WindsurfingUK Issue 7 June 2018 | Page 13

13 SLEEPING WITH DRAGONS WORDS: MIKE WAND-TETLEY PICS: MIKE WAND-TETLEY, DAVID VAREKAMP RUGGED, BEAUTIFUL AND UNTAMED: MAURITIUS IS THE INDIAN OCEAN’S BLACK DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH. Sitting in the tropical Trade Wind belt some 2000Km off the coast of Africa and surrounded by the world’s third largest reef, Mauritius has huge potential for some truly epic wave sailing. Once I had realised this and seen a few amazing pictures there was no doubt in my mind, I was going. uk WIND SURFING