Tow to Med

chillee said:
Nice area for boating too.
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Indeed
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I was staying in Camping Nautic Almata in the center of the bay. Had 20ft Mariah bowrider with me. Did not venture past Montjoi, as would be a very tough drive back in a bowrider in the afternoon against the mistral :)
 
chillee said:
I was staying in Camping Nautic Almata in the center of the bay. Had 20ft Mariah bowrider with me. Did not venture past Montjoi, as would be a very tough drive back in a bowrider in the afternoon against the mistral :)
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Do you go to Islas Medas West of the bay? Great rock tunnel to go through on the way. Assume you would need to do it in your tender, and the snorkelling off Medas is great
Rock tunnel video
 
chillee said:
I was staying in Camping Nautic Almata in the center of the bay. Had 20ft Mariah bowrider with me. Did not venture past Montjoi, as would be a very tough drive back in a bowrider in the afternoon against the mistral :)
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Probably wise but the wind almost always comes from the north so coming home (South) is usually smooth.......but note my use of “almost always” and “usually”.
Last year (actually the year before) I got caught out and decided to turn the other way and spend the night in Llanca marina to escape the quite rough chop. We love Llanca by the way
 
chillee said:
Do you go to Islas Medas West of the bay? Great rock tunnel to go through on the way. Assume you would need to do it in your tender, and the snorkelling off Medas is great
Rock tunnel video
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Yes, lunch at La Escala (La Clota restaurant next to the marina) and the afternoon on the Medas (free buoys on the south side) I’ve seen some huge groopers there.
I‘ve done the rock tunnel with a Sealine 195 many many years ago. Some people go through full pelt. Round there is an hour glass bay Cala Montgo very sheltered.
 
DavidJ said:
Probably wise but the wind almost always comes from the north so coming home (South) is usually smooth.......but note my use of “almost always” and “usually”.
Last year (actually the year before) I got caught out and decided to turn the other way and spend the night in Llanca marina to escape the quite rough chop. We love Llanca by the way
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hmm interesting, I always seemed to get South / South Easterly's when there. :-)
I think we hijacked the post - sorry folks
 
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Hurricane said:
Ahh - Cap de Creus
That brings back memories.

Very early drone footage in this video - contrast all wrong.

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Nice video. I’m always amazed how high those things can go and still remain in contact. That inflatable with a sail looks fun. There was a company long gone who were famous for them, I can’t remember the name. Was it Tinkle Tramp or something like that?
 
DavidJ said:
Nice video. I’m always amazed how high those things can go and still remain in contact. That inflatable with a sail looks fun. There was a company long gone who were famous for them, I can’t remember the name. Was it Tinkle Tramp or something like that?
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Close, Tinker Tramp
 
Mine is called a DinghyGo
See here DinghyGo product
From the website, it looks like they have changed and there is now a range to choose from.
Ours seems to be referred to as the "Beach 2" and is no longer available.
Several of us in Sant Carles bought them.
Great for fun afternoons out in the lagoon - we have even been known to race them before a few drinks!!

They are quite strong - well built little dinghies.
Yachties use them as tenders - we just use ours as a toy - it spends most of its time in the crews quarters.
As a result, mine is in mint condition.

We have used it a few times whilst away in Mallorca - we keep it on the flybridge with the main tender on the bathing platform.
But on this particular return trip, they were swapped over.
Sorry for the poor quality photo - I extracted it from a poor video taken with my very old Phantom drone.
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And here is a grey old gentleman sailing it in Roig anchorage - Ibiza
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I modified a couple of our DinghyGos in SC to include a spinnaker.
Home made spinnaker, of course.
Designed on the computer - panels printed full size on a A3 printer and then joined together to form templates.
The spinnaker was just for a bit of fun.
When I designed spinnakers for my Hurricane (a totally different animal) we used to use a guy in Fareham with a laser cutter to cut the panels directly from the fabric.

Back to the DinghyGo, we made about 3 versions of the spinnaker.
I think this was the prototype

Sorry - even more thread drift - but some people might find this interesting.
 
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