Great day sailing on the Med

[moonie]

The temp was about 26'C Clear skies,Wind F4-5. Sailed from 9am -6.pm
What a day. My 2 kids loved it out there after not wanting to go..Berthed the boat without a hiccup. Hopefully out again tomorrow.


Lifes Great.

[Tom Spohn]

What part of Spain are you located in? We spent some time last fall in Almeria.

[moonie]

We are based on the Costa Duarada halfway between Barcelona and Valencia.

[Tom Spohn]

Beautiful Area. We have driven from Barcelona to Valencia several times and really enjoyed the climate and scenery. Not to mention a fabulous Paella with a local wine...........

[moonie]

. Not to mention a fabulous Paella with a local wine...........

Those are a couple of items we don't get tired of. Send me your address I'll post you some

[Steve]

That's cool. Here I am on my Mac in Nashville, and Moonie on his Mac in the Med, and we both had a great day. Awesome.

Steve
(w/ ascot now)

[Alocen]

Hello !
I am glad to see that you sail in Med area. I have just bought a secon-hand 26X ( 1998 ). I live in Valencia and that is my sailing area. This is my secon boat, after a Coronado 25. And we enjoy very much with 26X !
Please, let me know something about your experience in Mediterranean sea. And about paella too, Tom !
Geetings from Valencia ( Spain )
Agustin.

[Andy26M]

My one stop ever in Spain was at the Island of Ibiza on the way to the Persian Gulf in the early 90's.

For the first few days I thought "Well, I don't know what this paella is that everyone talks about, but this pai-ay-a sure is great!!"

Isn't it odd that in the U.S. we can get decent chinese food virtually anywhere, yet a good paella is all but impossible to find??

- AndyS

Incidentally, we had a great weekend sailing here in the Narragansett Bay area, too!

[moonie]

Hello !
I am glad to see that you sail in Med area. I have just bought a secon-hand 26X ( 1998 ). I live in Valencia and that is my sailing area. This is my secon boat, after a Coronado 25. And we enjoy very much with 26X !
Please, let me know something about your experience in Mediterranean sea. And about paella too, Tom !
Geetings from Valencia ( Spain )
Agustin.

Good luck with your X Agustin. My sailing ground is around the Costa Duarada (L,Ampolla) next to the Ebre Delta. Winds are a bit slow at the momement gusting 2-4. We are about 170km from Valencia.
If you ever come up this way look me up. There is only 1 Mac in L'Ampolla. Pontoon 5 at Club Nautica. "HAVANA MOON" is her name.I'm there everyday.
Moonie

[Alocen]

Good luck with your X Agustin. My sailing ground is around the Costa Duarada (L,Ampolla) next to the Ebre Delta. Winds are a bit slow at the momement gusting 2-4. We are about 170km from Valencia.
If you ever come up this way look me up. There is only 1 Mac in L'Ampolla. Pontoon 5 at Club Nautica. "HAVANA MOON" is her name.I'm there everyday.
Moonie

That's fine, Moonie ! I have been living for 11 years in Torredembarra(Tarragona) and I know L'Ampolla. Right now, I go there as often as possible. My chlidren still live there, and we had many friends inTarragona and Reus. A friend of mine lives in Masos d'en Blade ( Miami Playa ) and, when we go there, we use to have a lunch near the Club, either L'Ametlla o L'Ampolla.
Next june 18 I am planning to go to Torredembara and we will come back to Valencia on sunday. If we have some free time, I will try to visit you.

Andy, what a nice place Ibiza is ! Many people here use to go there from Denia. It takes only one night sailing. But I daren't do it ! I'd rather go by plane ! And I see that "Paellas's cooking" will be a good business. I have to think about it.

I hope to sail this weekend. I have better to sail as often as I can, because I had never sailed before with a water ballast boat and Mac is quite different from other kind of boats in wich I sailed before. Rudder wheel seems strange to me under sail because of the engine weight (very hard and difficult ).
See you soon !
Best wishes. Agust�.

[DLT]

I also find the wheel a bit difficult to manage with the engine up, while sailing...

What I do, until I get around to installing a quick disconnect system, is to just leave the motor down... It makes steering much much easier...

I know I'm sacrificing performance on a lackluster sailing boat, when I do this. But, I'm not in any race anyway... I may loose a knot or two of speed, but I don't care...

[Alocen]

Many thanks for the advice, DLT. I will try it this weekend, if weather comes fine ... I have just bought this X, and I have soo much to learn !
Best wishes from Spain.
Agust�.

[moonie]

Another great day on the Med. Got 5.4knt under main alone, 13 -14 knot wind.Three of us on board. Had a race with a 34 footer. Got steamed as he was flying a genoa as well.Oh well next time wiill be mine. The Mac sails and handles fantastically.I wouldn,t swop her for any other boat.

[Alocen]

Hi, moonie.
I apologize but I could'nt visit you last weekend. I went to Tarragona by train and I had to come back to Valencia sunday in the morning. I will try net time, be sure.
What about you ? Nice days for sailing, ins't it ? I am affraid it will take some weeks to me for go sailing and i am willing !
I hope to see you soon. Best wishes from Valencia ( with very, very hot days )

[gescriva]

Good to see there are a few spanish-based sailors around. I usually sail a 03 down in the Cadiz area, where the wind is strong and the sailing great. We should consider start a new thread for europeans/spanish and maybe including new messages in spanish as well.
I cant wait to get to my boat this weekend as i have been away for more than a month...

See you

Germ�