"Another day in paradise" - as Harry Nass, rental centre owner, would say every morning in Dahab. Well, he's in the wrong spot, or has a limited view of paradise, or maybe... anyway, rather than go back to Sprecks again, we were aiming for Kanaha today.
The porridge breakfast is going well - it's the base for many, with extras to taste. I've stuck with the porridge and whatever fruit there is going, usually bananas and apples, washed down with a pint or so of tea.
The Cribby arrangements are as ever complicated - he has to drive over to Robbie Swift's to switch a board he's looking at buying that leaked, someone else has to get some more kit elsewhere... the usual fragmentation. So the plan is simple, we'll all meet at the Hi-Tech windsurf store which is allegedly self-evident, largely because my van buddy Jurgen wants to buy an impact protector. He broke some ribs on his last Cribby trip to Jeri, and doesn't fancy doing it again. So J and I cruise into Kahului looking for the shop, obviously miss it and have to turn around and ask at the Maui Surf Center, our rental shop. When we do get there, there's no-one there, but the store is truly amazing - two floors of windsurf gear!! It's really hard to restrain oneself, but I manage it, thinking of carrying all this acquired stuff around.
Turns out that they all got there before us, and left!! So we get directions and go to Kanaha, you have to go past the water treatment plant and some other non-paradisical stuff to get there! This is a good reminder of the real Hawaii, with ships and industry and suchlike. It's another through-trees venue, which I like, lots of shade when you need it. The break is to the left of the beach, which is quite long this time, with stone groynes and nice sand.
We do lots of exercises and theory, starting about twelve, and get in a couple of sessions of an hour or so - pretty exhausting. I fail to catch anything very wave-like, and it's incredibly windy, so holding on to my 4.2 is hard work. Cribby's "arse!!" technique for loading up the harness saves my arms but it's still hurting... The break is very very crowded here, lots of people diving in and out with varying degrees of control. We have a third session when the wind has switched from sideshore to slightly cross-off, and many people have switched to the right hand break since they launch from the upwind car park, but I don't go out, preferring to save my arms for another day. A very welcome nap in the van, feeling very tired but good helps!
The porridge breakfast is going well - it's the base for many, with extras to taste. I've stuck with the porridge and whatever fruit there is going, usually bananas and apples, washed down with a pint or so of tea.
The Cribby arrangements are as ever complicated - he has to drive over to Robbie Swift's to switch a board he's looking at buying that leaked, someone else has to get some more kit elsewhere... the usual fragmentation. So the plan is simple, we'll all meet at the Hi-Tech windsurf store which is allegedly self-evident, largely because my van buddy Jurgen wants to buy an impact protector. He broke some ribs on his last Cribby trip to Jeri, and doesn't fancy doing it again. So J and I cruise into Kahului looking for the shop, obviously miss it and have to turn around and ask at the Maui Surf Center, our rental shop. When we do get there, there's no-one there, but the store is truly amazing - two floors of windsurf gear!! It's really hard to restrain oneself, but I manage it, thinking of carrying all this acquired stuff around.
Turns out that they all got there before us, and left!! So we get directions and go to Kanaha, you have to go past the water treatment plant and some other non-paradisical stuff to get there! This is a good reminder of the real Hawaii, with ships and industry and suchlike. It's another through-trees venue, which I like, lots of shade when you need it. The break is to the left of the beach, which is quite long this time, with stone groynes and nice sand.
We do lots of exercises and theory, starting about twelve, and get in a couple of sessions of an hour or so - pretty exhausting. I fail to catch anything very wave-like, and it's incredibly windy, so holding on to my 4.2 is hard work. Cribby's "arse!!" technique for loading up the harness saves my arms but it's still hurting... The break is very very crowded here, lots of people diving in and out with varying degrees of control. We have a third session when the wind has switched from sideshore to slightly cross-off, and many people have switched to the right hand break since they launch from the upwind car park, but I don't go out, preferring to save my arms for another day. A very welcome nap in the van, feeling very tired but good helps!
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