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Sailing Malta Gibraltar November 2023
Sailing Malta Gibraltar November 2023
Sailing Malta Gibraltar November 2023
Malta Gibraltar
Real Sailing experience: including all sailing activities, from planning, navigation,
night watches, etc.
Enjoying Sailing is the first priority
Coaching sailing skills
Planning → each leg is planned to last 1 week. The actual distance to be sailed for
each leg allows plenty of time to enjoy sailing on the way and re plan based on
weather and preferences of the crew.
Going through all roles on the boat
Boat is a Pronavia 38
Malta Gibraltar
Leg 1 Malta - Alghero ( Sardinia ) ( aprox 600 nm ) - 1 week ( dep Nov 9th - arr Nov 16th )
Trapani ( Sicily ) - Around Sardinia through the east coast - Porto Cervo ( Sardinia ) - Bonifacio
( Corcega) - Alghero
Leg 2 Alghero - Formentera ( aprox 610 nm ) - 1 week ( dep Nov 18th - arr Nov 25th )
Down Sardinia through the west coast to Spartivento Cape - North west of Menorca island -
east coast of Mallorca - west coast of Ibiza - Formentera
Leg 3 Formentera Gibraltar ( aprox 624 nm ) - 1 week ( dep Nov 27th - arr Dec 4th )
North east to South Mallorca - west of Ibiza - Cabo de Gata - Melilla - Ceuta - Gibraltar
Leg 4 Gibraltar Lisbon Gibraltar ( aprox 614 nm ) - 1 week ( dep Dec 6th - arr Dec 13th )
Gibraltar - west through Spanish ad Portuguese coast line - Albufeira - Sines - Lisbon -
Albufeira - Gibraltar
( those are samples of what can we done in each leg, weather conditions and crew preferences will help
us define the actual route for each leg )
Malta Gibraltar
NAVIGATION PLANNING
● Average leg distance is 600 nm
● Average boat speed is aprox 6 knots
● That gives a “ non stop “ time of around 4 days to get to destination
● We have aprox 3 days left in each Leg ( 45 % aprox of the whole duration ) to
go with the flow and sail around
● The idea is to, based on weather conditions and crew preferences, plan the
Leg all together and decide the route to take, stops, etc.
● The only target is to be at the destination at a certain date.
● In between we just go with the flow.
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Leg 1 → Malta - Alghero ( Sardinia )
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Leg 2 → Alghero ( Sardinia ) - Formentera ( Spain )
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Leg 3 → Formentera ( Spain ) - Gibraltar
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Leg 4 → Gibraltar - Lisbon - Gibraltar
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NAVIGATION PLANNING ( sample for Leg 1)
https://yachtsandyachting.telegraph.co.uk/equipment/boat-tests/pronavia-38-review/
The boat → Pronavia 38 - Seawolf