Winter West Wind.

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peterowensbabs
peterowensbabs
NSW
499 posts
NSW, 499 posts
18 Jul 2017 3:32pm
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.
Jetlag
Jetlag
NSW
195 posts
NSW, 195 posts
18 Jul 2017 4:28pm
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.
eckas
eckas
NSW
323 posts
NSW, 323 posts
18 Jul 2017 7:45pm
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!
Dezza
Dezza
NSW
956 posts
NSW, 956 posts
18 Jul 2017 8:27pm
16cm weedies only tomorrow Eckas?
And coffee truck closes at 6.30am
eckas
eckas
NSW
323 posts
NSW, 323 posts
18 Jul 2017 8:58pm
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....
powersloshin
powersloshin
NSW
1855 posts
NSW, 1855 posts
18 Jul 2017 9:20pm
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





G30ff0
G30ff0
NSW
128 posts
NSW, 128 posts
18 Jul 2017 9:47pm
I was thinking of checking out foreshore drive myself tomorrow
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