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by **Ralf Schmid-Gundr** » Mon, 17 Nov 1997 04:00:00

Has anybody ever experienced the fascination of windsurfing at Sylt,
Germany ??? If you have or you would like to - just respond

by **Henrik Klagge** » Tue, 18 Nov 1997 04:00:00

Ralf Schmid-Gundram schrieb:

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> Has anybody ever experienced the fascination of windsurfing at Sylt,
> Germany ??? If you have or you would like to - just respond

Sylt is pretty tough. The "Weststrand" has currents, varying sand
banks, and a pronounced tide. The waves are chaotical. Plus, there
are the remains of metal "Buhnen", which are a very scenic but
painful way of dying. The wind is almost always onshore.

Apart of that, I like it :-)!

Cheers,
Henrik "4.9" Klagges

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by **Wolfgang Soerge** » Tue, 18 Nov 1997 04:00:00

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> Has anybody ever experienced the fascination of windsurfing at Sylt,
> Germany ??? If you have or you would like to - just respond

??
The fascination of being stuck in Westerland traffic for 1/2 hour
before finally not finding a p[arking spot anyway ?

The fascination of having to pay at least DM 85 to get on the island
(probabely it's more by now anyway) ?

The fascination of a "warm welcome" by the locals for people
driving an old car, not dining in the fine restaurants or
staying at expensive hotels ?

The fascination of having to pay for beach access ?

The fascination of strong current, chaotic beach break, coupled
with wind shadow near shore and mostly onshore winds ?

Sorry to sound so negative. Sylt has a good PWA event and in some
rare conditions the west coast is a premier wave sailing location,
also List is a good flat water spot. But my overall impression
when i was there (in 1993 or 1994, has anything changed since then ?).
But overall, nothing of that does make me want to go back there again.
Romo has similar conditions but you can drive onto the island and on
the beach, everything is way cheaper, nature more abundant
and the attitude of the (non sailing, the sailors from SYlt i met
were all cool) locals is just more down to earth.

There are more good options up north.

WOlfgang

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