Windsufing, RS.X, raceboard in Puerto Sherry, apartments to rent for windsurfers, watersports and sailing events in Cadiz.
Windsurfing has become one of the most popular water sports in Andalucia.
El Puerto de Santa Maria has excellent facilites to practice this sport and Puerto Sherry has become one of the hot spots for international training in this given olympic event.
Every year teams from all over Europe come to Puerto Sherry to compete in various competitions in the Atlantic waters of the Bay of Cádiz which has excellent wind conditions for this sport.
The New Year Regata is just one of the many competitions in the Bay of Cadiz where more than a hundred specialists of fourteen countries come to compete in classes RS: X and Techno Laser, important when scoring for the international ranking (ISAF)
If you wish to book accomodation for windsurfing please check out all the apartments available along with prices.
It is advisable to book your apartment in advance Apartments, flats and houses are available to rent on a weekly and daily basis.
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Windsurfing, or raceboarding, is a surface water sport using a windsurf board, also commonly called a sailboard, usually two to five meters long and powered by wind pushing a single sail. The rig is connected to the board by a free-rotating flexible joint called the Universal Joint (U-Joint). Unlike a rudder-steered sailboat, a windsurfer is steered by the tilting and rotating of the mast and sail as well as tilting and carving the board.
The sport combines aspects of both sailing and surfing, along with certain athletic aspects shared with other board sports like skateboarding, snowboarding, waterskiing, and wakeboarding. A windsurfer holds the world speed record for sailing craft and, windsurfers can perform jumps, inverted loops, spinning maneuvers, and other "freestyle" moves that cannot be matched by any sailboat.
Windsurfing includes speed sailing, slalom, course racing, wave sailing, superX, and freestyle as distinct disciplines.Though windsurfing is possible in winds from near 0 to 50 knots, the ideal planing conditions for most recreational sailors is 15-25 knots, with lighter winds resulting in displacement mode sailing.
Lessons can be taken with a school. the basic skills of sailing, steering, and turning can be learned within a few hours. Competence in the sport and mastery of more advanced maneuvers such as planing, carve gybing (turning downwind at speed), water starting, jumping, and more advanced moves can require lengthy practiceSailing, windsurfing and kitesurfing lessons are available in El Puerto de Santa Maria in the Federation de Vela in Puerto Sherry.
