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Conference unifix::sailing

Title:SAILING
Notice:Please read Note 2.* before participating in this conference
Moderator:UNIFIX::BERENS
Created:Wed Jul 01 1992
Last Modified:Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2299
Total number of notes:20724

2084.0. "Sailing the Garda Lake Italy" by UTROP1::LANGE_J () Wed Sep 22 1993 11:09

    Next year in the spring I plan to go sailing on the Garda lake in
    Italy. I would like information on this lake: sailing conditions,
    restaurants, places to visit. 
    We are used to sailing on the North Sea and lakes in the Netherlands
    (esp. IJsselmeer). Can the Garda lake be compared with these lakes?
    
    Thanks and greetings.
    
    Jose
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2084.1crowded with WindsurfersHAEXLI::PMAIERFri Sep 24 1993 06:3022
    I have my boat on the Lago Maggiore, not too far away from Garda.
    This are mountain lakes and have different wind patterns then the sea.
    
    Wind is usually when the weather is nice and sunny. Force 7 is
    not unusual and starts around 11 in the morning and dies at 5 in the
    evening. No wind on a rainy day. 
    
    You have a north-foehn and a south-foehn. The windforce is open ended
    during Foehn (up to 140 km/h, sometimes more) and very unstable in 
    direction and force. The northfoehn is cold and blowes when its raining on 
    the other sides of the alpes. The air is absolut clear.
    Southfoehn is very dangerous, but blowes only twice a year or so.
    
    Early summer is the best time (June/July), no wind during summer, only
    thunderstorms and almost no wind from November to March. (Lago
    Maggiore)
    
    The Garda lake is more windy then the Lago Maggiore and is THE
    windsurfing center in Europe.
    
    
    Peter
2084.2Don't go in the summer!UTROP1::OUTER_RRaiders of the last bug.Mon Oct 18 1993 07:5316
Jose,

I might have some detailed information on winds of lake garda (north part, Riva
and Torbole) on hardcopy. I will try to find it and if i do send a copy to you.

What kind of boat are you going to use. Most of the restaurants are okay, but
this area is not the cheapest part of Italy. Some of the hotels try to let you
pay in german marks.

Do not go in July or August. for sailing in the northern part. You can walk from
Torbole to Riva by stepping from one surfboard on to another.


Met sportieve groeten

Ruud den Outer