Our 4 weeks windsurf trip started at the 11th of February at the KLM check-in desk. I took my Fanatic Skate 97 Team Edition, my Maui Sails Legend 4.5 and 5.0 and my Loco 5.6, 2 booms and 2 masts. Everything together in 1 boardbag. The weight was exactly 12,5 kg… at least that is what the lady at the desk told me….

Steven took his F2 Chilli 107, Maui Sails Legend 4.7 and loco 5.2 and 5.6, with 2 masts and 1 boom. His gear was 13 kg. So after the easiest check-in ever, our journey began. The next morning at 7:30 in the morning the whitecaps on Sorobon beach, Bonaire showed us that our luck wasn’t over yet! “The most wind I’ve seen so far on Bonaire!”. Totally powered up on 4.5 and 4.7 the party just started. Also on the days after, the legends were our main sails! Steven wasn’t used to the daily trade winds and couldn’t stay longer on the beach than 15 minutes. After a few days Steven thought he was dying. He wasn’t used to the daily trade winds yet. Sailing more than 6 ours a day with a jetlag is a tough schedule.

After one week the wind gave us one day off. Time to recharge. The next week we used sails around 5.0. We shot tons of video and still images on the turquoise water. The level on Bonaire is very high. With names like Tonky, Taty, Kiri and Gunzlein, there is plenty of inspiration on the water. Steven was learning fast and made a very good impression on everyone who saw him sailing. After three and a half weeks the wind died. With two more days to go, we didn’t care to much about not being on the water.

Again we had an amazing time on Bonaire. Our battery is fully loaded for the next season.

You can see more pics on: www.teamthebunch.com
Hope to see you on the water,

Niek van der Linde