Wind Reports and Weather

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  Hola Sailors,

well February started with some mixed weather , but now we have some great conditions especially last week we had some awesome wave riding days in 12-15 ft swell straight out of the north with some 18-22kn of wind . Meanwhile the swell is smaller but the wind stayed and we had pretty much every single day wind since the 10th . VoyVoy ( our bar here at the Center ) is rocking the beach every wednesday with Cabarete Color , check out some of the songs on :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcnDf2sUEZk

The masteroftheocean also started this week which for sure will have some great action this week end at Playa Encuentro , for more info check http://www.masteroftheocean.com/

VoyVoy Vela will host the award ceremony this coming Sunday , in case you want to be part of the action here ,hurry up and make your reservation at the Hood River office .

You can also have a peek at http://www.cabaretecool.com:8080/ the webcam located at the Vela Center.

See you all on Da Reef

Jens and the Vela Cabarete gang

 Hey Sailors ,

whaaaat's uppp?

We had some mixed weather so far with some very rainy , but also very windy and wavy days here in Cabarete. Kiting at Dare2Fly is always happening , and the Dare2Fly restaurant with it's new chef LOLO from Belgium is running great.

VoyVoy was going off with some great live gig last wednesday as well the Karaokee and lady's night is doing really strong . Plenty of party's all the time in Cabarete as you can read . Oh yeah the trade wind has arrived and it looks like we will have the best early spring ever. specially with all the new toys for 2009 .

Well we pretty booked, so in case you want to secure some new gear , hurry up and call the Vela office in hood river to make your reservation.

See you soon on Da Reef

Jens

As is traditional in January, Cabarete experienced a mixed bag of conditions to kick off the new year. Despite frequent interruptions to the trade wind, some 50% of the days provided planing conditions albeit sometimes only for an hour or so...
Some days saw strong north winds with a chilly (?) 23degC and challenging but fun sailing and a rare opportunity for some port tack jumping! The recent days have seen a return to classic Cabarete with the afternoon wind machine kicking in to give good starboard riding and some clean logo high waves on the reef.. It bodes well for February often the best month of the year for the combination of wind and waves...

Off the water, the evening bar "Voy Voy" continues to rock with Mondays (Karioke) , Wednesdays (live music) and Thursdays (Ladies night) drawing the crowds making Voy Voy THE place to be and be seen on the beach. Also from Voy Voy is the launch of their new "traditional dominican menu" ... Great food and competetive prices.. A must try for all guests.

So, plenty of reasons to come... See you here soon.
Neil

 Hola Sailors

Hope all of you had a nice X-mas . Here we had an awesome Dominican X-mas Buffet with lots of food and Presidente's of course . Santa brought 2 container loads of 2009 Windsurf and Kitesurf gear . So the boys are busy  getting it all ready , since yesterday the new 2009 Starboards are on Da water and the JP boards will be in the fleet from the first of January . Dare2Fly has already the new 2009 Cabrinha IDS  Kites available . The new sails look really cool and now the wave sails are rigged on X-Combat NP Skinny Masts .

The bar and Kitchen stuff is getting ready for the huge BBQ for New Year's eve and a big party to celeprate the arrival of another windy year here in Cabarete. So if you want to  play with us on the new Toy's, hurry on down ,to good old Cabarete .

Wish you all a Happy New year and see you on DA reef soon.

Jens and the Vela/Dare2fly crew Cabarete