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Ignatios Souvatzis Ignatios Souvatzis is offline
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Default You Brits are Novice Sailors (for the most part)

Quilljar wrote:

We choose Skiathos because the Marina is only five minutes from the
airport!!!


Five full minutes? I offer ten seconds.

During a lot of years, the Rhine Week[1] was hosted at noon or
overnight in the yacht harbour of Wesel with three sailing or
boating clubs. The neighbouring glider airfield is *really*
neighbouring; when the wind is easterly, the gliders come in one
or two dozen meters over the mast tops when they land.

51°39.75'N, end of water at 6°35.3'E, start of airfield at 6°35.4'E. (WGS84)

Check at e.g. at http://map.openseamap.org. Or view the last minute of

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTzZNKpx7Lk?t=8m8s

(or maybe the full http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXS-uQS_S_k, but
they start with westerly wind over the harbour, so the camera
doesn't show the water...)

Regards,
-is

[1] http://www.rheinwoche.org/
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