Windhut Windsurfing and Lifestyle

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.

The Club Mistral Teams Quick Guide To Masbat Bay

These past few days the wind has been low so as well as re varnishing our beautiful windsurfing school myself and the team have been updating our guest book. Svetlana re vamped the map of the bay and numbered a few of our favorite places as well as taking a few pics. Over the next few days I will update the site with some recent pics of these favorite places so you can see how the bay is developing and growing. Despite the problems last year the the people here remain optimisitic that Dahab will remain one of the most popular and relaxed windsurfing and diving spots in the world.

The past few months the bay has continued to be modernised but I am happy to say that it has retained much of its charm and is still a fantastic holiday destination.

Dahab itself is split into 3 main areas.

• Dahab City and Lagoona - This area is where the larger Hotels such as the Hilton are situated along with all the windsurfing schools and some dive schools.
• Masbat - The local village which is shown in the map. The village has many supermarkets, some like Ghazala selling a wide range of imported European products such as Nutella (yum) as well as many bazaars and restaurants.
• Assala - The Bedouin village where you can find some amazingly quiet places to relax by the sea and local fruit, fish and meat markets.

There is something in Dahab for everyone and every budget and over the next few days I will endevour to give you a virtual view of the new Dahab.

All the best and happy windsurfing

Well its been a couple of days so here is a quick update.

The wind starting playing games yesterday. What normally happens here in Dahab is during the night the wind blows from the mountains accross the bay offshore from the right. In the morning as the sun warms up the mountains wind gets pulled across from the open sea to the normal direction cross offshore from the left. Well the day before yesterday we had the wind blowing very strong cross off from the right as per the night. However, the wind in this direction was incredibly gusty 8.0 weather 1 minute and 4.0 weather the next so as you can imagine not a very comfortable direction to sail in.

The beachfront looked a bit like a typical summer day at my local home beach when all the windsurfers are gathered waiting for that illusive sea breeze to kick in. Everyone was basiclly sitting around waiting to see if the wind would swap to the left hand side and stabilize. In the end I had a cheese sandwich and a tea and left for home to catch up on some emails etc.

17-12-2006

No wind today that was a dead cert so woke up and did a bit of work on electronic girlfriend and then decided to go and chill out at one of my favorite escapes here in Dahab. Eel Garden, so named because of the colony of eels that reside in the sand bank at the foot of the reef. The place for me is perfect, situated in Assala the bedouin village right on the beach. Its location means it is away from the main drag of restaurants and bazaars in Masbat freeing you from the constant badgering to have a tea, smoke a shisha or buy something you don’t really need. Even in high season Eel garden restaurant remains a quiet relaxing place where you can sit by the water and enjoy the ambience eating some great food (Chicken Portugese is my favorite) and reading a book.

After chilling there for a while I walked down through Masbat to gather some much needed supplies from the Gazala supermarket and then grab a taxi to head for home.

The forecast is not looking that great until Thursday so don’t be too upset if there are no updates until Thursday night.

Until then wishing everyone good wind and happy sailing.

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