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Just another windy day...

During the last days of 2011 Lago Maggiore presented itsself as the usual watersports area: blue sky and a little wind... Well, Christmas was a very windy afair this year. With squalls up to 160 km/h. In other words: 12 Bft.! According to the old scale of 1935 even 14 Bft.! The little hut in some of the pictures was planned to be the base camp for doctors and first aid. Maybe they will have to rethink that idea...

A healthy, prosperous, stress-free and watersporty 2012 from each and everyone of us at TOMASO SAIL & SURF!

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Merry XMas! And...

Rehus-Beal-Ledeats! Gezur Krislinjden! Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah! Feliz Navidad! Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand! Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun! Selamat Hari Natal! Zorionak eta Urte Berri On! Shuvo Naba Barsha! Vesele Vanoce! Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo! Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo! Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou! Feliz Navidad! Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun! Kung His Hsin Nien... bing Chu Shen Tan! Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito! Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo! Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth! Pace e salute! Rot Yikji Dol La Roo! Sretan Bozic! Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok! Glædelig Jul! Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak! Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! or Zalig Kerstfeast! Merry Christmas! Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo! Gajan Kristnaskon! Ruumsaid juulup|hi! Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar! Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad! Hyvaa joulua! Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar! Joyeux Noel! Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier! Bo Nada! Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr! Fröhliche Weihnachten! Kala Christouyenna! Mele Kalikimaka! Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova! Shub Naya Baras! Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket! Gledileg Jol! Selamat Hari Natal! Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah! Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat! Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut. Ojenyunyat osrasay! Buone Feste Natalizie! Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto! Mithag Crithagsigathmithags! Sung Tan Chuk Ha! Natale hilare et Annum Faustum! Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu! Wjesole hody a strowe nowe leto! Priecigus Ziemassvetkus! Linksmu Kaledu! Heughliche Winachten un 'n moi Nijaar! Sreken Bozhik! Meri Kirihimete! God Jul, or Gledelig Jul! Maligayan Pasko! Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie! Feliz Natal! Sarbatori vesele! Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom! Hristos se rodi! Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce! Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok! Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto! God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År! Sawadee Pee Mai! Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun! Kellemes karácsonyt és boldog Újévet! Chung Mung Giang Sinh!!

Thank you very much to the science site of the Gerda-Henkel-Stiftung at Facebook!

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Summer of 2011 with TSS (Part 2)...

Main season with TSS is a very intensive time of the year – a period of time, when you meet a lot of people, expierence so many new things... There are so many activities, tours, courses etc., you really need a foto album like this one to sort your memories and impressions. E.g. the impressions of so much wood in front of the cottage (you know what I mean...), TOMCAT ceremonies, extremely rainy practice sessions of the 29er European Championships at Brissago and so many brand new licensed catamaran sailors and windsurfers...!

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In the matter of Ferrari...

WebMasters take vacations, too... Of course with TSS in Cannobio! Therefore there was a little break in updating the news. Here we go again...!

What is more exclusive than a Ferrari sports car...? Well, a TOMCAT! Actually there are more Ferraris sports cars than TOMCAT catamarans in this world – which is against all expectations because a TOMCAT is by far much more cheaper in purchase and sustention than a Ferrari... Well, somehow Ferrari builds much more units of each model than TOMCAT catamarans (all in all about 6.452 per year). But TSS does not belong to FIAT...

Moreover, a number of Ferrari owners met with their little red cars right in front of the house door of TSS at the parking ground near the water sports center. See how it looks like when another one of Thomas Chudoba's dreams becomes true (at least for a day or two...) in our latest album. Do you have any idea about the maximum roof load of a Ferrari...? Just for TOMCAT transportation... Ferraris are probably to much lowered down for a trailer coupling...

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Summer of 2011 with TSS...

With a water temperature of 23° C, there is little doubt left: summer is here, at Lake Maggiore in the North of Italy! Accordingly, TSS has become a real hot spot with a lot of action – for both: those with surfboards and those with TOMCAT catamarans. In our latest photo album we documented some of the action – plus a line of fresh «diploma holders».

And there is a brand new TOMCAT in a very special design... We are still racking our brains for an appropriate designation – can you help us out? What about «junkyard design»? Or according to Kevin Costner: «Waterworld» design?

What are you waiting for? Summer time, Lake Maggiore and TSS are waiting for you!

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Into the summer of 2011 with TSS...

Right before the "official" start of summer vacations in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, the summer season of 2011 at TOMASO SAIL & SURF is already in full swing. The last updates of the rolling stock, sorry..., swimming stock were finished between Easter and Pentecost, Thomas Chudoba and his team were really busy!

Especially the motor boat fleet was overhauled – our service for you! But you will also notice some updates of our TOMCATs and surfboards – updates and new material. The sails were overhauled during winter time, too. And they now welcomed some new colleagues... Apropos new... The season started right away with a new TOMCAT owner. Oliver S. from G. in B. always acted resp. sailed on conviction, now he belongs to the selected circle of TOMCAT owners, who completed successfully an individual course in Thomas Chudoba's "how-to-assemble-and-disassemble-my-TOMCAT-school". Fair winds, following seas and always a handswidth of grappa under your keels!

In our latest album we collected pictures of all that – and many more. 168 photos wish to raise your lust for sun, water, waves and wind. Can you feel it...?

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Starting into the Season of 2011...

A look on the calendar will tell you that it is time for the new season at Lake Maggiore. But also the sun shows its face more often and longer, temperatures are rising day by day. Cannobio is waking up again. Right on time for the long Easter weekend, Thomas Chudoba and his team will officially declare (re)open the TSS watersports centre at the Lido! 21.4. will be day one of the new season!

TOMASO SAIL & SURF starts into the new season with a special Easter present to all fans, friends and customers of TSS: the price lists of 2011 are the price lists of 2010! No increase in prices for sailing and windsurfing, for rental of TOMCATs, LORCH boards and pedalos, for beginner and advanced learner courses! See for yourself!

Our latest album offers you a look to the "making of TSS". Have a look on some of the things that have to be done before the season starts – and get an impression of the thousand things Thomas Chudoba has to do every year before the first TOMCAT and the very first surf board touches the water. And the album shows that the first sailors have already hoist the sails! So, what are you waiting for...? Let the games begin!

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Ceylonese Impressions – Part 2...

...or: how to make a TOMCAT sail?

Thomas Chudoba's primary destination in Sri Lanka was Aqua Dynamics Ltd. an der Westküste, more precisely: in Negombo (approx. 40 km North of Colombo). Head of the Dynamics is the half German, half Southafrican Frank Ulmer. Of course, his company does not work exclusively for TOMASO SAIL & SURF, they are also suppliers for German luxury car brands, e.g. with elements for convertibles and tool bags.

In this final album of Thomas' excusion to the Maldives we have a look behind the scenes of Aqua Dynamics Ltd. and we show how TOMCAT sails and trampolines are manufactured for TOMASO SAIL & SURF.

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Ceylonese Impressions – Part 1...

During his stay on the Maldives, Thomas Chudoba also made a visit to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka – named Ceylon until 1972. In this album we collected his impressions of the country and its people.

Of course, the boss of TOMASO SAIL & SURF did not fly to Sri Lanka for touristy reasons. He visited Aqua Dynamics Ltd. at the West coast of Sri Lanka. More about that very soon.

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Maldivian Impressions – Part 3...

On his way to Sri Lanka Thomas Chudoba made quick stop in Male' and on Kurumba. Here is part three of his Maldivian impressions. The Ceylonese impressions will follow soon.

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Maldivian Impressions – Part 2...

As promised, here they are: additional 187 pictures from the Maldives, taken by Thomas Chudoba. Enjoy the second part of our Maldivian impressions...

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Maldivian Impressions – Part 1...

Lately, Thomas Chudoba and his camera have been very busy – they produced a lot of Maldivian impressions! In this album you will find the first 150 photos of Maafushivaru, nearby islands, sand banks, likewise facilities – and some pictures of a shopping spree to the Maldivian capital Male´. More of these impressions soon in part 2.

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A View from Down Under...

The Maldives are a top destination for sailing and windsurfing, but you can also have great time down under the sea. You can spend your vacation with snorkeling and scuba-diving – meeting some special locals. For our latest album Thomas Chudoba grabbed fins, mask, and snorkel and took some pictures down under the sea.

Okay, that is no serious diving, it is holding one's breath and swimming around just under the water surface. For real diving you need a scuba set, some cylinders of Nitrox, a stabiliser jacket... – and an experienced diving school, e.g. the diving centre on Maafushivaru.

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Some Pictures of Maafushivaru...

Sooner or later you will have to learn that the Maldives are not just around the corner... They are small pieces of sand somewhere out there in the Indian Ocean. And that's what still makes file transfer a little tricky. Anyhow, it works! Not so long ago, a simple telephone on these islands was regarded as displeasing or offensive – no news, no shoes..., holidays without the rest of the universe and such slogans. Well, what remains is the task to configure you notebook to the resort's WLAN.

Having done that job, Thomas Chudoba has sent us his first compilation of 129 pictures: impressions from Maafushivaru. Enjoy your old travlin bone...

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Operation Maafushivaru II

Operation Maafushivaru is about to take its next step. Thomas Chudoba himself will be on Maafushivaru from mid January until end of February 2011! The brand new fun package with aplenty of TOMCAT and Lorch windsurfing action under the sun of the Indian Ocean has just (literally...) taken off!

More information – also about travel arrangements and booking from Germany – will be available on this page as soon as the big boss returns. And of course, he will bring tons of cool photos taken under the hot sun to our rainy winter days!

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TSS-News on SmartPhones

A little hint to all (brand new...) owners of smartphones among the TSS friends and fans: TSS-News can be read best on sphones using the direct link (www.tomaso.com/aktuell_e.html). Otherwise it is a little bit difficult to get used to the font size and the tiny links... We will also split the English version of TSS-News in smaller protions, so the download will be faster. Have fun!

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Wintertime in Cannobio...

It is definitely wintertime at the banks of Lake Maggiore... And it is time for that cold white stuff in Cannobio, not a lot compared to typical winter sports resorts like the Ruhr area in Germany...

Lake Maggiore has not yet frozen up, but it's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. No, a monkey... a brass monkey... – no, Thomas is alright... What are you thinking of...? Please have a look at our impressions of wintertime in Cannobio. Yes, a fistful of salt and some sand would be nice, to avoid accidents with black ice...

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End of Season 2010 at TSS...

It is becoming more and more chilly on the banks of Lake Maggiore... Although that strange white powder still cannot be found at the Lido and although the temperature is around toasty 2 to 5 degrees celcius: the season 2010 at TOMASO SAIL & SURF is officially closed. And so is the water sports centre in Cannobio for the rest of the year.

Thomas Chudoba and his team have bundled up, packed together their belongings and swept the beach... – even though Lake Maggiore did its very best to persuade them to one or two additional trips on the water. You will notice while having a look on our end of season album: it has been hotter at the Lido... But do not shut down your computer to early, we will be back one more time in 2010...

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Holiday Blogs...!

There are a lot of blogs out there in the internet... There are a lot of blogs out there in the internet dealing with destinations for your vacations... But there are not so many blogs out there dealing with Lake Maggiore and Cannobio...

One of those blogs is TravBuddy.COM and the section about Cannobio. One of the highlights is the comment on TSS – just have a look... If you find othe blogs on Cannobio and the TSS water sports centre, please send us a short email message. Thank you very much for your help!

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Congratulations...!

TOMASO SAIL & SURF congratulates his first customer, who managed to become a Formula-One-World-Champion: Sebastian Vettel! Congratulations!

A couple of days ago, back in 2007, emidiately before he his first race in Formula One... In those days, it was still possible for Sebastian Vettel to spend a short vacation incognito and unobserved in Cannobio. And what did a future world champion do in Cannobio? He came over to the TSS water sports centre at the Lido and he tested...

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Summer at Lake Maggiore - Part 2...

Yes, there are one or two clouds in the sky and the water temperature has been higher some weeks ago, but...: in Cannobio its still summer! If you cannot stand the rain any longer, why not spend some sunny days in Cannobio...? TOMASO SAIL & SURF is still there for you. Until end of October the complete TSS programme will be available.

Again, we have prepaired an album with photos taken during the last weeks: Summer at the Lido – part 2. Have fun!

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Summer at Lake Maggiore...

July and August are the top months at the Lake Maggiore and so it is for TOMASO SAIL & SURF. But that does not mean that the TSS team has less time for you. Of course, all TSS courses are carried out with the same intensity and with same commitment. Of course, all charter and rental bookings are handled with the same professionalism.

We have prepared an album with photos taken in the last couple of weeks for you. Have a look at the 300 plus pictures. And if you have been at the Lido at TSS in June or July, maybe you will find yourself on one of the photos....

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A Growing TOMASO SAIL & SURF...

The season of 2010 begins with a little surprise... – TOMASO SAIL & SURF has grown. Starting in mid May, you can charter a Joda 5700 at TSS!

The motor boat built by Joda has a stage for swimmers in the rear and a cabin for two persons. The maximum capacity is six persons. The engine is a Mercruiser (V6, 4,6 l, 200 PS / 147 kW).

A charter week (seven days) will cost 1.850,- € plus 500,- € deposit. The charge for two weeks is 3.500,- €, plus deposit. If the boat is not chartered on a per week basis, you can rent it on a per diem basis on-site at the TSS water sports center at the Lido in Cannobio:

1 day	350,- €	plus 200,- &euro deposit
2 days	650,- €	plus 300,- &euro deposit
3 days	930,- €	plus 400,- &euro deposit
4 days	1.200,- €	plus 500,- &euro deposit

Additional offers on demand. A detailled boat plan will be online in an couple of days. Plus brand new photos...!

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TSS-News of 2009 – ...and earlier

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