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Posts: 6444
Joined: Jul. 6 2003
From: England, living in Italy
RE: Things I did this summer and thi... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
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BTW: 3 month without internet and mobile phone was really great.
I can imagine, you weren't missing much. I haven't been without either since 1994, yikes! Earlier if you count non-Internet dial-up email. That would go back to 1988 and I had a car phone then. What a yuppie I was
Having said that I will never forget my 3 years out in Andalcía. Bliss to have my own pace of life.
Now you have a house in Spain and a yacht in Denmark for the Summer. Not bad at all!
Posts: 1604
Joined: Dec. 24 2007
From: Siegburg, Alemania
RE: Things I did this summer and thi... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
Welcome back! Seems you had a great time! I spent a lot of time sailing as a kid but haven't been into it for quite a while (the main reason being that I don't have a patent, which is required here in Germany)
RE: Things I did this summer and thi... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
Welcom back Andres. nice photos and stories!
One thing is for sure! : If one day I will decide do have a boat, you will be the buillder! because if you built boats as your guitars, it will be the right choice!
RE: Things I did this summer and thi... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
Welcome back Anders! Just watched your blogs...that must have been a great holiday. I've never been on a boat, exept on a "pont" to cross De Westerschelde in Zeeland The Netherlands.
RE: Things I did this summer and thi... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
very lovely boat Anders! ...
in the past, at the old part of my town’s seaport, were built wooden boats small and large ......up to ten years ago there was an old boat builder who had a small shop, so in the summer time he used to work in the small square just close to his shop; there were few steps to climb to the level of the street; that is why children, and some times even the adults, used to sit on the steps to watch him work. Too bad ….those days are gone!
RE: Things I did this summer and thi... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
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Too bad ….those days are gone!
Well, yes, and well, no.
In some countrys, especially the US and GB, amateur boatbuilding is really big. You can buy thousands of plans and there are huge wooden boat communities. In Spain, and most other mediterranean countrys, its totally dead.
The thing is painted with a brush using good quality exterior paint. Nothing fancy, but easy to repair.
RE: Things I did this summer and thi... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
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In Spain, and most other mediterranean countrys, its totally dead
Thats because wood is so amazingly expensive here. Also I guess you need permission to row a boat in spain. I know lots of lakes near to me which would be great for water sports but noone can get a licence.
RE: Things I did this summer and thi... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
It has nothing to do with wood. The legislation is downright horrendous. Its basically impossible to build anything here unless you are interested in dancing with spanish burocracy and paying A LOT of money. Its a legislation totally controled by the mass producers of plastic boats and the naval architects who can earn some more money on a controlled market. One more tipical Spanish legislation wher the politicians show that they know ABSOLUTELY nothing about what they do and what the people need.
Rowboats are supposed to be free of the legislation if they are small (narrow ) enough. So are canoes and kayaks. Another thing is that its prohibited to do any kind of watersports in many ponds (pantanos) in Andalucia. Especially in mountain areas. (another stupid law.) But again if it was free, the "pantanos" would be full of jetski.
Posts: 1827
Joined: Jul. 8 2003
From: Living in Granada, Andalucía
RE: Things I did this summer and thi... (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
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ORIGINAL: Anders Eliasson Another thing is that its prohibited to do any kind of watersports in many ponds (pantanos) in Andalucia. Especially in mountain areas. (another stupid law.) But again if it was free, the "pantanos" would be full of jetski.
Well yes that would be awful but I think there is another reason which is the strong undercurrents in the pantanos, many of which were made by flooding villages. Swimming in them you can look down through the murky water and see trees. Its very weird. We dont swim there any more. i got too scared. Harold used to love swimming right across and back again, while I panicked as so many people, strong swimmers, die every year from the undertow or whatever that can pull you down into the dpeths and not let you back up again.