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Alacati is Turkey’s answer to Bonaire. Super easy conditions with shallow flat safe water, plus gorgeous eateries and Windwise adventures.
This is one of our favourite training locations and we have our assistant Windwise coaches to enable us to cover all levels.
Based on shared room & excluding flights
Turkeys answer to Bonaire
Conditions: Super easy flat water freeride
Water state: Large shallow area to stand in
Wind direction: Meltemi side shore (left to right)
Wind strength: F4-5+
Sail range: 4.5-7m
Windsurf centre: Gaastra / NP / JP
Course criteria: Improver upwards sub 170L board
Non-windsurfing partner rating: Wonderful!
Other activities: SUP + Windsurf foiling + Winging + Gym + Basketball + Cultural tours + eBiking + Wine tasting + Private dining
A perfect place to make your moves
Alacati (pronounced Ala-cha-tu) is a Windwise destination on the south western coast of Turkey.
Famous for its stone houses, vineyards and windmills, Alacati is now renowned as a fantastic freeride destination. The shallow water area is perfect for beginners, improvers, intermediates and advanced windsurfers looking to really make progress.
In Alacati we have our beginner - improver groups running alongside our main Freeride course , so plenty of coaching for all levels.
A range of courses & coaching for your level
TURKEYS ANSWER TO BONAIRE…
PERFECT FREERIDING
Incredible dining experiences
This charming town has a lot offer the non-windsurfers amongst you.
It’s perfect for a wander through the cobblestone streets, checking out the bustling market, stylish buildings, restaurants, bars, cool cafes and boutique shops.
We've been coming here for over 20 years and we know you're going to love it too.
Simon Bornhoft’s expert experience, 1-2-1 guidance and the proven Windwise Skills Training System provides the very best in professional coaching.
The perfect way to improve
Proven coaching system
Simon Bornhoft heads up the coaching for the week, with his team assisting the additional windsurfing groups.
In Alacati we have dual windsurfing groups, including the beginner/improver groups.
Our approach to guarantee a professional coaching experience that includes:
We’ll get you flying
Give you level a boost with our specialised coaching system
We’ll help you all the way
We’ll help you develop core windsurfing skills to enhance your current level and ensure you make progress through the week and beyond.
In Alacati we also have our Windwise coaches assisting with our beginner-improver group so that you can bring friends and partners of different levels.
Become better looking
How to create your ultimate counterbalance
Specific consistent foot & hand placements
Learn the DNA of how to turn a board
Learn how to truly use body mechanics
Rig@90 + Talk to the mic + Rig rotators + Upwind downwinders
We blend in our Windwise skills and drills to suit your level, increase your knowledge and make sure you get loads of personal development to get the most out of your time on the water.
Technique, tuition and taste sensations
There’s very few European tourists, and the Alacati area has a very liberal cosmopolitan feel. It’s a fun vibrant area and we know some unique gastronomic gems you’d never find.
Whether is cheap local Pide, beach side dining, hill top feasts, Sara’s private dining or last night at Pappazz, it’s a taste sensation.
We know the best places to go and they treat us like family.
We’ve been coming for over 20 years!
We know some cool places you’d never find
The windsurfing is in Alacati bay, but the actual town is approx 4km away from the beach. We head into town in the evenings. It’s famous for the traditional Greek windmills with their iconic cone-shaped roofs.
Stroll through the labyrinth of streets and take in the very welcoming Turkish vibe or maybe sip a cocktail watching the world go by.
The Ileri Hotel is in Ilica, right next to Alacati town. We’ve been coming here for 20 years and is an incredibly welcoming, friendly family-run hotel. Murat and his family make us feel like we are family.
It’s only 2km from Alacati town and we take our special Windwise bus to the beach each day (15min ride), which is all part of the Alacati experience.
Hotel Ileri where we’ll enjoy post sail beers, team talks, video playback, communal breakfasts and grab a 5 min taxi into Alacati town at night.
The Yucca Hotel is cool small friendly, which we’ve been using in recent years.
The hotel is only 4oom from the windsurfing area and 7km from Alacati town. So we often grab a 5 min taxi into Alacati town at night.
Yucca Hotel is a 5 min walk from the windsurfing area and ideal for post sail beers, team talks, video playback and communal breakfasts.
It can be possible to also stay at the at Antmare Hotel, which has been popular with non-windsurfing partners. It’s got that white linen wafty curtains mediterranean vibe.
The hotel is just 4oom from the windsurfing area and 7km from Alacati town.
Depending on room availability, there's a £299 per person supplement to stay at Antmare.
Antmare Hotel is a 5 minute walk from the windsurfing area and it’s got full spa, swimming pool(s) and yoga, beach side lounges.
As well as the fabulous windsurfing there’s other options expand your whole Alacati experience. We’ve been coming here for many years and love it!
We’ll give you a fabulous experience
Straight off the beach is shallow flat-water which is perfect for skills training, blasting and gybe practice.
The Meltemi wind from the north blows side shore (left to right).
The wind is usually lighter in the mornings and then builds through the afternoon, which is perfect for our Skills Training System.
Morning: F2-4 in the mornings
Afternoon: F4-5+
Perfect energy saving environment
Plus you can try our Severne kit too
The centre is packed with kit and there’s very rarely an issue getting the right board or sail for you.
They run a booked board and pool system so you can swap to suit the conditions and as you level improves.
There’s changing rooms, shop, restaurant, showers, lockers, chill out area and they really look after us.
Quality control + Planing skills + Fast waterstarts + Gybes, gybes, gybes
At the top of the bay, ex pro Jimmy Diaz has his Turkish youth training squad.
In light winds we’ll Warrior Tack upwind, do coffee and Warrior Gybe back.
When it's windy, it's a ride to remember, cranking back down the bay.
If the wind is light and you fancy a go, there are options to also try WindFoiling or Winging.
Below is a list of everything you need to know about your holiday in Alacati.
Go step-by-step through everything and use it as a checklist: Flights – Transfers – Accommodation – Communications – What to Bring.
Outbound
Inbound
Group Transfer
Private Transfers
Ileri Hotel Apartments
Telephone
Outbound
Inbound
Group Transfer
Private Transfers
Yucca Hotel
Telephone
Outbound
Inbound
Group Transfer
Private Transfers
Ileri Hotel Apartments
Telephone
It is compulsory to have third-party and personal insurance for the duration of the course, covering injury to self and others.
Travel insurance is also recommended to cover any possible issues that may arise.
RYA insurance definitely does not cover you overseas for rental gear or third party accidental cover or kit damage.
There is an option to take out local insurance for damage to the hire kit at €10 per day. Or you could use Safety Tool which is about €40 per year.
If you don’t already have third-party windsurfing insurance, you can contact Insure4Sport for year-round cover.
Travel light for Alacati
Let us know if you have any special dietary requirements or health issues we need to know about.
Simon Bornhoft / Windwise – by Ian Phillips of www.kuchi.solutions
About Windwise
You’re getting the knowledge, expertise and enthusiasm of one of the worlds most experienced coaches, Simon Bornhoft.
Simon has personally coached well over 6,000 windsurfers. He’s seen, tried and coached just about every single windsurfing style, tip and technique out there.
His intuitive ability to instantly identify where things are going wrong, is matched by the ability and desire to give you the exact solution, skill set and the quickest progression path to match your level, style and aspirations.
The Windwise system has been published in articles all over the world. But there’s nothing better than getting it live on the water with Simon and his team.
Check out more about Simon and his team here.
If you’re new to the sport or you’re looking to lock down the real basics, these courses are perfect for you.
Run by our trained Windwise coaches, they can assist you through the beginning and early stages of the sport using proven Windwise windsurfing coaching techniques to speed up your learning curve. We have 1 to 2 day windsurfing courses and our very popular overseas windsurfing holidays.
Introducing, explaining and building the essential windsurfing skills using the Windwise coaching system.
Simon Bornhoft we’ll help you develop and improve all areas of your windsurfing. Quick beach and waterstarts, relaxed stances, quality control, the earliest of planing, controlled harnessing and blasting in the straps, better upwind sailing, quicker tacking and learning how to gybe.
Want to break that plateau, extend your wind range, increase speed and consistency in those gybes and learn other achievable short board skills and moves? Then this is the course for you.
Simon Bornhoft will guide you through sailing smaller boards, tacking in stronger winds/lower volume boards, cranking up those carve gybes, control-jumping over chop, or having some fun with optional feasible freestyle like flat water wave riding, duck gybes, helitacks, up and downwind 360’s etc.
If you’re looking to get into waves or develop existing wave sailing skills you wave then our Freewave & Wave courses are the perfect environment to take you to the next level – which is far more accessible than you might think.
We run through high wind control, sailing sub 100L boards, uphauling, tacking and hovering on semi submerged boards.
Common questions
If you’re new to the sport or you’re looking to lock down the real basics, these courses are perfect for you. Run by our trained WINDWISE coaches, they can assist you through the beginning and early stages of the sport using proven WINDWISE windsurfing coaching techniques to speed up your learning curve. We have 1-2 day windsurfing courses and our very popular overseas windsurfing holidays.
Booking conditions
Windwise will do their best to ensure your safety and enjoyment on the water. There will be times when you’re being coached individually and in a group. There will also be times when you are freesailng by yourself, just like a regular windsurfing holiday-resort.
Windsurfing is, potentially, a dangerous sport and you must agree to sail in a responsible manner and in the designated areas outlined to you in resort.
In the event that Simon Bornhoft is not able to make the clinic/holiday or course due to illness or unforeseen circumstances, your Windwise booking and holiday are still valid and the course/holiday/adventure will still go ahead and another Windwise coach will be provided for you.
Being a small operation we have to pre-pay hotels and centres to get rates, plus there are associated costs for putting these courses on overseas.
So if for any unforeseen reason you’re unable to attend the clinic or experience holiday cancellation, airline cancellation, personal health issues, injury or any other personal reason or unforeseen circumstances that prevent you from joining the course, you will still be required to pay for your holiday. You can transfer your place to another person, but if you need to cancel and cannot find a replacement we will offer compensation under the following guidelines.
