Saturday Morning Newbie at Nahil
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 7:37 pm
We gathered at Nahil Deflation point at 08:30 and after the safety briefing, we started driving at 09:12 in the below convoy order:
Engin (Lead)
Ahmet (2nd Lead) - int
Waleed - newbie
Paulus - newbie
Christiano – newbie
Fazil - newbie
Mehmet - newbie
Ozan - newbie
Andrea - int
Eddy (sweeper) - intermediate
Marshal Sandsailor (floating support)
We started the drive in the low dunes section of Nahil and then moved to the higher dunes when we gathered our confidence and warmed up. We practiced straight crest, climb, descent and steep descent. We had four short breaks for chit chats. We had few second tries and three rope recoveries. Between the low and high section of Nahil we drove from the technical area behind the farm where we had a good exercise on navigating sharp turns.
At around 11:15 Ozan’s Pajero gave overheating warning and we drove him to the gatch road to drop him there. We then headed to the east of the gatch road and drove a bit more completing the the drive at 12:00. During the third break, Sandsailor took Eddy and Andrea to an upper intermediate play round for about 10 mins.
All drivers did very well. Paulus in particular impressed us with the way he handled his stock Fortuner. I also advised Waleed that he is ready for upgrade to Int.
Thanks to Marshal Sandsailor for supporting the drive. Also thanks to Ahmet and Eddy for their support roles as 2nd lead and sweeper.
I enjoyed the drive and I hope all the fellow drivers and their passengers also enjoyed it as much as I did. Thank you all for joining. Looking forward to meet in another drive soon.
Best,
Engin (Lead)
Ahmet (2nd Lead) - int
Waleed - newbie
Paulus - newbie
Christiano – newbie
Fazil - newbie
Mehmet - newbie
Ozan - newbie
Andrea - int
Eddy (sweeper) - intermediate
Marshal Sandsailor (floating support)
We started the drive in the low dunes section of Nahil and then moved to the higher dunes when we gathered our confidence and warmed up. We practiced straight crest, climb, descent and steep descent. We had four short breaks for chit chats. We had few second tries and three rope recoveries. Between the low and high section of Nahil we drove from the technical area behind the farm where we had a good exercise on navigating sharp turns.
At around 11:15 Ozan’s Pajero gave overheating warning and we drove him to the gatch road to drop him there. We then headed to the east of the gatch road and drove a bit more completing the the drive at 12:00. During the third break, Sandsailor took Eddy and Andrea to an upper intermediate play round for about 10 mins.
All drivers did very well. Paulus in particular impressed us with the way he handled his stock Fortuner. I also advised Waleed that he is ready for upgrade to Int.
Thanks to Marshal Sandsailor for supporting the drive. Also thanks to Ahmet and Eddy for their support roles as 2nd lead and sweeper.
I enjoyed the drive and I hope all the fellow drivers and their passengers also enjoyed it as much as I did. Thank you all for joining. Looking forward to meet in another drive soon.
Best,