Take-off – Freehill
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- Direction
- NNEESESSWWNW
- Coordinates
- 18.4198, -77.2674
- Altitude
- 567 m
- Region
- Saint Ann, JM
- Landing
- 3.7 km from the take-offView on map ↗
Take-off description
from a saddle next to antenna mast in Freehill, St. Ann; accessible by car
Getting there
drive from Ocho Rios or Runaway Bay towards St. Ann's Bay; follow signs to Priory, turn S up the hills. Look out for right turn to Bamboo / Freehill
Weather
trade winds may be too strong and shred thermals
Rules / airspace
none
Comments
German pg pilot Claus Vischer flew from here first (2001); in 2011 a group of visiting Russian pg pilots also flew from this site. More recent flights according to posts below. The site is not locally maintained. Best flight so far by Roman Romanowski (PL) to Runaway Bay (Jan-2016) http://www.paraglidingforum.com/leonardo/tracks/world/alltimes/brand:all,cat:0,class:all,xctype:all,club:all,pilot:all,takeoff:57386