Windsurfing Dahab 11-12-2006

Buzz — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:39:00 +0000

Well today was almost a repeat of yesturday except due to rather a long evening infront of the computer and being sucked into watching some B movie about going to the center of the earth my late night meant I did not awake until a little later than ususal. So I jumped up thinking I could hear wind outside looked out of the window and relaised it wasn’t quite there yet, stuck the kettle on whipped up a quick bit of breaky, spoke to some work colleagues on messenger sorted out the schedule for the day which of course allowed for a little bit of sailing if the wind picked, luckily it did so I headed off to the center.

The wind came a little later than yesturday and was not as obviously the same strength but being a stubborn old goat and disregarding advice to take a larger board and sail I rigged an Ice 5.7 and took a Mistral Syncro 92 (love this board).

The wobble accross the lagoon was a long one today definatly lighter wind than yesturday but once again turned into the speedy and was away. I set off on my normal route up to the Napolian reef and was pleasantly surprised to find that once in the open sea the wind was quite good and I had in fact taken the correct kit. The swells were still very small but I did find something to ride and jump off.

For some reason today I got a bit paranoid about sharks the light is quite low at the moment and all sorts of strange shadows are visible below the swells and even though in 6 years of sailing out in the Red Sea on and off holidays allowing, I have never seen a shark but the shadows started to play tricks on my mind. The only time I have seen a shark was in the summer when i sailed over the top of a beautiful cruising whale shark which if course is a basking shark and not particularly any kind of threat to me or anyone else come to that, but anyway, I am sure in a gulf 1000 meters deep in places there must be some unfriendly fish down there somewhere.

There were not so many people out today in the swells just 3 or 4 people downwind of me which made it very pleasant sailing pretty much alone a very nice way to clear the mind, relax and enjoy the wind and water. As nice as it is to sail with friends and push each other there are times when a private session alone can be just the ticket.

I don’t think there is anyone who goes windsurfing that doesn’t benefit from the sports ability whatever your level to take your total concentration and let all those day to day stresses move to the back somewhere to be dealt with later. Of course it is also a very sociable sport and I am very glad that I have been privilaged to meet many very nice people around the world because of it.

If you don’t windsurf you should definatly try it!

Windhut Windsurfing and Lifestyle: Windsurfing Dahab 11-12-2006

Windsurfing Dahab 11-12-2006