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The United Nations of Sailing …
Maybe we should be renamed Aegean Sailing School International as we have students from all over the world.
When we opened the school six years ago we expected only British students, as the RYA (Royal Yachting Association) is a British body. How wrong we were!
Although about 60% of our clients [...]

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Aarr! Pirates be Waitin’ at NOAs

Well, the best laid pirate plans come adrift at times. We didn’t manage to celebrate ITLAPD quite as we’d hoped due to a number of unexpected problems.
However, here are three pirates waiting to welcome in our yachts outside NOAs cafe on Aegina. Three fearsome wenches if you ask me …

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Talkin’ Like a Pirate

Ahoy, me hearties! Did you know that September 19th be International Talk Like a Pirate Day?
We be celebratin’ this by talkin’ like pirates all day (or as much as we can) t’ raise funds for t’ Jubilee Sailin’ Trust.
If you be (un?) lucky enough t’ be sailin’ with us that week you’ll have been sent [...]

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A Church for Sailors?

Came across this the other day – I can’t remember where but if I do I will post a credit. I thought it was great.
We’ve got plenty of wind here at the moment but there are days …

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And we had a stowaway on the trip as well!

While on our Evia trip we also found that we had a guest who was not on our passenger list. Cecil the cicada had great acoustic talents and accompanied us for many miles clinging to the underside of the bimini. He disappeared as we neared Evia – we hope he flew to land rather than [...]

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Irish Challenge for the next America’s Cup?

You read it here first … 
An Irishman now based in Switzerland writes: “I hereby challenge the Geneva sailing club for the America’s Cup.”
See the full article at - Batten down the hatches « The Swiss Job - he is looking for crew!
Maybe our students from the post below might be interested?

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Irish Weather Forecasting Machine

I came across this yesterday on a sailing forum. I know it’s been around for a while but it’s still amusing.

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