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venturecat1391
Joined: 01 Jul 2009 Posts: 18 Location: Western NY - Lake Erie
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:34 am Post subject: Cabarete |
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Hello,
I'm going to Cabarete for a week beginning tomorrow (not soley for windsurfing, but it would be nice). I'm staying in Sosua, and I understand it's not difficult to get to Cabarete from there. Looking at the wind forecast, it looks not too good - 15 tops most days. Does Vela have big stuff - 8 m sails and 140 l boards, so that I can plane on those 15 days? Any other tips? I'm a 50 year old, 190 lb intermediate.
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jfeehan
Joined: 27 Jul 1998 Posts: 156
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:57 am Post subject: |
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yes, they do have big boards and sails - even some formula gear.
they also have SUP boards.
cabarete bay is often windier than the area generally, as there is a local geographic effect.
Vela Cabarete is excellent. |
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morwind4me
Joined: 30 Apr 2002 Posts: 270
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Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 10:56 am Post subject: |
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If it's marginal sailing, do some canyoning or surfing....pretty much the same price as renting gear. Snorkeling in Sosua isn't bad either. Make sure you research a little on how much it should cost you to get from Sosua to Cabarete if you're taking the bus...you can get friggin reamed good. Shouldn't cost more than a couple bucks. |
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Caribchakita
Joined: 05 Jun 2001 Posts: 312 Location: Bonaire
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RobKoci
Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 1
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Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 1:24 pm Post subject: cabarete wind records |
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Does anyone know a website that has historic wind data for Cabarete? I know you can get wind data here, but so far, all I have found is daily records. I would like something that is already summarized for me. Like average daily wind patterns for each month from data collected over 20 years. something like that. |
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bigred100
Joined: 01 Oct 2008 Posts: 12
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Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:54 pm Post subject: link to wind statistics from rental shop |
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Took my first lessons from these guys. Should at least give you an idea of the wind stats. They say graph is an average over 8 years. We're looking forward to a trip in March!
http://www.cabaretewindsportsclub.com/en/station-windstats.php |
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