Tag: SAAM
SAMM Members Help Schools
The money raised by SAMM members through their line dance routine at the Caldero Day fiesta in Los Alcazares was always going to be...
SAMM SAILORS HELP GOTA FRIA VICTIMS
The majority of SAMM’s (the Sailing Association Mar Menor), sailing activities are centred on the Spanish sports centre CTD in Los Narejos, which became...
EASTER SEASON 2019 WINNER ANNOUNCED
The SAMM Easter race season was completed on May 26th and totalled 11 races, a number having been lost through bad weather.
It was an...
The Drama and The Excitement
For the SAMM races on June 2nd, 10 boats crewed by 15 members came out for the morning race with the wind NEN 6.5...
SAAM – One very good race
Another great turnout of 17 competitors sailing 10 boats for the SAMM races on May 19th.
There was a dead calm when everybody arrived but,...
The Best Day This Season
With 20 competitors sailing 11 boats this was the best turnout of 2019 for the SAMM Race Day on May 12th and this was...
Great Weather for SAAM – at last
After so many cancelled races this season, on Sunday 28th April SAMM’s sailors at last were blessed with great racing weather. This resulted in...
SAMM Racing Again at Last
After three Sundays when SAMM had to cancel the planned race day due to bad weather, racing was at last possible on April 14th...
Beer not Grog!
The SAMM Social Committee, always looking for new places for the members to visit, recently heard about the Micro Brewery in Torre Pacheco.
Being conscientious...
Proud SAAM Winners receive their Trophies
The SAMM Autumn Series racing finished with the races on November 11th. Of the planned 22 races, only 11 were completed, the others having...
The climax is fast approaching
With only four races left the competitors were all keen to do well in the SAMM races on November 11th, but some non-resident members...
Phew What a Day
10 boats and their crews turned out for the SAMM race day on November 4th, the most for a day in the Autumn season.
Again...
Great racing to a new format
All week the weather forecast was showing high winds and rain for Sunday October 28th so it appeared that, yet again, the scheduled SAMM...
SAMM at the Caldero Day 2018
The Caldero Day celebration at Los Alcazares is a long awaited fiesta on many people’s calendar and, for some years, SAMM has booked a...
It turned out all right in the end for SAAM
Depending on whose forecast you looked at, for Sunday October 7th, the weather was either going to be perfect for the SAMM racing or...
Lack of wind spoils a perfect day
The start of the morning race for SAMM members on September 23rd was delayed by 30 minutes as there was no wind at all...
A Beautiful Day but No Excitment
The weather on June 17th was perfect for the SAMM race competitors, 8 to 10 knot ENE winds with few shifts or gusts but...
SAAM struggle with inaccurate forecast
With people starting to leave Spain for the summer, the numbers taking part in the SAMM racing on May 27th was reduced to 11competitors....
SAAM Balaton Group Launch New Boat
In March 2017, SAMM’s Balaton Group, who have two Sailfish 18 day boats on the Mar Menor, were contacted by a family in the...
Better Weather at Last for SAAM
After yet another cancellation due to the very high winds, SAMM’s second race day on April 8th dawned bright and warm with gentle 7...
SAMM Autumn Race Series Winners Announced
The SAMM Autumn Series of handicap races was a great success. With no days lost due to the weather or other events held at...
Cruising group enjoys lunch
Twenty two members of the SAMM Cruising and Independent Group enjoyed a social side to their activities recently their Autumn lunch get together, this...
Final SAMM Race Day Of 2017
The final race day of the SAMM Autumn Series 2017 attracted a good turnout of competitors and 9 boats came to the start of...
A Great Extra Day’s Racing
At the request of the competitors after the racing on November 5th, the SAMM Race Committee added an extra day to the scheduled program...
A Great Days Racing for SAAM
Coming to the end of the Autumn 2017 Season, SAMM racers can look back on a mixture of days with either not enough or...
A Stroll In The Park for SAAM
After the events of the previous week, where boats were capsizing and being blown onto the rocky reef, this week, October 29th, seemed like...
It Could Have Been A Disaster Darling
It’s Sunday October 22nd, people are arriving at CTD Los Alcazares for the SAMM race day. Instead of the 15 knot winds forecast the...
We have wind at last
For the first time in many weeks there was a good wind all day for the SAMM Pursuit Racing on October 15th, 8-10 knots...
SAMM Members Party at Caldero Day
Thursday October 12th is the Hispanic Day public holiday in Spain and is also celebrated in Los Alcazares as Caldero Day, the date Los...
Glorious weather but where’s the wind
For the fifth week running no wind and a flat calm Mar Menor greeted the SAMM competitors as they arrived for the racing on...
