Hey Guys,
There as I speak (write) a guy windsurfing between Fort Denison and Cremorne Point. Are we allowed to do so? Where are the boudaries in Sydney habour?
Thanks Ole
I've done Rose Bay to Chowder in the past on a westerly, so I was illegal ?
Wow...
What are the odds of getting a ticket on that run on a slow winter day?
I'd say on a first offence you could probably get away with pleading ignorance. Just make sure you stay friendly. Since there aren't really that many people around windsurfing in the area it's not like you ask someone what the rules are. Not sure if there are signs on the beach either.
The bans probably date back to the eighties when there would have been heaps of newbie windsurfers bobbing around the harbour and getting in the way of every other vessel. One probably got in the way of a ferry or an MP's gin palace and that brought on the bans.
Nowadays windsurfing is quite different and the bans are clearly out of date. Even if the bans were lifted it's unlikely hordes of inexperienced windsurfers would descend upon Sydney Harbour.
Apparently, a few years ago, a couple of young guys from dobroyd crossed a dotted line on a map and the msb would not let them sail back to where they came and hauled their gear into a boat and gave them a lift back.
Is a pity, in the lead up to sydney2000, if you stuck a big M dot on your sail you could go where ever you wanted, was good.
