Tony,
Why do you even read his stuff?
Quilljar

PS I hope to be off sailing from Skiathos in April with my son as skipper
now :-)
We choose Skiathos because the Marina is only five minutes from the
airport!!!

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/
--
A medium apple... weighs 182 grams, yields 95 kcal, and contains no
caffeine, thus making it unsuitable for sysadmins. - Brian Kantor

"Quilljar" wrote in message
...
Tony,
Why do you even read his stuff?
Quilljar

PS I hope to be off sailing from Skiathos in April with my son as skipper
now :-)
We choose Skiathos because the Marina is only five minutes from the
airport!!!
I consider myself duly admonished! Good to hear you're booked
for a nice trip Quilly. My last in Lanarote was rained off
and we were confined to port for 3 days due to high winds.
Bearing in mind that this particular company normally sail in conditions
that frighten me witless, you can guess how bad the winds were!

TonyB