Hi,

New to Tasmania and wondering where to launch for Stanly west inlet, found the east easy enough but the wind seems better for the west.

Thanks, Tom

There's a road called 'western inlet' I think, a few hundred meters back toward the highway from the eastern inlet car park area. There's a small carpark spot and a rocky boat ramp. You can drive down to the western inlet sand bar at low tide, but there is a high risk of getting bogged once you leave the rocky stuff and the tides can come in right up over that sand, so best to rig up and walk/sail down to the sand bar area.

Others may have more information.

Hope you get some good sailing in!!

Maybe someone with the local knowledge could email me/post the 'spot guide' template, and I can add it to thespotguide.com.au

Thanks for the info, tide comes up really quick... Dodgy old van isn't the best on those stones either wind didn't really come through. Hopefully an easterly tomorrow, mite not show until the water disappears. Beautiful spot here!

Sure is beautiful there, (I got married up on the Nut). So much to do on the NW corner. Is it similar to Ireland at all?

Yeah they are quite similar, only been here 2 days so far and i'm impressed already.
If anyones heading out the North/ NW let me know, working in Burnie for a few months.

This is my favourite spot in Ireland - Magheroarty

Wow, nice!, welcome to Tas.

Wow mate, looks like endless opportunities for watersports there.
Looks a bit like Tassie - blue water, blue sky, white sandy beaches, local pub serving Guinness in pints, fair maidens delivering those pints to thirsty sailors bull****eting about how good the day's sail was (is craic the right Irish name for this?)
Enjoy the local food too, the seafood restaurant on the wharf is tops, and the servo (where you get fuel) at the Stanley turnoff from the highway has awesome home-made pies.
Enjoy.

Hello Tom, you could try West Beach, to get there drive to Stanley turn left and go up over Green Hills, past the lookout then turn left at the tee junction. From here its about 1 km, there is a grassy area to rig on. You can sail here at any tide, SW wind is best. You can also sail to West Inlet from here, especially on a high tide.

Welcome to Tassie Tom if you're into wave sailing Marrawah is just round the corner and world class
love the pic of the old country

Yeah it's great craic over here. I was on the cascade stout in the pub... It's a tasty drop! Went and had a look at the west beach, looked like the water was a long way out and very shallow... That was right at the north end.
Pretty new at wavesailing, only been out in waist high a few times- always scared of getting smashed when it's bigger, but would love to give it a go. Hoping to get somewhere to stay up towards wynyard... Is this a good place to be based?
Thanks for the info and welcome.

Yeah Cascade Export Stout is tops. Although if you like stout then the best I know is a brew from New Zealand , it's called I-Stout, by the "seven wired brewing company". It is liquid gold, but only available from 2 shops, Cool wine in Hobart, and a bottle'o in Launceston (sorry don't know which one).
Wynyard is a great place - I recently spent 6 months there for work, and could easily move there. It's a country town on the coast, walk down the street and everyone says "g'day", and it's central to all the best windsurfing, fishing, bushwalking etc on the NW coast.

Hi Tom, I was sifting through the forums and alway visit my old home state only to find some one I think I may have met at Inverloch some weeks ago. Seems co incidental that he was ( 1 ) Irish ( 2 ) on his way to Tassie and (3 ) driving a "well used " van! If it is you, goodluck, good sailing, and most of the locals really do only have one head! (ask them) Regards, mobi

Bugger off Mobi we got two heads so when we go to the mainland we have someone intelligent to talk to

So sensitive Houston! I'm an old Penguin boy who had to broaden his horizons,- how much teasing do you think I had to cop and defend the home state. Anyway, I was only asking after my Irish aquaintace,not divide the nation, that's the pollies job. Happy Sailing - Mobi

Mobi I was actually born in Cork emigrated to Tassie by boat when I was 5 years old and that was back in 1957 so that's why I have a chip on my shoulder not a second head and have for 54 years been teased bullied bashed bastardised buggered sh.t upon kicked in the guts kicked when I was down and worst of all the only friends I've got left are a bunch of alcoholic sailors with the same sick sense of humour as me

ppfffft nothing but a 10 pound pom

P.S. and he kicked me in the only head I've got!

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ppfffft nothing but a 10 pound pom

I think it was 10 pound for the whole family, mum dad six kids that makes me a 1 pound 5 shillings and sixpence and I reckon dad forgot to tell the queen we were all born in ireland
Mobi are you still talking to me

Houston, I understand completely ! Me, born in Suffolk came out to improve the stock at the age of 5 in 1955 copped heaps indivdually and as a family,(paid our own way) Yes, !'ll still talk to you, you great Irish Git, probably have to find another thread though, Tom must be feeling violated by now !

Haha, you gotta watch out for dem Cork fellas mobi.
Weathers been alot better here than it was in victoria when i met you. Actually staying in Penguin at the moment!
No wind this weekend, so still waiting to see these roaring 40s.
Hope you've been getting some good sails down at INVY, met a load of the fella from the club in Elwood... they were good craic!