The stadium that hosted the gymnastics is used for film shows and indoor windsurfing.
Now meshes are everywhere. Nike also uses a material called Ultralam, used in windsails for windsurfing, for its cross-country training shoes.
In addition to Tarrafal, another tourist prospect is Sal Island, 120 miles to the north, where stready winds, potent rum and cheap lobster already attract the ritzy European windsurfing set.
Mr James Andrews was ill for 18 months after catching the disease in July 1991 after windsurfing at Eastbourne.