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ALACATI, Turkey.

INTUITION COURSE
Freeride

LOCATION REPORT

WIND
Meltimi winds, increasing to 15 - 20 knots most afternoons. 5 - 15 knots during mornings.

WIND STATISTICS
Average 4.5 / 7 days good planing winds. 2004 7/7 windy days.

SEA STATE
Flat water, small chop at sea. Turquoise water.

WETSUITS?
Most guests wear shorts, however-
Shorty wetsuit recommended for Dudes.
Long legged wetsuit recommended for Rookies.
Shorts in light winds.

SAILING AREA.
Very large standing depth area, stretching approx 150m out to sea. Large enclosed bay with areas to rest at both sides, approx one kilometre apart.

Cribb comment-.perfect for developing waterstarting and footsrapping skills as venue feels very safe and if you do fall off, you're still standing.

RENTAL CENTRE
Club Mistral with North Sails and 100% carbon masts. Rigging helpers, optimum position on beach.
On an INtuition course you have variety of boards to use, rather than the fixed board scheme many centres use.

Waist deep warm water for 200 metres!
Waist deep warm water for 200 metres!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BEACH FACILITIES
Excellent café / restaurant- best on beach (can sign for meals and drinks on hotel bill)
Showers & toilets.
Video replay.
Sun loungers & shades.

WINDSURFING ALTERNATIVES
Eating! Sight seeing, wake boarding.

HOTEL
Hotel Ileri, Ilejca.
3* hotel in nearby town, surrounded by local Turkish bars and restaurants.
Owned by beach café owner, Morat.
5 - 10 minute private minibus trip, or very cheap taxi ride from beach.

TRANSFER TIME
70 mins from Ismir Airport by private bus.

Traditional Turkish family hotel surrounded by local restaurants.
Traditional Turkish family hotel surrounded by local restaurants.

Cribb comment - 

TEMPERATURE
Hot! Shorts all day and night.

VIDEO
I film from a boat and from the shore.
Video playback is in the beach café every evening and/or just after lunch.

MEALS
This is gastronomic heaven! In fact all my holidays are! Expect the very tastiest Turkish delicacies from breakfast to dinner at unbelievably reasonable prices, great wines and traditional European dishes too. Probably the best INtuition holiday of all for eating, with the biggest flavour varieties this side of Thailand.

Breakfast - in the hotel with the creamiest fresh yoghurts.
Lunch - on the beach with incredible 'dish of the day' local meals, amazing pizzas and salads.
Dinners - out on the town, from tiny traditional joints where our table blocks off a side street to the elegant Windmill restaurant.

The best food and atmosphere in town.
The best food and atmosphere in town.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DRINKS & NIGHTLIFE.
Good wine, quite regularly, and of course amazing coffee. The nightlife on this INtuition course is usually quite tame in so much as we've only ever been to one rave with 10,000 Turks dancing madly on the beach to Faithless in concert. Other than that outrageous experience, the nightlife here doesn't usually kick off until after 1am, by which time the windsurfing has usually sentenced us to sleep. There's often a few too many drinks leaving us slumped at the restaurant, but don't expect more than just great socials amongst the group.

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