1.5 mins to the local (Deception Bay) if I ever decide to sail there (Have to try it one day).
30-40mins to Sandstone Point (Main Sailing Spot).
25mins to Beachmere then rig up on the inlaws backyard.

For the guys that sail at "White Rock/Makaha" on the north side of Long Reef in Sydney, the journey by car can be anywhere from 2km to 30+km.

However, when you get to the Lookout carpark, you still have to carry your gear 700m to get to the rigging spot.

Definitely warms the body up before you start sailing

IMO, it's still one of the best places to sail (for wave jumping), especially when there's swell !

Takes me 3 minutes walk to get down to the local yacht club.

40 mins.to Coal Point . 50 Valentine. 60 odd Canton or Peel St (B udgewoi)

Yikes ... I'm 50 minutes to any beach in Brisbane. Then often driving 1 - 1+1/2 hours to the various coasts ... That doesn't include when you get brutalised in evening traffic on the way home. argghhh

20mns way too long

5 min,36 seconds to Trial Bay.

And 2 minutes to the best spot on the Macleay River (which is still pretty average...)



And 1.15 hrs to some good flat water at Queens Lake.

1.4 hrs to Harrington speed strip- still haven't tried it yet...

i believe there is a concept of "real time" and "perceived time"
i measured the real one once - about 20 minutes to the Park
however, it seems like i phase out and go in windsurf mode on the way
you know - like when you do not remember parts of a trip - mind was somewhere else
i seem to wake up about 2 minutes from the Park gate and it is 2 minutes from there to the beach
{my humble apologies to everyone i upset while driving in this stupor }
then - what feels really long is - deciding what to use - rigging it and carrying it to the beach
that's about a 50 to 100 meter walk from the carpark
to make matters worse - water level has been low
so, kiters are close to shore and windsurfers walk another 200 meters in the water $%^&*()
others in the area - live near the beach - 5 minute drive
some go 3 hours to Quebec City or Kingston
i like to keep it under one hour - ideally less then 30 minutes !!!
cuz if you get there and you cannot go
{due to change in conditions or missing parts #$%^&*}

20 min or 90 min depending on whether another truckie has wedged his oversized rig into one of the eastern distributor tunnels.

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joe windsurf said..

cuz if you get there and you cannot go

like if you get there and the lake has frozen over

10mins if i had the balls to sail currumbin, 35min to the train, 40mins to shearwater

Sorry to rub it in

Safety Bay sailing spots
first video
crappy edit
even worse weather

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Windxtasy said..
Well I have it tough. I have to drive at least 15 minutes, but I am spoilt for choice...

15 minutes to Melville, where I go if I'm short of time.

15 minutes to Majestic Point

20 minutes to Pelican Point and another 10 minutes to find a parking spot! (I don't go there much)

25 minutes to Pt Walter35 Minutes to Safety Bay55 minutes to Coodanup

60 minutes to Novara65 minutes to Liptons

1hr 30 to Australind or Yoyo's, and about the same to Lancelin in the other direction.

Yeah and some people reckon living north of the river is the go.
No bloody way.
Additional to your list is 10-20mins to the ONLY coastal spots in winter.

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Stuthepirate said..

Safety Bay sailing spots
first video
crappy edit
even worse weather

We've just had an unbroken run of 100 days sunshine (or thereabouts) and you choose today to take the video?

It does depend if it is from home or work but from home:

10 min to river (Melville beach)
10-15 min to river2 (Pelican point - only straight from work)
20-25 mins to Woodies
30-40 mins to Safety Bay

Yet to give all the easterly spots ago (i.e. Pt Walter, Majestic Point etc) - just got back into it after a long leave of absence.

90% of the time I go to Penguin Island / Safety Bay (Carlisle St and the The Pond).

We have it pretty good in Perth

All these times are dependent upon the traffic which around Sydney usually consists of roads turning into parking lots.

45 minutes to Narrabeen Lake
Around an hour to Pittwater
A bit under and hour to Kyeemagh
A bit over an hour to Canton Beach


So close to nowhere but on the whole that's okay. I have a 10 to 15 minute walk to work and it hasn't been windy in Sydney for months.

1 min to Maroubra Beach
10 mins to Kyeemagh
35 mins to Kurnell
70 mins to Lake Illawarra
90 mins to Canton Beach

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Windxtasy said..

We've just had an unbroken run of 100 days sunshine (or thereabouts) and you choose today to take the video?

I don't want everyone anymore kiteboarders to see what a sailing paradise we have down here