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 windsurfing in Ramla
Anonymous writes "North-Northwest 20 knots, warm water, sunshine and foregiving onshore waves made today an unforgettable windsurfing experience in Ramla.
Magic.
I will definitely go for an hour tomorrow.
Simon"
Wednesday, December 05 @ 23:17:11 CET
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Dinghy sailing
Anonymous writes "Yesterday Gordon, Raymond and myself had the time of our lives planing Gordon's Fairwind boat. We wave rided a few waves.
At the end of it when Gordon and myself sailed we had a capsize and saw the boat sail off for around 50 metres. We swam like never before!
Great afternoon; Thanks Gordon and Raymond.
Simon"
Wednesday, March 21 @ 21:45:34 CET
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Great sailing and windsurfing in January
Anonymous writes "Warm weather has favoured us this month.
We have had some good westerly and northwesterly winds allowing us to windsurf in Ramla and Mellieha over the last 10 days.
Today 8 sailors enjoyed sailing 4 dinghies in Qbajjar and it was a great time riding the waves.
Simon"
Monday, January 22 @ 11:33:12 CET
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SAILING EXPERIENCE
Anonymous writes "HELLO ALL JOE ID DUDE HERE JUST TO LET YOU KNOW OF A LITTLE SAILING EXPERIENCE WE HAD LAST SAT, WE'LL IT WAS MY DAY OFF AND WANTED TO HAVE A DAY OUT ON THE HOBIE 17 SO ME AND NOEL DECIDED TO SAIL FROM QBAJJAR TO COMINO HOTEL WHERE I WORK, SO ABOUT 2 PM WE TOOK OFF WITH A NICE NW FORCE 3 WIND, JUST GREAT GOING DOWN PASSED MARSALFORN, RAMLA. ST BLAS, DAHLET QORROT WELL ITS WAS REALLY NICE GOING DOWN ON A RUN , AS SOON AS WE GOT TO THE QUARRY AT QALA POINT WIND VANISED, OH BOY HALF HOUR LAYING DOWN ME AND NOEL WAIIITIIING, AS WE GOT TO THE CHANNEL BETWEEN GOZO AND COMINO WE GOT A NICE OFFSHORE BREEZE SOUTH SOUTHWEST IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME TO TRAPEZE GREAT I SAID, SO FINALLY MADE IT TO THE BEACH WHERE I WORK WHICH MAY I SAY WAS;NT EASY WITH ALL THE BOATS BLOCKING THE BAY, I MUST SAY IM NOT CRAZY ABOUT THE SITUATION IN ST NICHLAW BAY WITH ALL POWER BOATS BLOCKING THE ENTRANCE, ANYWAY WE GOT IN HAD A DRINK AND MADE OUR WAY OUT OF THE BAY WHICH WAS EASIER WITH AN OFFSHORE BREEZE, SO WE GOT TO QALA POINT AND BANG WIND DIES AGAIN THIS TIME THERE WAS CURRENT COMING AGAINST US, SO WE SPENT 1 HOUR ALMOST GOING BACKWARDS, WHAT FUN FINALLY I HAD TO GET A TOW FROM A FRIEND TILL PASS THE QUARRY AND WE GOT THE SAME WIND AS BEFORE A NICE NW FORSE 3 SO WE SAILED HAPPILY BACK TO QBAJJAR, GRAT DAY EXCEPT I LEARNED 2 THINGS FIRST QALA SUCKS AND SECOND IF I WAS A WOMAN AND NOEL WAS THE LAST MAN ON EARTH I WOULD NOT MARRY HIM HE, HE IS A PAIN IN MY BUTT, BUT I LOVE HIM
JOE"
Wednesday, June 11 @ 20:34:12 CEST
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Again one of us was in big trouble !
Kevin almost drowned today in Mellieha. Riding a breaking wave he fell and found himself trapped under his own sail. He was still in his trapeze and could not get out coz the lines were somehow twisted. While lying under water Kevin tried to free himself without success. Luckily some guys saw him and assisted him in his struggle. Believe it or not, but it needed six guys to rescue him. He was still under shock when I talked to him at the beach.
Since these incidents seem to become more frequent, I just want to tell everybody to be a bit more careful. Especially in winter we should pay more intention! The waves are powerful, the water is cold and the sea often develops very bad currents.
Nevertheless, Kevin was just unlucky. But as Joe was telling us, never sail alone!
Take care.
Thomas Gehrmann++
Friday, February 28 @ 18:14:02 CET
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STRONG OFFSHORE TIDE
Anonymous writes "HEY DUDES HOW ARE YOU? JUST A SHORT NOTE TO THANK ALL WHO HELPED ME YESTERDAY (WED) AT RAMLA GOZO, AS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW I HAD THE MISFORTUNE OF SNAPPING MY MAST JUST OUTSIDE OF RAMLA BAY, IT WAS NOT SO BAD COMING SLOWLY IN TOWARDS THE BAY BUT AS I GOT CLOSE TO SHORE I FOUNG A LOT OF DIFFICULTY GETTING TO THE BEACH DUE TO A VERY STRONG OFFSHORE TIDE, SINCE I WAS SWIMMING IN MY BROKEN EQUIPMENT MADE IT A LOT HARDER TO SWIM AGAINST THE TIDE, THANKS TO 4/5 GUYS CAME OUT TO HELP ME AND WE FOUND OURSELVES TRYING VERY HARD TO MAKE IT AFTER A GOOD STRUGGLE WE FINALLY MAKE IT ON THE ROCKS AND SAFETY, SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING TO MY ASSISTANCE,
SO BE AWARE THAT IN RAMLA SPECIALLY NEARER TO THE NADUR SIDE OF THE BAY TIDE IS VERY STRONG WHEN ITS N WEST WIND, SO AS I SAID IN OUR LAST NEWSLETTER, ALLWAYS SAIL WITH OTHERS.
THANKS JOE D-DUDE"
Friday, February 14 @ 09:29:42 CET
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Turtling a Catamaran
simon writes "For advice on turtling ( 'capsizing' with the mast straight down ) a catamaran (particularly a Hobbie 17 feet) within 5-10 minutes of starting to sail, , I know 2 experienced chaps. They will also tell you how to right it back up! There are various theories why they capsized, but to be honest it was a force 5-6 Southerly offshore wind. Well done folks. Keep sailing.
Simon"
Monday, November 18 @ 11:25:51 CET
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Big Swell no Wind
simon writes "7th June Simon,Thomas and Josette attempted to sail from M'Forn round the west coast of Gozo to Mgarr harbour. However the wind was a weak NorthEast which was veering North and the swell was quite a nuisance. We decided to postpone the trip and take it easy. We promise the crew a more pleasant trip next time.
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Simon"
Saturday, June 08 @ 10:23:53 CEST
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Sailing experience 31st May 2002
simon writes "31st May 2002.
David Brient and myself set sail from Mgarr harbour with little more than a force 2 from the southwest. It took us a good two hours to sail to around 1 mile off Ras il- Qala."
Saturday, June 01 @ 21:09:16 CEST
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