Joe's Quest for wind in Margarita


Hotels El Yaque Coche Restaurants Misc

Hotels and rental joints

View of Vela/Beach hotel and Mistral/Yaque Paradise

Windsurf Oasis

Windsurf Paradise Hotel

Different view of the Windsurf Paradise Hotel

El Yaque Paradise Hotel

Fanatic Center

Happy surf rental

hotel_california The view that they don't show in the brochures

Hotels Jump & Gybe, Beach Hotel and El Yaque Paradise

Mistral Center Guys

Caribe Winds Bic Center. Well run by Miguel and Buckweat(Juan)


El Yaque at a walk through

El Yaque View of El yaque as you are coming into town

El yaque View of El yaque as you are coming into town

More El yaque View of El yaque as you are coming closer into town

cabbies The cabbies sit and drink here and play cards while waiting for business

El Yaque as viewd from the airport Ok, it's not a "lush" island. Those blips in the distance are ALL OF EL YAQUE

No Work Team

El Yaque View of El yaque as you are coming into town


Restaurants

Maria's Beach Bum Bar

Maremare Restaurant

Regatta Restaurant

El VigaViga restaurant


El Coche

Bruce and a friend at the El Coche resort

Coche View down the El Coche Coastline

Coche Resort View from water towards only buildings along Beach.

Coche Boat The boat you will take from El Yaque to Coche

Coche Boat/Dixie cup Some joke about a dixie cup comes to my mind.

Joe at Coche Thanks to Bruce for these photos. They'd be more exciting, but we were in the wind shadow of the hotels(Small shadow, but noticiable if you're really close to shore)

Joe at Coche The view I tried to give most people when I was sailing

Joe at Coche In an insane moment Joe heads for the unsuspecting Bruce

Joe at Coche Joe Gybes


Misc shots

Cabanas Life was rough on the trip. Here's the view from my beach chair.

Duct-Up and Loving it

The windsurfing was so great that you'll need a rest

Hospital Hope you don't get hurt.

Jim and Dave Chilling after a hard day at play

Jim about to embark on another shred run

Looking downwind at the beach With a beer in one hand, the day ends well.

Launch at El Yaque Can get crowded in the Chode Zone...Solution sail upwind/downwind 100 yards to be by yourself.

Looking Upwind

Looking Upwind Along the shoreline


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