Marc Heusser wrote:
In article ,
Paul Cassel wrote:

Bad news. Switzerland is landlocked.

Yes - but not that badly, we have rivers flowing eastwards to the Black
Sea, northwards to the North Sea as well as southwards to the
Mediterranian Sea plus assorted channels :-)
Anyway our lakes tend to be rather crowded at times and heavy
thunderstorms are quite common.

There are lakes in Switzerland so large that you can't see shore? I
stand corrected.

Paul Cassel wrote in
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There are lakes in Switzerland so large that you can't see shore?

And, oh so beautiful if you can. I have an old friend who's 84. Werner
is from Thun in Berner Oberland. The Lake of Thun is truly a beautiful
place.

http://www.thunersee.ch/en/sports-in...tml?no_cache=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gma98UF3DHI
http://not-so-swiss-miss.blogspot.co...thunersee.html
http://www.swiss-sail.ch/
http://www.interlaken.ch/erlebnisse/...segeln.html?L=
3
http://www.girls.ch/
OH, wait! Belay that last one....(c;


Larry
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"Paul Cassel" wrote in message
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Marc Heusser wrote:
In article ,
Paul Cassel wrote:

Bad news. Switzerland is landlocked.

Yes - but not that badly, we have rivers flowing eastwards to the Black
Sea, northwards to the North Sea as well as southwards to the
Mediterranian Sea plus assorted channels :-)
Anyway our lakes tend to be rather crowded at times and heavy
thunderstorms are quite common.

There are lakes in Switzerland so large that you can't see shore? I stand
corrected.

Lake Geneva is at least 30 miles long and maybe 15-20 wide. A fog and you
could get very lost. But the lakes are in beautiful settings.

In article et,
"CalifBill" wrote:

Lake Geneva is at least 30 miles long and maybe 15-20 wide. A fog and you
could get very lost. But the lakes are in beautiful settings.

How can you get "LOST" if you know shore is in ANY direction and less
than 15 miles away?????? This isn't "Lost", it is only incompitance....

In article ,
Paul Cassel wrote:

There are lakes in Switzerland so large that you can't see shore? I
stand corrected.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Geneva
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Lucerne
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Constance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_waterways
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine_River
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhône_River
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube

We also have some strong winds quite frequently -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foehn

As for GPS of course you do not get lost usually - it is rather smaller
boats without anchor lights at night that bother you. And rocks below
the surface.

I had no idea of competing :-)

Marc

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