Short vid of me playing at Jervis Bay last Christmas. Ahh the memories...

Hey gegc,

You must have been unlucky - it's just about the windiest spot on the east coast after Gerroa.

guys just keep it in mind if your down this way and there's a good southerly have a look at callala bay , its the further est northern point of jervis bay ,you have the choice of big lazy swells out he back or flat water behind the reef, the wind is usually nice and even so most of the gusts have evened out by the time they get to callala
here's a pic behind the reef in a 25knt southerly the pic is close to low tide and is totaly covered where the guy is standing at high tide,if you like jumping with heaps of speed you will notice a ramp at the end of the reef and the swell pics up the further you go out , if you plan sailing send me a PM please, i have just brought a new 5/9 freeride just for this spot

Shortest day of the year is behind us (21/06)...don't worry guys - Summer is on it's way!

Sailhack said...

Shortest day of the year is behind us (21/06)...don't worry guys - Summer is on it's way!

Sometime ya read an item and the day just gets better.
So glad we are on the other side and heading back to Summer. Thanks Sailhack
Feel for you guys over there in Winter.

Bonominator said...

Short vid of me playing at Jervis Bay last Christmas. Ahh the memories...

Great Vid! What gear were you on?

gregc said...

really, I am down JB quite a lot but rarely see JB as windy as SP. Maybe its just a location thing.

That's interesting, because it's true Sanctuary gets slightly higher wind gusts because of the aerofoil effect from the Bay's promontory, but JB has far more consistent wind, has virtually no weed, longer runs, great ramps for jumping etc etc. I used to sail at Sanctuary when I was much younger (hitting 40 next year alas) but I just enjoy JB far more. That said, when next I'm up, I should get the speed gear into the Basin to try my luck at 30+ nautical miles, as I managed a 29 NM in JB that day on a 6.4 and 55 slalom. Incidently, that video was taken at around 11:30 in the morning and I changed down to a Koncept 5.0 at 2 when the wind went 25+.

Mobydisc said...

Yes bring back summer.....

I'm missing it so much I uploaded a few of my summer windsurfing vids to the iPad in my care so I can watch them more conveniently. I generally watch them every couple of days. How sad.


This one was watched the least on utube but is my favourite. A great windsurfing song to accompany it.

Yep! That's got to be my favourite too Karl

Today is the shortest day - bring on the N/E seabreeze & warmth

keef said...

you know it wasn't all that long everyone was complaining about how bad our last summer was in the last month i have sailed some of the best southerlies, s/w and westerlies i have ever sailed, had about 6 PB'S on the gps challenge site and the best part is we have got sh-t loads of more westerlies to come bring them on

Too right baby! But that was a La Nina summer which is usually rubbish for wind....

And haven't the seabreeze forecast have been pretty good lately? They picked it picking up late yesterday. This morning was spot on. Didn't see you out on the lake as I drove past Keef. Don't tell me you missed it. Sunday 4.30 pm. see you there.

Ian K said...


. Didn't see you out on the lake as I drove past Keef. Don't tell me you missed it. Sunday 4.30 pm. see you there.

Ian as you said seabreeze has been spot on, i had a client at 9.00 and figured it would have dropped off by the time i got up there, im sure it hung around till about 3.00pm ,seabreeze had it dropping off at around 11.00 besides Leo & craig wore me out yesterday trying to catch the slippery buggars ,

hey Ian i bet those knuckles were dragging on the ground after yesterday with that gear you was sailing

did u launch from the yacht club?

we stopped there around chrissy, and contemplated rigging as it was quite windy, but big storm was brewing so we kept driving to vic

Jervis bay really looked like a dream place to sail