areas, sailors no longer have the right of way! So don't expect that the tug and barge or the large ship bearing down on you are going to yield and change their course. Learning to read ships' lights is ....
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Sailing is an activity like no other. It can change so much from one day to the next, since it really depends on the weather. Big waves with no wind, big wind with no waves, no wind and no waves, or big wind and big waves will all provide a very different experience for thesailor . If you've only ever sailed one time, then chances are very good, that the next time you go out it will be a totally different experience. The trick, is to do enough sailing that you have a good feel for sailing in all types ....
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
The British Virgin IslandsProbably our best trip ever... from the moment we landed on Beef Island to being picked up by our wonderful friends, Steuart and Fran and whisked away to their 57 foot Catamaran. The British Virgin Islands are such a civilized place to dive.The first morning we headed off for The Chimneys. And what a re-introduction to diving it was, after a nine month hiatus.We anchored the boat and slowly entered the water to descend to forty-five feet and head towards a spectacular site called The Chimneys which is, as you guessed it, a chimney-like vent which starts ....
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
The British Virgin Islands is the Mecca for sailing which lends to the assemblage of some of the largest sailboat racing fleets for sailing regattas in the Caribbean. The diversity of organized sailboat regattas in the BVI is one thing that makes sailing here in the BVI so unique. Regattas of all types spanning from a "whatever floats race," where crews bring their "boats" to the regatta, assemble them, and set off racing, to high level international match racing regattas.The BVI Spring Regatta, held on the waters off the capital island of the British Virgin Islands, Tortola, attracts about two ....
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
The wind in the Western Peloponnisos during the summer months is predominately from the NW. It gets up around noon and dies down in the evening. As you progress further south the wind is more from the W - SW. The winter months from October to April sees winds predominately from the SE.The coast of the Western Peloponnisos is in the most part high, rugged mountains, still often snow capped in the spring. The two principal ranges, Taiyetos and Parnon, run south ending at the capes of Matapan and Malea respectively.Peloponnisos was originally an island but great geological upheavals united ....
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
The prevailing winds in the summer months are from the west. It will blow from midday well into the evening. It may reach force 6 in July and August. In the spring and autumn winds will come from the east or west dependent on conditions in the adjacent Aegean or Ionian. The gulf of Patras is prone to thunderstorms in spring and autumn with attendant waterspouts. There is little problem with gusts of high land, as the mountains tend to act like a funnel. The exception is in the vicinity of Corinth where there are some violent gusts and care ....
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
As far as history goes the Saronic Gulf and surrounding areas were always under the influence and domination of Athens. During the time of Alexander the Great, the Hellenistic period and the Roman occupation the whole area prospered. During the Byzantine period the area declined and the Turkish occupation from 1453 to 1821 saw the situation worsen. Athens became a small town of no more than 30,000 citizens. Only the island Hydra Island prospered as it enjoyed semi independence within the Ottoman Empire.Greece gained its independent status from Turkey in the 19th century and Athens became the capital of the ....
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
It is difficult to generalise about weather patterns within the area. In the summer months the north usually sees the Meltemi from the NNE - NE. But unlike the rest of the Aegean it is by no means guaranteed and if it does not blow winds are usually light and from the south. The prevailing wind in the south of the area is from the SE and it will blow from midday before calming in the evening. It usually does not exceed force 5. There are limited problems with gusts from high land. Astrous on the Peloponnisos is renowned for ....
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
In the summer the prevailing wind is the Meltemi that blows from the N NW. It blows from June through to October and at its peak may reach a force 7. The spring and autumn sees winds from the SE, usually with strengths between 2 4. Summer temperatures can rise to 35 deg C. The winters are mild.The Dodecanese have been inhabited since prehistoric times. They were ruled first by the Minoans and then the Achaeans. But their economic and intellectual development began with the arrival of the Dorians in 1100. Kos prospered in the 4th and ....
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
It is difficult to generalise about weather patterns within the area. In the summer months the north usually sees the Meltemi from the NNE - NE. But unlike the rest of the Aegean it is by no means guaranteed and if it does not blow winds are usually light and from the south. The prevailing wind in the south of the area is from the SE and it will blow from midday before calming in the evening. It usually does not exceed force 5. There are limited problems with gusts from high land. Astrous on the Peloponnisos is renowned for ....
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