Can anyone recommend a spot round Sydney for some flat(ish?) water blasting in these western winds that are due for the next few days? Easy to launch intermediate sailing would be ideal. I always find the westerly very fickle and gusty, so Im open to ideas.
Pete.

If you're on the south side, come down to Primbee @ Lake Illawarra. There is a 1.5km by 500m area that you can stand up in. sheltered rigging too with loads of parking. I can confidently say there will be some other Sydneysiders down here tomorrow.

Make sure you've got a weed fin though. <30cm draft and 40 degree rake is good, <25cm draft and 45 degree rake is better, <20cm draft and 50 degree rake and you will be truly on the money!

16cm weedies only tomorrow Eckas?
And coffee truck closes at 6.30am

Shhh, can you hear it? Huey has just begun rattling my windows!!!

Yes, a 16cm weedy is what you will depart Primbee with tomorrow, regardless of what length it was to begin with, given the amount of bottom-scraping I suspect will be going on!!

Just a warning, my coffee truck only serves three varieties - black with none, black with one, black with two....

If you don't have a weed fin and don't want to travel you can try foreshore road in Sydney, opposite the airport runway. Access to a small beach is from the carpark at Mill Stream Lookout. The place is flat, but not much space.
Another alternative is Kurnell, but the runs there would be very choppy

I was thinking of checking out foreshore drive myself tomorrow