Windsurfing A Way Of Life

Available for download the 23 minute video clinic filmed with our guests 10-02-2007 its in wmv format and at 640x480 resolution so its quite big. Probably one to download overnight.

There are some good crashes and me showing that I really can’t do much with the wind from the left hehe. It was quite windy around force 6 but very gusty with a strange wind shadow infront of the platforms.

Maximum respect to all guests who sailed on it, hope you had a good time with us here in Dahab hope to see you all again very soon.

Enjoy..

10-02-2007 Video Clinic - Riders: Guests & Team at Club Mistral Dahab

Happy windsurfing and best wishes to all from Dahab

Well today was very strange. No wind this morning and not really any wind forecast until tomorrow so none of us were expecting to get out on the water. As you can see it didn’t stay like this all day with a force 4 South wind blowing in.

South wind always sends everyon crazy here as it always feels stronger than it actually is, but as you can see it did create quite a nice shore break. Hmmm just like being at home on thge South Coast.

After a quick sail with a Mistral Syncro 115 and a Duke 6.9 (Which i was quite pleased to almost land a loop with hehe) I had some lunch and then took out a Duke 6.4 and a “Mistral Syncro 102. Both the Syncro were great fun I absolutly love all them the 92, 102and 115. They are all fast and easy to Gybe and plane early they are GREAT!!!

Other happenings today. It seemed that someone had stolen Svetlanas bike so a whole saga unfolded which invloved a trip to the Tourist Police with pictures etc. After much unhappiness Said had a call from the Police to say they had found the bike dumped in the bus station so we can only assume it was kids mucking about with it. Still it was quite a shock to find something missing the crime rate here is almost zero.

Thats about it for today. This evening we enjoyed some curry thanks to Simon from Planet Windsurf who was kind enough to bring us over some Pataks Curry Sauce…big thumbs up Simon thanks for those.

Take care everyone and happy windsurfing

Not much happening the last couple of days here in Dahab.

Yesturday that being the 3rd of Feb we had a very strange day in terms of conditions. There was absolutly no wind in the morning, the about 1:30 the wind came in very quickly and stayed for about 2 hours. The clouds were coming from the South but the wind was blowing from the North, all very odd. Anyway the wind stayed for about 2 hours blowing hard enough to be with 4.7 for a short time. The wind then left as fast as it came.

Today 4th of Feb no wind at all really just a little bit of an odd breeze blowing side shore from the East first thing this morning which stopped, then the cloud set in.

A new rest and rescue island was put in place today in area 2 paid for by all the clubs and this new island is made of these square plastic click together blocks. I’ll pop out in thre boat tomorrow and take a picture for you all to see.

Best wishes and happy windsurfing.

Simon In Dahab Feb 2007

Simon works for Planet Windsurf based in Brighton. Planet are one of the tour operators that book Club Mistral here in Dahab

Great to see you Simon, as promised I have uploaded a few clips from your stay here with us. Good to see you on the water and we all wish you the very best for the weeks ahead.

Take care and hope to see you here with us again soon for some more slalom blasting, a bit of freestyle and a few trips out into the swells.

Good luck with everything and see you soon.

WINDY AGAIN!!

Pretty much the same format as the last 2 days. Did some admin in the morning, chatting with the guests and then in the afternoon managed to get out for an hour or two on a Beast with a 4.7 big smiles.

Extra treat today was the very nice waves running down alongside the reef, really smooth and some quite big 3 - 4 meters.

Same forecast for tomorrow yipeee

Best wishes from Dahab and Happy Sailing