New/Few Bee PM Drive on 7th Nov 14

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  • Sanjay
    November 4, 2014 at 8:56 pm #2168

    Drive Type: New/Few-bee
    Meeting Point: Al Faqa to Madam
    Meeting Time: 14:15 hrs
    Drive Start: 14:30 hrs sharp (Pls be on time as the convoy will not wait due to early sunset during winter)

    Co ordinates: [map]24.71737,55.62826(Meeting Point)[/map]24.717380, 55.628099 (Google maps)
    24°43’02.6″N, 55°37’41.2″E (GPS)

    Drive Route &Terrain: Side Sloping, Big Dunes, Technical Dunes

    Duration: 3 hours (sundown)

    A New/Fewbee drive starts from Al Faqa and shall finish at nearby exit based on drive performance.

    Hope to see you all there for some friday fun.

    Please read the following and register for the drive:-

    Checklist:-

    a) Keep your emergency contact info at vehicle dashboard.
    b) Carry air compressor with you and ensure it’s in working condition.
    c) Ensure your 4 x 4 vehicle is in perfect condition and with enough fuel.
    d) Compatible Radio is a must.
    e) Carry all necessary off-road gears / recovery equipment in good condition.
    f) Carry enough water / refreshments / re-hydration drinks for self & co-passenger(s).

    Equipment that one needs to carry for off-roading
    Rules of the trip
    Dubai Offroaders – Disclaimer

    Sanjay Matthews
    055 5617510

    anonymous
    November 5, 2014 at 11:45 am #31285

    Good to see Irfan and Bruno in the line-up. Welcome back to DO guys 🙂 .

    Mebz
    November 5, 2014 at 12:33 pm #31287

    Looking forward to the :drive: after a long summer gap!!!

    911
    November 5, 2014 at 10:07 pm #31291

    I see every one is here 🙂

    Berenguer
    November 6, 2014 at 11:12 am #31293

    kick start the season!!

    mustuz
    November 8, 2014 at 5:32 am #31296

    It was a really nice drive from my newbie point of view.Thanks to Sanjay,Razik and Joe for their efforts and all others in the convoy.See you on next drive.
    Regards,
    Mustafa

    anonymous
    November 8, 2014 at 6:20 am #31297

    Another good day out in the desert 🙂 . The convoy was split into two and I was assigned in the fewbie convoy which Khaled Bhai would lead and Humayun would Sweep. Bearing in mind the strength of the convoy, Khaled Bhai kept switching between fewbie, fewbie ++ mode and at times raising the tempo to almost intermediate level :yesss: .

    We had a couple of stucks and a few repeat attempts and the usual limbo in the bowl scenario but it was all dealt with effectively by Humayun, Mehboob and Ayan.

    This :drive: offered the technical driving on small and medium dunes as well as the momentum based driving on the bigger ones.

    We passed by Super Bowl and Iftar Bowl and made it back to Badayer with a little bit of night driving.

    Irfan drove well and I am sure Bruno learned some new tricks today 😉 .

    Thank you Khaled Bhai for a fantastic lead and Humayun for sweep duties :thanks: .

    Last but not the least, the weather was truly awesome and we spotted a gazelle as well B-) .

    There were a lot of convoys out there doing this route this Friday and I guess we all got lucky with the weather.

    The track is attached.

    mustafah
    November 8, 2014 at 10:17 am #31298

    Thanks Saj for the trip report.
    Our trip was smooth as well with very nice weather and tricky dunes.
    See you all next time.

    Rem
    November 9, 2014 at 5:12 am #31300

    Thanks Sanjay for several recoveries and a great day in the dunes

    Sanjay
    November 10, 2014 at 4:08 am #31306

    Welcome guys, it was nice driving with all of you :). C u all next time.

    Cheers

    Mebz
    November 11, 2014 at 10:11 pm #31314

    It was a fun day out with some really nice weather…thank you Khaled Bhai for the lead and Humayun for the sweep…pleasure as always surfing the dunes with DO!

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