Windhut Windsurfing and Lifestyle

Well after a slow start to the day the wind kicked in, the guests started arriving and service resumed as normal.It wasn’t so sunny today hence the bad light in the pics but still it was another great day in paradise. We did some general checking of equipmnent, sail trimming and so on while there was no wind and then after the guests were all sorted and out on the water some of the team who either had a day off or have now started their annual holiday went out on the water so I asked Matrix if he would kindly drive me out to Manawa with my camera and the video to get some footage.

The waves in Manawa were very nice again today around 1.5 to 2.5 meters in some sets, good wind direction and well perfect for a fun session. Ninja, Baba, Johnny and Alexis were out along with an Italian guest who had to turn in early due to a washing that left his sail in bits. Lots of riding going on, Alexis was really going for it as you can see from the pic of the day for today.

Alexis also landed his first front loop today in a short session in Little Reef on the way back from Manawa. Maximum respect mate nice one!

Best regards to all and happy wind and kite surfing.

Lovely day today, very productive morning preparing some new things for the centre then during the afternoon Ninja, Baba, Johnny and myself headed out to Manawa for a little session. The wind was a little bit onshore so Manawa seemed a much better bet than heading off downwind to One Eye which was not so big today and breaking very very close to the reef.

After the usual slog upwind to the break we arrived to find it working very well. Waves between 1.5 - 3.5 meters very smooth and a real treat as its generally low season here so we were the only people there. Very regular sets rolling in and plenty of waves for everyone. The only thing wrong with my session was my technique hehehe I seem to have a habit of bending my front arm instead of straightening it! oh well practice practice practice.

The wind was pretty constant outside and the Duke 5.4 I had plus the new Mistral Wave Rd 86 were just perfect.

Thats it for today take care everyone best wishes and happy sailing.

Well not much to report on today. I woke up this morning poured some very nice vanilla flavor coffee then sat down and did some work on a few new pages for Windhut.

Around lunchtime I checked the Club Mistral Mauritius webcam saw there was a bit of wind and a few of our guests were out on the water so called a taxi and hot footed it down there.

There was not so much wind so I decided to try the new Mistral 2008 SL RD 95 out with a Natural 6.6. It all seemed to work find and I blasted out through the channel to cruise around a a little bit. First time I have taken any slalom kit since I left Dahab but it was all good appart from the fact that I was not jibing it well pffft this is the problem when you start using wave boards and the like, needs a little bit of time to get used to a slalom board again but all the problems I encountered were my own fault, the board was great fun to ride and I am looking forward to trying it with a 5.5 or 6.0 I think this will be a lot of fun.

After my blast around on the slalom kit I went back to the centre and decided to have another go at kite surfing. So i had a drink of (water) hehe took a Rebel 10 and a twin tip and off I went . Today i got on much better than yesturday and actually managed to leave the beach, sail around for an hour and come back to the same place. Its only the 6th session for me but now I can ride, go up wind and make small jumps (even if i do land toe side sometimes and get a good washing). I cant say kites surfing will draw me away from windsurfing but when the wind is not so strong for me as a windsurfer its a great alternative. Its also good to be a student again hehe.

Anyways no pics from today spent my time sailing and not with the cam sorry for that hehe but i have included a couple of scenery shots i took before.

Best regards to all and happy wind and kite surfing.

Sadly I haven’t much time to sit and write a lot about Morocco, but I can tell you that its a place that I felt very at home in. Friendly open minded people still in touch with their roots. Amazing Atlantic coastline offering fantastic year round surfing, windsurfing and kitesurfing. Can’t wait to get back there in the summer !!!!

You can view a selection of the pics I took from a trip to a local market, oasis and windsurfing session in Moulay (Fab wave spot cross off from the right) HERE!.

Big thanks to Club Mistral for the invitation to the meeting there and also a huge thanks to Marie and Seb from Ocean Vagabond for their hospitality. I’ll post up some pictures of the Ocean Vagabond Hotel when I get back to Dahab.

WINDSURFING PICTURES FROM MOROCCO.

Good wind today.. Rigged a 5.7 and took the Mistral Beast 84 out to the swell with Toby and Mike (one of our guests). It was a bit of a wobble out to the speedy but once around the corner planning started straight away.

It was a nice constant wind which kept the three of us outside for a good 2 hours or so. Not such big swell at the moment as the wind has been light the last few weeks but huzzzah it looks like its back for a while now.

Today I start a few weeks of moving around, leaving for the UK this afternoon for a few days of work and to see my Mum for her Birthday. Then off to Germany to the Club Mistral HQ for a quick meeting and on the Monday off to Morroco for the Manager Meeting so updates may be a bit few and far between, sorry about that.

I am hoping to get an hour or two on the water before I have to rush off to Sharm to catch the flight Inshallah the wind will play ball.

Best wishes and happy windsurfing.

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

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