Morning Fewbie Desert Drive - Tawi Nizwa - Sharjah - 23 Nov 2024

[Davie Smooth_Operator]

DRIVE DESCRIPTION

Welcome to Carnity Off road Club Fewbie drive.

We request every member that joins this drive to go through the below information and strictly follow these guidelines, etiquettes and responsibilities.

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:  23 November 2024, Saturday

Meeting time:   07:00 - Sharp (Without any exceptions)

Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/NjBkdRiyDXGMhMHR9

Approximate finish time:  11:00

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

Note: Please ensure that all of your off-road gear is securely tied down with ratchet straps in the rear compartment of the vehicle. Bungy type tie downs are not suitable for tying down off-road gear.

 LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE

• This drive is limited to 10 cars only. RSVP will close on Friday - 12 PM.
• 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 CALENDAR

 

[Davie Smooth_Operator]

Dear desert Wanders, @Giacomo, @rroker, @W a q a r, @Abhishek Chikara, @ChrisW, @Jose Luis Campos, @essam ibrahim, @Arvindraj, @Zubair @Shiju Raju, @Gary F, @Ale Vallecchi, @Mark B, @Dr Tanveer Ahmed, @Andrei S, @Ahmed Farouk, @Michael asir, @Deepak Eswar, @khlief, and @azad, due to the popularity of this drive @Ale Vallecchi has kindly offered to lead a second convoy which means we can open the drive up to all that are waitlisted.

In order to plan this efficiently please let us know if you are still attending by liking this post (as this allows us to look at one list instead of reading a lot of individual posts) and if your plans have changed we would ask that you remove your RSVP

Look forward to seeing you all in the sand Saturday morning.

 

[Davie Smooth_Operator]

Dear desert Wanders, @Giacomo, @rroker, @W a q a r, @ChrisW, @Jose Luis Campos, @essam ibrahim, @Arvindraj, @Zubair @Shiju Raju, @Gary F, @Ale Vallecchi, @Mark B, @Dr Tanveer Ahmed, @Andrei S, @Michael asir, @khlief, @Mehmet Volga, @Martin Schwaiger, and @Gautam Banka  due to the popularity of this drive @Ale Vallecchi has kindly offered to lead a second convoy which means we have opened this drive up to all that were waitlisted.

Davie Leading Convoy 1 will use Ch4 446.081 and will line up on the Right side of the track at the meeting point 

Convoy 1 order will be as below

Ale Leading Convoy 2 will use Ch2 446.031 and will line up on the Left side of the track at the meeting point 

Convoy 2 order will be as below

Line Up of two convoys

 

[ChrisW]

Top work accommodating us all, will be exciting having everyone out. See you bright and early. 

[Abhishek Chikara]

Hello. I have come down with fever and hence, have removed myself from the list. Thank you.

[Davie Smooth_Operator]

@Abhishek Chikara get well soon 

[azad]

I will have to drop out from this drive.

[Sunstreaker]

Sorry guys. Woke up with a fever! Have to drop out! 

[Ale Vallecchi]

Thank you @davie c smooth operator for opening up the convoy and letting me lead its second half. We did have a great time, even while staying away from an extremely crowded, and terribly littered, Pink Rock, concentrating on reaching Big Red, through the very nice sand bowls along the way. Also thanks for extending the drive to Badayer's side and its big dunes.

All my drivers - @Giacomo, @rroker, @W a q a r, @Jose Luis Campos, @Arvindraj, @Zubair @Shiju Raju,  @Andrei S - did great, with a special thanks to @Mehmet Volga who helped greatly with his support and guidance from the Center's position. 

I hope that @rroker is feeling OK after the unfortunate roll which happened almost at the end of the drive. Please let us know if you sorted out the car's assistance and recovery, and if you have made sure you are 100% in good health (as Davie suggested, I would also advise you go see a doctor, and monitor how you are feeling at least throughout the weekend). You have taken the incident with an admirable amount of philosophy: be sure that these things can happen, at any time, to anybody, so I hope to see you back in action soon.

For all drivers asking how the roll happened, it was just an unfortunate case of fighting gravity, by counter steering toward the ridge while being too low on the approach. Surely the mistake was compounded by the heavy tracks that scarred the whole face of the dune (the car may not have flipped if it had not bounced on the deep tracks).

Have a great weekend all of you, and see you soon out there.

[Davie Smooth_Operator]

Dear desert Wanders, @Giacomo, @rroker, @W a q a r, @ChrisW, @Jose Luis Campos, @essam ibrahim, @Arvindraj, @Zubair @Shiju Raju, @Gary F, @Mark B, @Andrei S, @Gautam Banka, @Michael asir, @Martin Schwaiger, @khlief, @Ale Vallecchi and @Mehmet Volga Thank you all for showing up on time yesterday at a very crowded start point and for the patience as we waited for the fog to lift and to get the convoys sorted out into an order that allowed us to start the drive. You guys all drive extremely well from start to finish, we only had one real stuck and only a handful of refusals, great job by all.

@Ale Vallecchi thank you so much for coming in and taking the second convoy allowing us to open up to more of the club members on a busy drive weekend, agree with your synopsis of post incident review, very unfortunate indeed and hope that @rroker you are ok and have been checked out, that is the most important thing and the car will be replaced as it can be where as you cannot. These types of incidents as we have said are very unfortunate, and this is why we emphasize what we do during the briefings, also this really brings home the importance of tying everything securely with cargo straps to ensure nothing is moving around the cabin if this does happen. I as Ale was very impressed with how you handle the post incident events, given that this is never easy and emotions are fueled by adrenalin, please keep us up to date with how things are, and feel free to reach out to me of any of the Carnity team if you need any assistance at all.

@Mehmet Volga thank you for coming in and supporting the drive this allows allowed us to split the convoy, really appreciated and great to see you out in the sand again.

I would personally like to thank the whole convoy for their patience and assistance during the recovery of the vehicle. Amazing comradery and team spirit.

To all those who drove with me in convoy one @ChrisW,  @essam ibrahim, @Gary F,  @Mark B, @Michael asir, @khlief, @Gautam Banka, and @Martin Schwaiger you guys drove amazingly well given the mix of terrain, debris, bushes, and traffic so hats off to you all.

 A big shout out to my S/L @ChrisW, amazing job mate, distance was good and reactions to smooth out the lines was second to none, thanks and well done.

And a big thank you to my support team

In CF we had @Gary F as always calm and professional in the support role throughout the drive, giving guidance where needed and excellent mastery of assistance during recoveries. 

Finally in the sweep we had @Mark B great job keeping me informed of other traffic and issues within the convoy as well as your demeaner during the few recoveries we had to deal with is reassuring for any lead.

Great job from both of you and always gives me peace of mind having you in my convoy.

Pictures from Convoy 1 have been posted in the gallery.

Have a great rest of your weekend.