| Surprisingly steady wind
and warm water is not all that El Yaque has to offer. The VELA
Windsurf Resort, located at El
Yaque Beach Hotel, provides best JP, Starboard
and 180 Neil-Pryde equipment.
Your beach chair is waiting for you right in front of the
center under coconut trees. Here you will relax, enjoy your drink
and have a great view of what is happening on the water. The
Beach Bar of "Cafe Local" supplies
you with delicious refreshments.
Spot Info: Windsurfing in El Yaque means a 3/4 mile of
sandy beach and side-shore wind. Flat, waist deep water for the
first 300 yards makes it ideal for first encounters with the elements,
to learn how to beach- or waterstart or to work on your manoeuvres.
More advanced sailors head out and after a stretch of rather choppy
waters will find nice swells of up to 5 feet, that invite to jump
on the way out and to surf the waves coming in.
Windsurf conditions: Light wind in the mornings that builds
up around noon, to be best between 2 and 5 pm. In other words: Ideal
conditions for beginners in the morning, and in the afternoon perfect
for intermediate and crack sailors. From October until January and
in June and July you are most likely to sail between 5 m2 and 7
m2 while during February, March and April 3.5 m2 - 5.5 m2 are the
most used sails. In May the wind gets a little weaker but steadier
than in the highwind months (which makes it the most ideal month
for learning manoeuvres) and you still only be on 4.5 m2 - 5.5 m2.
An average air temperature of 82° degrees and water temperature
of 79° degrees allow to wear your shorty or lycra. But be aware
of the strong sun and use waterproof sun protection factors 20 to
30, after all, El Yaque is only 11° degrees above the equator.
The Vela Center expect to find an ideal combination of
about JP boards in combination with Neil-Pryde sails, all on carbon
masts and with adjustable harness lines. The equipment will be renewed
every year in November but Tom and Kathy (owners of the Vela Center)
always keep some new equipment stored to be able to renew wasted
equipment all through the year.
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