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Sailing in the Bay of Roses, Northern Casta Brava

With good breezes and warm water, Roses Bay offers excellent sailing.

Many bays (including Canyelles Petites and Roses) have ramp access to the beach,
although the fine sands make beach launching only suitable for dinghies and small catamarans.

29th September to 6th October:
Laser Masters World Championships:
See the spectacle of 350 dinghies racing for the 2007 Word Championships in Roses Bay

Sailing in the Bay of Roses

Roses has the excellent sailing school, GEN Roses (Grup d'Esports Nautics de Roses), which was formed in 1979 from the merging of The “Badia de Roses” club, dedicated to diving and the “Windsurfing de Roses” dedicated to the new sailing sport of windsurfing, which was beginning to expand. There were also ex members of a disbanded “Club de Mar” who were thinking of re-founding the club.

When the Olympic Games came to Catalonia GEN put a proposal to the organizing committee to bring sailing competitions to Roses, but in the end they decided to construct the “Port Olimpic de Barcelona” (Barcelona Olympic Marina). Nevertheless some of the members of GEN participated as staff in a very active way in the sailing trials of BCN 92.

The Club has accreditation for:

Training centre for Laser sailing by the Catalonia Sailing Federation
Accepted School by the Catalonia Sailing School
Teaching centre for instructors by the Catalonia Sports School of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalonian Government)
Teaching centre for instructors by the Catalonia Sailing Federation

The Club has two instructors qualified as State coaches on light sailing, windsurfing, cruising and general training. Recognized as trainers of instructors by the Catalonia Sailing School, the Catalonia Sailing Federation and the Catalonia Sailing School of the Sports Department of the Catalonian Government.

The Bay of Roses is an ideal location to experience the exhilaration of catamaran sailing. Funtastic offers everything from two-hour guided excursions along the bay to an intensive course of eight sessions of ninety minutes.

There are further opportunities for dinghy sailing right around the Bay of Roses, and larger crafts can be hired at the port in Empuriabrava.

For those visiting by sea from other areas of the Mediterranean, both the Roses Leisure Port (Port Roses) and Empuriabrava Marina ( EmpuriaPort ) have temporary berths.

Permanent berths are available at Port Roses (see our Property for Sale section)

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