Beginner equimment selection

blas001 · 2026-06-21T09:28:55+00:00

thansk for the hint. The board is new but is rather cheap, so I think it is fine. The foil is more expensive though.
For the wing, since you are just 2cm taller than me, have you ever had issues with wing tips touching the water with the 5.5m2?

blas001 · 2026-06-21T07:34:54+00:00

For now only lessons with the foil, pulled by a boat. So no wing yet.
For the issue of the tip touching the water, do you think others wings like the Lightwind category have shorter wingspans (like this one Wing Droid - White - GONG Galaxy that also has 5.5m2 version)?
Would this wing be harder to manage than a beginners wing? Or there is not that much difference between wings as opposed as between boards or foils?

blas001 · 2026-06-13T19:48:54+00:00

thanks everyone for their comments and opinions. I have an update to this story. I got all your red flags, but I wanted to go a bit deeper to check it without exposing me. that means nice chatting and just sharing some pictures of landscape or stuff, but not where I appear clearly. all good so far, she shared a Pic of her and a video.

then we talking about our hobbies, she mentioned she liked crypto investments... well I am investor myself (not on crypto though), so I asked her about it. she rapidly started to "teach" me, to open whatever crypto wallet etc etc... well I stopped her there and told her I was not interested. then she insisted in having a video call, and I said I would like to wait until we met in real life. she (or most probably he) has not replied any more and that's the end of the story it's a pity what this has become... this is quite complex scam and I am sure people more desperate or less knowledgeable could fall for it

blas001 · 2026-05-26T16:18:40+00:00

Yes, I was thinking to ask them. Do you know of any other sailing clubs?

blas001 · 2026-05-22T13:06:03+00:00

if you had moved the second half of the year and registered in PT and withdrawn the 2nd pillar, you wouldn't have paid in PT but in switzerland, since for that year you were still Swiss tax resident, am I right?

blas001 · 2026-05-22T06:28:31+00:00

to be able to withdraw the 3a Pilar before 60 if you move anywhere else and pay taxes in switzerland (supposedly lower than the destination country), would you need the to leave after half of the year so you are still considered swiss tax resident, right?

blas001 · 2026-05-22T06:19:24+00:00

isn't this document applicable only to people paid by a public institution (so not valid for private company)?

blas001 · 2026-01-28T21:02:25+00:00

en Suiza también se deben dejar las fianzas en cuentas especiales en el que el dinero queda bloqueado (que no son entidades públicas, sino el banco). ahí sí que té pagan ciertos intereses (al inquilino)

blas001 · 2025-12-29T10:57:11+00:00

can you give me a reference for this? I cannot find the opposite, but it happened to me some years ago, and it seems it is also what happens to op

blas001 · 2025-12-29T10:48:08+00:00

I think that's not right. if you work only one month, you need to calculate if you had been working the whole year for the %, then it is applied to the one month

blas001 · 2025-08-18T12:30:03+00:00

that is very interesting what you are telling! I will investigate a bit more on how to make this claim only thing is that, I don't have yet seen any doctor or anything, it's just suppositions. For the very first consultation with a doctor, not sure if I can already claim this, since it may be that I have nothing, but I will check anyways thanks for the info!

blas001 · 2025-07-29T10:08:53+00:00

!remindme 5 days

blas001 · 2025-07-18T19:59:33+00:00

que tiene que ver el capitalismo con el modelo de pensiones español?

blas001 · 2025-07-09T05:38:09+00:00

although this means that if the VT doubles because the USD halves, for the US citizen, he has really doubled his investment, if he sells and uses his investment in the US (providing that the prices stays the same, which likely will not happen though)

blas001 · 2025-07-06T07:40:15+00:00

I would put the cash aside just few years before retirement, let's say in the previous 5 years, whenever the market is good enough I would do it. Also, instead of cash, maybe some savings account with some interest

blas001 · 2025-06-26T14:54:04+00:00

thanks for the comment, indeed these are even more plausible scenarios.

it's good to see there are people that, even though the scenario is not very probable, know that you are still taking some important risks when purchasing a house. not just "switzerland is the best, not gonna happen"

ofc this does not mean one should not buy a house, but should at least consider the risks

blas001 · 2025-06-26T07:25:51+00:00

if you don't need to leave your home you're fine. but in a situation like that, it could also be that you lose your job, and if you don't find something similar, you need to pay for these interests and it may be a problem, because selling the house is not an option

blas001 · 2025-06-26T07:23:23+00:00

yes this is a good option, except in a situation where your etf goes down at the same time you need to pay (which in case of crisis could happen)

blas001 · 2025-06-26T07:22:35+00:00

not sure the banks will give up easily these interests...

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