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Article: SHOW BOATING
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 11, 2009
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Take to the water in Menorca and you'll discover a new side to
the island, says Gerard Gilbert
After the second rudder broke, it dawned on me that maybe I was
doing something wrong: perhaps attempting to turn too sharply with
the thing held too deep in the water. Who knows? The guy who hired
out the dinghies on the shore of Fornells, a lagoon in the north of
Menorca and an idyllic watersports nursery, seemed unperturbed,
resigned even. Perhaps he had seen it all before. Or maybe his
equipment was just well insured.
I had been coming to Menorca almost every summer since I met my
wife; her father owns an apartment overlooking Mahon harbour, itself
another safe playground for people who mess ...