You might be wondering: why mention the airport? What’s so special about it? Well, here’s why. Skiathos, a Greec island at the Sporades islands in the North-West of the Aegan sea, is a relatively small island, yet it has an international airport. And that is exactly what makes it so spectacular. The runway is short and squeezed in between the sea and the built-up area. As a result, aircraft have to approach extremely low. From the water – especially when you’re in the harbour – you see the plane coming straight at you. It flies low over the harbour, sometimes so low that you think it might clip your mast, and then immediately hits the brakes as soon as it touches down on the runway. The first time we experienced this, it really startled us. You hear the sound, look up… and suddenly there’s an aircraft right above you. You rarely see planes flying this low. First there’s a moment of shock, then laughter, and after that you find yourself watching every single landing again 😉. For plane spotters, Skiathos has by now become world-famous. People stand along the road or on the beach to take photos and videos of the landings. We made a video too.

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Check out World Championship bronze medallists Jason Waterhouse & Lisa Darmanin sending it around the top mark in the lead during Nacra 17 racing on day 2 at ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres. Find out more about them here: Jason: http://www.australiansailing.org/team-members/jason-waterhouse/ Lisa: http://www.australiansailing.org/team-members/lisa-darmanin/ Video by Australian Sailing Team / Beau Outteridge Productions

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Maltese Falcon II skippered by Jonathan Camilleri Bowman and Adrian Gauci Borda at the start of the 62nd Malta - Syracuse Race in which they won the IRC Class Trophy 🏆

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Giorno 188 - Aspettando il ventone In questi giorni siamo in porto, perché Windy e le altre app di meteorologia che guardiamo hanno segnalato delle sventagliate importanti. Raffiche da 30/40 nodi, alcuni dicono addirittura 60. Naturalmente speriamo siano tutte sovrastimate, ma ci siamo preparati al meglio: cime d’ormeggio e spring hanno occupato le nostre serate a bordo di Julia. Va così. A me un po’ piace aspettare il maltempo in porto. Un po’ come le notti in cui fuori piove e tuona e tu sei sotto il piumone al caldo. Ti fa sentire protetto e al sicuro e quasi ti rilassa ascoltare l’eco lontana del maltempo che si sfoga. Tanto tu sei al sicuro dentro. Quindi questa settimana va così. Fortunatamente il porto è ricco di stimoli, come la palestra, la piscina, il campo da tennis etc. C’è perfino il casinó, ma dubito che ci entreremo 😂 Stanotte arriverà il vento più forte e noi sperimenteremo da sotto le coperte quella bella sensazione di coccola e sicurezza. Almeno lo spero 😂 Dovessimo fare nottata con i parabordi in mano ci rivediamo nelle storie 🫣 A domani! C.

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