Hurricane
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Where am I
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Sneds
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Absolutely no idea, but it looks kinda cool!
Asm
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Looks nice on the surface! But watch out for German flash mobs
volvopaul
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Switch your AIS on and I'll check !!!
Whitelighter
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Empuriabrava?
Looks nice where ever it is - looking forward to reading your cruise report.
Looks nice where ever it is - looking forward to reading your cruise report.
AIDY
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Is that a Mallorca flag ?
volvopaul
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Porto Cristo Mallorca
AIDY
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My thoughts... But it's further in than the moll transit and yacht club..
Hurricane
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Nobody has got it yet
But I'm not sure that Asm doesn't secretly know.
Jez
Here is a hint
It has a connection to SCM
But I'm not sure that Asm doesn't secretly know.
Jez
Here is a hint
It has a connection to SCM
peter123
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Port d'Aro maybe-thrown by German flash mob thing!
Asm
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Google it ! Add Catalonia to resolve it quicker.
peter123
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It was a great clue Asm-headline "German flash mob mistaken for ISIS attack in Catalan resort"!
Hurricane
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Well done both of you.
Port d'Aro
We had to pull in here yesterday due to strong winds from the north.
The only space they had was right at the end of the creek.
Asm's very subtle clue didn't really give it away - clever.
Port d'Aro is a bit like a small Cala D'Or but without restaurants and a very different location.
A winding creek with moorings and apartments each side.
My clue to Jez
Sant Carles Marina is half owned by MDL - the other half is owned by a Spanish consortium which owns three other marinas up the coast.
These marinas are Port Olympic, Ginesta and this one Port d'Aro
Port d'Aro
We had to pull in here yesterday due to strong winds from the north.
The only space they had was right at the end of the creek.
Asm's very subtle clue didn't really give it away - clever.
Port d'Aro is a bit like a small Cala D'Or but without restaurants and a very different location.
A winding creek with moorings and apartments each side.
My clue to Jez
Sant Carles Marina is half owned by MDL - the other half is owned by a Spanish consortium which owns three other marinas up the coast.
These marinas are Port Olympic, Ginesta and this one Port d'Aro
DavidJ
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Hi Mike
Hope the winds calm down, keep the pics coming.
Careful with speed around the Medas Is. There is a speed limit inside the 4 yellow buoys (don't ask me what it is but slow. Always fun to go between the two islands maybe moor up but use the red buoys not the others which are for divers.
Nice hour glass bay called Cala de Montgo just before L'Escala with a good restaurant. (not as good as La Clota in L'Escala though)
Have fun
David
Hope the winds calm down, keep the pics coming.
Careful with speed around the Medas Is. There is a speed limit inside the 4 yellow buoys (don't ask me what it is but slow. Always fun to go between the two islands maybe moor up but use the red buoys not the others which are for divers.
Nice hour glass bay called Cala de Montgo just before L'Escala with a good restaurant. (not as good as La Clota in L'Escala though)
Have fun
David
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Hurricane
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Thanks David
Yep we went inside the Medas
Didn't know there was a speed limit inside those buoys.
But we were pootling anyway and there were lots of RIBs around going faster than us.
Loads of boats anchored.
Anyway, here we are here now - in the Coast Brava
Hurricane
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Back to d'Aro though - a few pics as we left the creek.
Tight - or what!!!
Tight - or what!!!
DavidJ
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Great pics
Another month until we are there. Keep the pics coming!
Cheers
Another month until we are there. Keep the pics coming!
Cheers
newWave
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Hurricane, it's a shame to have missed you there, I just left L'Estartit (by car) on Saturday.
The Illes Medes are a nature reserve and you need to drop speed and are not allowed to anchor.
Red buoys are for boats <9m, white for >9m, other buoys are for commercial trips and divers (green I believe)
Landing on the islands is not allowed, except for a few days at the end of september when most locals dress up as pirates. At that time there is a treasure hunt on the island.
The harbor is extended last winter an is now capable to hold larger vessels (there was a Feretti 83 there last week).
More extensions are planned over the next 2 winters.
I recommend taking a trip with Blue-Eyed to explore the coast. The standard trip is a 2 hour trip to 'Les tres Caves' in the direction of L'Escala.
The 19:00 trip is especially nice as the sun starts to set and this results in spectacular light effects on the rocks and islands.
Unlike other commercial trips offered in L'Estartit, the captain is a source of information on all things on offer along the coast.
The Blue-Eyed booth is eaily overlooked, it is located at the start of the cay where the big yellow cat's are moored.
Our family took the trip last year and this year we did a 4 hour private charter in the direction of Palamos (I will try to whip up a threat after I work trough my backlog).
The kids liked it so much that we planned an 8 hour trip, though that was canceled due to high winds, so we went on the 19:00 standard trip.
https://www.facebook.com/rutasmaritimas.blueeyed
The Illes Medes are a nature reserve and you need to drop speed and are not allowed to anchor.
Red buoys are for boats <9m, white for >9m, other buoys are for commercial trips and divers (green I believe)
Landing on the islands is not allowed, except for a few days at the end of september when most locals dress up as pirates. At that time there is a treasure hunt on the island.
The harbor is extended last winter an is now capable to hold larger vessels (there was a Feretti 83 there last week).
More extensions are planned over the next 2 winters.
I recommend taking a trip with Blue-Eyed to explore the coast. The standard trip is a 2 hour trip to 'Les tres Caves' in the direction of L'Escala.
The 19:00 trip is especially nice as the sun starts to set and this results in spectacular light effects on the rocks and islands.
Unlike other commercial trips offered in L'Estartit, the captain is a source of information on all things on offer along the coast.
The Blue-Eyed booth is eaily overlooked, it is located at the start of the cay where the big yellow cat's are moored.
Our family took the trip last year and this year we did a 4 hour private charter in the direction of Palamos (I will try to whip up a threat after I work trough my backlog).
The kids liked it so much that we planned an 8 hour trip, though that was canceled due to high winds, so we went on the 19:00 standard trip.
https://www.facebook.com/rutasmaritimas.blueeyed
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DavidJ
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Just looked at NAVTEX
Some gusts coming your way. I find the forecast for Lion is accurate for north Costa Brava
WOMQ51 LFPW 090651
NAVTEX MBI528
TXT
AAAA
WARNING ON NW OF METAREA 3
METEO-FRANCE
WARNING NR 257, TUESDAY 9 AUGUST 2016 AT 0650 UTC
GENERAL SYNOPSIS, TUESDAY 9 AT 00 UTC.
LOW AREA DEEPENING 1014 BETWEEN FRENCH MAINLAND AND CORSICA, EXPECTED
1009 BY 10/12 UTC.
ATLANTIC RIDGE 1025 OVER WEST FRANCE, WITH LITTLE CHANGE.
LION.
FROM 10/00 UTC TO 10/18 UTC AT LEAST.
NORTH OR NORTHWEST 8 NEAR BEAR. SEVERE GUSTS.
PROVENCE.
FROM 10/00 UTC TO 10/18 UTC AT LEAST.
NORTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS.
BT
*=
Some gusts coming your way. I find the forecast for Lion is accurate for north Costa Brava
WOMQ51 LFPW 090651
NAVTEX MBI528
TXT
AAAA
WARNING ON NW OF METAREA 3
METEO-FRANCE
WARNING NR 257, TUESDAY 9 AUGUST 2016 AT 0650 UTC
GENERAL SYNOPSIS, TUESDAY 9 AT 00 UTC.
LOW AREA DEEPENING 1014 BETWEEN FRENCH MAINLAND AND CORSICA, EXPECTED
1009 BY 10/12 UTC.
ATLANTIC RIDGE 1025 OVER WEST FRANCE, WITH LITTLE CHANGE.
LION.
FROM 10/00 UTC TO 10/18 UTC AT LEAST.
NORTH OR NORTHWEST 8 NEAR BEAR. SEVERE GUSTS.
PROVENCE.
FROM 10/00 UTC TO 10/18 UTC AT LEAST.
NORTHWEST 8. SEVERE GUSTS.
BT
*=
Hurricane
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Thanks David
We took the dinghy into Empuriabrava this morning.
After your post, we decided to put the dinghy safely away - windy already but it is safely stowed.