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The sailing

The sailingYou can practice sailing and windsurfing at Punta Cana. Since it is very windy, it is the right place to practice these activities. But there is a lot of waves so it isn’t really easy for beginners.

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4 Responses to “The sailing”

  1. Steve Says:
    March 20th, 2008 at 4:39 am

    Hi -
    Can you tell me a little about the windsurfing conditions at Punta Cana, and
    what you have for gear?

    How windy does it get?
    Does it get windy enough there to “jump”?
    Do you have different sizes of boards and sails?
    Do you have gloves and harnesses as well?
    Do you offer lessons? Is there a place nearby that offers lessons:
    (gybes and jumping).

    Thanks for any advice

  2. Moi Says:
    March 20th, 2008 at 8:26 am

    Hi Steve,

    I will try to ask your questions.

    My feeling is that it is quite windy even if you could find places where it is more windy. I am not sure if it is windy enough to jump. Actually, I haven’t seen any people jumping there (maybe nobody knew how to). I think you have two sizes of boards/sails. For the gloves and harnesses, I don’t know, I haven’t checked while I was there. Yes, they offer lessons with knowledgeable teachers.

    Sorry but I don’t have answers to everything. I am quite sure you could get all the required details from the Club Med by calling there.

    Cheers

  3. Tim Says:
    August 15th, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    Hey,

    I have worked in the sailing team of this club med until june 2008.
    You have a pretty nice wind up to 25 knots. However it really depends of the period you go there because in the summer there is NO WIND, in the winter (nov-march) its a really nice place. If you travel only for windsurf, Cabarate (in donminicain republic on the north part of the island) will be better with always a constant wind in the afternoon of the winter.

    The club med sailing team has
    for the boards (in liter for volume):
    112
    135
    140
    160
    170
    220

    for the sail (in square meter):
    2.5
    3.5
    4.0
    5.0
    5.5
    6.0
    7.0 (if you are good and ask for it)

    there is harnesses available but no gloves (witch is a really nice thing to have to enjoy good wind for many hours).

    There is lessons available but its only for beginner so if you know how to stay on the board, these lesson are useless for you. However the Chef of the sailing, and probably other staff known windsurf realy well (if you go within a year, ask for Twain, a dominicain guy, he’s the best and will show you all the tricks if you show a bit of passion for the sport, he’s a great jumper!!). Ask those guys for tricks and all the questions that you have, it won’t be an official course but surely you will lurn new stuff.

    The spot is great for jumping in the waves. You have a coral reaf that protects you having to handel big waves all the times. After 500m meter of the shore you will meet braking waves that are great fot jumping. Watch out : the coral reef is shalow, so little by little you can jump in the right spot wear the water is not that low.

    For the wind it really depends of the weak, sometimes, there is not that much (8knots). I would say in a weak in the winter you will be able at least to ride 2 days of nice wind (up to 7!!). Chek on Windfinder.com and add 8-10 knots to what they say for wind speed, because there is a ”pointeffect” on the spot witch add a lot).

    I wich those details will be usefull
    ENJOY the spot!!

    seeya
    Tim

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  4. moi Says:
    August 15th, 2008 at 7:16 pm

    Hi Tim,

    Thanks a lot for those details!

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