Night Fewbie Desert Drive - Lisalli - Dubai - 15 Mar 2024

[Davie Chase]

DRIVE DESCRIPTION

Welcome to Carnity off road club Fewbie night drive, meeting at Lisalli, please ensure your off-road gear is as per your rank and you bring lots of enthusiasm with you as this will be a night drive and will challenge us in a different way to the usual daylight drives as we maneuver through the dunes of Lisalli.

MUST READ AND COMPLY

• Environmental Policy
• Offroad Flag Guideline
• Two Way Radio Guideline
• Off road Driving Etiquette's
• Emergency details for all off-roaders
• Off Road Driving - Roles & Responsibilities

DRIVE DETAILS

Level:  Fewbie and above

When:  15 March 2024, Friday

Meeting time:   20:00 - Sharp (Without any exceptions)

Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/KGF6L8VwXMza3tJz7

Approximate finish time:  23:30

Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance.

What to bring along: Loads of water, snacks (for yourself), smiles, enthusiasm and willingness to learn.

Mandatory off-road gears: Tire deflator, tire pressure gauge, compressor, walkie-talkie radio, off-road flag, shovel, first-aid kit, Tow Rope, 2 Shackles and fire extinguisher. 

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE

• This drive is limited to 10 cars only. RSVP will close on Friday - 08:00 AM.
• Please withdraw your RSVP, if you find you are unable to join, so your spot can be taken by others in the waitlist.
• If the RSVP is full, you can add your name to the waitlist, if an RSVP attendee removes themselves, you will be moved from the waitlist to the RSVP list as an attendee.
• A convoy list will be sent out the day prior to the drive.
• Latecomers will be returned back - Without any exceptions.
• Members without RSVP will be returned back - Without any exceptions.
• Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month. 

PLEASE RSVP ON BELOW CALENDER

 

[Luke K P]

Moon-set is around 2300 tonight towards the the north west. Hopefully we get some nice scenes of 'close to the dunes' crescent moon.

I'm bringing the camera just incase we get lucky 🌘🌘🌘🌘

Edited March 15 by Pajy McPajface - luke

[Davie Chase]

Dear Desert Wanderers, @Pajy McPajface - luke, @Nizar Shawwa, @Julien Recan, @Mark B, @Aser, @Arravind, and @Gary F, we will be using Ch4 446.081 this evening. The convoy order will be as per below. Looking forward to a meander through the night sky's and dunes of Lisalli.

See you all flags up and deflated at 20:00 tonight

[Luke K P]

wow thats a lotta JEEPS!

1 hour ago, Davie Chase said:

Dear Desert Wanderers, @Pajy McPajface - luke, @Nizar Shawwa, @Julien Recan, @Mark B, @Aser, @Arravind, and @Gary F, we will be using Ch4 446.081 this evening. The convoy order will be as per below. Looking forward to a meander through the night sky's and dunes of Lisalli.

See you all flags up and deflated at 20:00 tonight

 

[Davie Chase]

1 hour ago, Pajy McPajface - luke said:

wow thats a lotta JEEPS!

 

Dont worry @Pajy McPajface - luke we will be kind to the Pajero and Patrol

[Luke K P]

It was my first night drive of 2024, and we got lucky with the super nice.wrather.after all the weather alerts we've been having lately.

Started from lisali just past the canlmel farms, and warmed up by zigzagging to the south west through many small dunes. Managed to scare my passenger a few times with some nice sharp drops and some fun sidies in this section before passing by the half buried car for a close look.

Hopefully everyone marks it in their maps so that we can check it out again in daylight sometime.

From here we got the technical dunes and headed towards qudra. Lots of tight manoeuvering on hard packed sand, spotting quite a few young gazelles. We had a quick break and noticed those steps were giving quite a work out to a couple of the jeeps number plates. Hopefully those get straightened out easily.

Just before the exit the convoy got waved down to perform a rescue on a Lexus sedan that had decided it was ready for a real adventure in the desert. Keep an eye on Instagram the driver took a pic of our cars and said he would try and tag carnity. 5 minutes later we were back in our way to exit.

Thanks @Davie Chase for the great drive, @Mark B excellent work on the first support drive... And glad that @Gary F made sure no one was left behind.

Nice driving from everyone! Was an easy 52km and perfect start to the weekend.  Enjoy the rest of it👋👋

Ps I was totally wrong about moonset time and didn't g get a single good photo of the moon 😅😅😅

 

 

 

Edited March 15 by Pajy McPajface - luke

[Davie Chase]

Dear Desert Wanderers, @Pajy McPajface - luke, @Nizar Shawwa, @Julien Recan, @Mark B, @Aser, @Arravind, and @Gary F firstly thank you all for showing up on time, this meant we were able to get away and finish the drive on time. not sure what i can add to the wonderful drive report that @Pajy McPajface - luke has shared with us. Except to say that you all drove exceptionally well.

The sand was still fairly hard and the top of the dunes had been flattened off and compacted by the rains of last week, but this should take nothing away from how you all drove, especially given that this was a first night drive for some of you.

We only had two refusals and one stuck. the one stuck i think will be debated by @Mark B and @Gary F as to whether or not this was an intentional cresting. given that @Gary F did promise to make @Mark B work for his supper in the previous break .  Either way it was handled superbly well by @Mark B

@Pajy McPajface - luke you were brilliant as always in the S/L position correcting and smoothing my lines and stopping when instructed. always a pleasure to have you in the convoy watching my back.

@Gary F great job as sweep mate gives me piece of mind to know i have someone of your experience and knowledge at the back keeping us all safe.

@Mark B fantastic job in your first role as CF, you did not have a lot to do but what you did do was handled professionally and with applied knowledge and skill. well don on your first drive as a support team member.

 Thanks again one and all and i hope to see you all in Fayah next week for another one :)

 

Have a great rest of your weekend

[Julien Recan]

A quickly put together short video from a couple recordings made by my wife:

 

Thanks for the drive @Davie Chase @Gary F @Mark B - always great to ride by night !