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so that's 135 knot winds heading for the best speed run in australia.

time will tell.

Where exactly is Burrum?

Just up from Hervey Bay QLD

Found it on Google, looks magic!!!!!

it really is gold.

4.5km of mirror like water and doesn't tend to suffer from rolling chop in close to the bank.

also has the classic arc shape to promote the bearaway.

How will it cope with a 3m storm surge

the area of land from bundaberg to hervey bay would be removed.

i actually spoke with the epa about this a while back. james cook uni has done some modelling.

but lets stay positive.

I was only guessing the surge, hopefully it isn't anywhere near that, if it is then start sussing out the sand dunes

Have fun Bud

i'll be ok. i live near the gold coast.

back around 94 a cyclone came down to bundy and i went sailing at sunny coast. about 3 hrs south.

i needed a 3.5m sail and there was a 1.5m tidal surge where i was.

i can't believe how quiet the bom is about this beast.

not sure which one.

either this one in 93 agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/summary/wsp/s/199206.html.en

or this one in 94 agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/summary/wsp/s/199302.html.en

Hardie, Its easy to find Burrum Heads. Qantas midnight flight from Perth to Sydney,then direct flight from Sydney to Fraser Coast (Hervey Bay) where you will be met by local mob(sters) for the senic 20 minute drive to Burrum.
After introducing you to the towns population, 5mins, you then put on your boardies and hit the speed strip. Sail for 4hrs then return home. EASY AS.
Why not plan a trip over for the week end 28-29 March and join 30-40 speedsters for the event.

As an old sailor once said: If your not living life on the edge then you are taking up to much room.

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hooray said...

Hardie, Its easy to find Burrum Heads. Qantas midnight flight from Perth to Sydney,then direct flight from Sydney to Fraser Coast (Hervey Bay) where you will be met by local mob(sters) for the senic 20 minute drive to Burrum.
After introducing you to the towns population, 5mins, you then put on your boardies and hit the speed strip. Sail for 4hrs then return home. EASY AS.
Why not plan a trip over for the week end 28-29 March and join 30-40 speedsters for the event.

As an old sailor once said: If your not living life on the edge then you are taking up to much room.

And Hardie, those boardies definately don't need to go over the top of your wetsuit either.

Sounds Incredibly Tempting, not this year, but will be doing longer trips in the years to come, and will spend at least a couple of weeks in qLD, be great to catch up with all you crew!!!!!!!!

Currently TC 'Hamish' is 600km north of Mackay and all we're getting so far is heaps of rain and a few squalls. Maybe it'll clean up if it goes further south.

bushfires, earthquakes, cyclones... somethings going on!
Looks like there are some pretty high tides over the next couple of days, I hope the cyclone moves further offshore. good luck guys.

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latedropeddy said...

bushfires, earthquakes, cyclones... somethings going on!
Looks like there are some pretty high tides over the next couple of days, I hope the cyclone moves further offshore. good luck guys.

kites

Well im packed ready for the 3.5hr drive so.
not worried about storm surges its still a fair distance from Burrum.
Hopefully Hamish well just start to move out to sea and take the rain with it.
And just leave us wind

Good luck peoples

Hope to see some photos and some good stories of daring and mad arsed bravardo

agree elmo,

rip it up guys and don't forget about the crocs.

i'm guessing there ain't gonna be any kites on the water.

they can't handle the wind.

just looking at the station data for flinders reef, 80 knots was the average wind, not the gusts.

1pm was 83 knots.

Hi Guys,

Burrum speed strip has me puzzled

My bro lives down the road in Hervey Bay & has been unable to go out in his boat to fish most of this Summer as the it blows SE 30 knots everyday.

But where are the GPS speeds
With this much wind you would expect to see 40+ knot speeds being posted somewhere

simple answer is that the guys capable of doing over 40 knots live in brisbane.

and yes it has been blowing for weeks there.

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icesurf said...

Hi Guys,

Burrum speed strip has me puzzled

My bro lives down the road in Hervey Bay & has been unable to go out in his boat to fish most of this Summer as the it blows SE 30 knots everyday.

But where are the GPS speeds
With this much wind you would expect to see 40+ knot speeds being posted somewhere

"30 knots every day"????????? someones dreamin
Our most used sail this season has been 7.5m give or take a metre ie 10-18 kn and averaging 4 sailable days a week
Only twice have we got to use a 5.8m
and 2days of 4.7m

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icesurf said...

Hi Guys,

Burrum speed strip has me puzzled

My bro lives down the road in Hervey Bay &

I'm Puzzled Icesurf, I thought all of NZ had already moved here, what are you doing over there when your brothers trying to powerboat here near a cool (but warm) sailing spot?

When is the most reliable windy season for the speed strip?

Its been a pretty crap summer for wind here in QLD. There is a custom spot for Burrum in Windguru, just search for it. Some guys went to Burrum today, fingers crossed XX. The speed challange should be in the Windy season, but this season I dont think has been normal

its where i'd like to be at the moment- its the conditions we'v been waiting for to use burrum. If we dont see 40knots+ from at least 4 of the guys that hav gone up i'll be disappointed. Question is will it still be there for the speed comp 2 weeks after it gets hit by a cyclone?

Mark
Don't jinx it - positive thoughts everyone.

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mkseven said...

its where i'd like to be at the moment- its the conditions we'v been waiting for to use burrum. If we dont see 40knots+ from at least 4 of the guys that hav gone up i'll be disappointed. Question is will it still be there for the speed comp 2 weeks after it gets hit by a cyclone?

The sand banks will still be there, I don't think that's going to be a problem.

The real concern is going to be flotsam drifting down river in two weeks time if we get a lot of rain this week.

It was only 15-20kts at Burrum today

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fitz66 said...

It was only 15-20kts at Burrum today

Well MKSeven will be disappointed
BTW - what were the top speeds?