Portugal sailing week...JOIN NOW...

[Giulietta]

JOIN NOW!!!!

Come on over to Portugal to sail for a week and do a few friendly races...cruisers, day sailors, boatless people, any one can come and will be welcome....even calm people that never raced come on over, its not for the race....

PLEASE NOTE its for everyone, even cruisers that never raced, the objective is sail quietly in a friendly environment with cool people, not the races...that's just for fun.

I have this idea for a while now.

I have a friend and he owns a sailing school in Portugal where you learn to sail in real race boats, hull painted with sponsors etc..

HIs shool specializes in events where companies send their employees to race for a day or so...they are very popular.

I spoke with him, and would like to organize a Sailnet gathering for those interested. Time to put your action where your mouth is.

CHECK THE BOATS HERE

The idea is simple, I get him to charge a minimal fee, and we organize a group of 20 (or more if people want), and we spend 5 days opr so sailing here. We cold make day one as a familiarization day, organize a few teams and spend day 3 4 and 5 making real races...I guarantee you would love it. If we do it in April or May, the weather is fantastic and Hotels will be cheap..hell you could even camp in our camping parks...flights in May are still less that $500 return from Newark....

The boats are either JOD's 35 (Jeanneau One design).. we have a lot of them here, they still are fast boats.

And we can also use the Grand Surprise 35.

here a few links to some we have here. They race every weekend and I know almost all of them...good people...serious sailing...fun...

http://mensail.com/gallery/Cascais-sailing



http://mensail.com/gallery/CascaisAT...andenvironment


http://mensail.com/gallery/Lisbon

http://www.terraincognita.pt

http://www.zlregata.com/jod_35.htm

and this is the school of a friend that teaches on jods and you're racing in a weekend

http://www.sailing-organization.com/...ation/news.php

http://mensail.com/gallery/


Atlantic teams & regatas.

http://www.tuttamania.com/tuttamania/index.html



why don't you guys think about this?? We get a few of us, and we'll meet here for this??

We have until May to organize...please come over...

The winning team will sail my boat for a whole day, wherever they want to go!!

[max-on]

Giu, I think this is a great idea and it will be a lot of fun; I am interested in going.

[teshannon]

Hey, all the links say "mensail". Where are the "womensail"?

[sailingdog]

Originally Posted by teshannon

Hey, all the links say "mensail". Where are the "womensail"?

You're beginning to sound like Ian and PBz.

[max-on]

Originally Posted by teshannon

Hey, all the links say "mensail". Where are the "womensail"?

Giu, does Portugal law allow women to sail, or do they need to stay home, barefoot, making dinner and doing the laundry?

SD, teshannon, are you interested in going?

[teshannon]

Max,
Id like to but not sure yet. I may have a comittment that would prevent me from going but I'm trying to sort it out. How about you?

[Giulietta]

Bestfriend said he was coming, Max-on is coming, I believe TommyT will be coming too.

We're 4 so far, need another 16, c'mon guys...think of all the women you can impress with your skills...besides, you get to sail my boat....

[sailingdog]

I'm interested but I am waiting to see what work commitments I have for that time.

[tommyt]

I guess I have not been paying attention to Sailnet lately. Holidays you know. I did not know that this trip was being thought about.

I would certainly be interested. It will really depend on the dates.

Happy New Year all!

Tom

[tommyt]

Alex,

Had a few minutes and stopped off in your Common Sense thread. Do you ever start any SHORT threads?

Anyway, you reference licencing for captains in Portugal if they are not on their own boat. How does that affect this planned trip? Would we have to have a Portuguese captain on each boat?

If so, can I get a fast one? I think you or Alexandre would be nice! Not that I want or need an advantage. It's just that I am old and want to be win.

OH, and it is possible that Siamese is an evil twin. Maybe his good brother would like to join this group.