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132. Enrique Gallart. Windsurfing on desert islands.

3. september 2026 · 59 min · 0 visninger

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Enrique Gallart, a Valencia-based windsurfer who took up the sport around 1989–90, describes traveling to Isla Tortuga, Venezuela in 1995 — when neither mobile phones nor internet existed — to windsurf a deserted island for 15 days.8:49 He arrived with minimal gear, slept in conditions that left animal tracks (likely iguana) beside him overnight, shredded his hand calluses in warm salt water, and encountered large shadows beneath his board while jumping off the reef.14:22 The experience pushed him toward cruising sailing and eventually charter work: he earned a Patrón de Yate certificate, built one of Spain's early nautical charter websites, and developed a hands-on teaching method that bypassed standard sailing-school curricula.21:00 He also discusses the 2007 and 2010 America's Cup in Valencia.22:47 The podcast episode also features French underwater photographer Jean-Raphael Tocdoua, whose exhibition of marine photography runs at the Museo Marítimo de Asturias, and Juan Melgar of Librería Robinson presenting a book on the history of knots and marlinspike seamanship, *Historia de los nudos y el arte de anudar*, by Armada captain Juan Azores Masó.3:29

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