Convoy order:
SandSailor (Lead - Emre)
dreamerEtS (2nd Lead - Andrei)
Peter_C (Peter)
Hammerhead (Omar)
AAA (Sweeper - Ahmad)
Warmup was at the high dunes close to the gate, SandSailor style. Several runs each way to get used to the drive style and multiple switches at higher dunes. It was smooth with no stucks and just one 2nd try as I had the pleasure of having a small but very capable team. Omar joined around 8:15 and we continued our journey towards Nagrah.
The rest of the trip was also uneventful with no stucks, few 2nd tries and good flow. With time everyone felt more comfortable, Omar dusting off his rust, Peter getting familiar with his new manual Kapsula. Andrei and Ahmad getting the flow. It put a bit off a pressure on me to lead 2 powerful FJs and 2 VTCs all with very capable drivers, but I responded with some more challenging learning experiences (
) which the team responded very well. We did make some runs multiple times to get more experience on power/speed combination, whats needed where and when, approach angle in some tricky cases and despite the heavy tracks all around Sweihan I trust we all had good time. Unfortunately it is almost as bad as Badayer now and tracks impacting driveability in some cases pushing you out or just the opposite making your job much easier as driving on a bumpy railway track. Multiple breaks with good chit chat among ourselves and also at Nagrah with some other offroaders from other convoys, which is something we all enjoy everytime. We did conquer Nagrah with Andrei and then the team tried the straight climb from the side (well done Peter!) and finished the drive around 11:00, taking the fast way exit.
It was almost the first drive I had with most of the team. Many thanks for the flowless 2nd lead Andrei, a very capable driver, good control of his FJ not letting me go alone anywhere, maladyets
, Peter is getting used to his manual Kapsula and figuring out the mighty power he has so I trust you enjoyed the challenges we tried today. Every drive you will feel more comfi and however lets try and do some of the mods we discussed. It was great to see Omar after a long while and glad to see some things never change. Ahmad, Sukran brother for the great sweeping today and I am looking forward to many other drives together. Hope you all enjoyed as much as I did and see u soon again on anther episode of SandSailing…
Emre (
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… always a pleasure to drive with both familiar and new faces for me from AD4x4 family. 