After reluctantly throwing in the towel after an hour or so last night at St K when it completely dropped out and then being blown off my feet this arvo at St K in a 30+ kn NW (only picking up lunch - working), the next time I'll be able to get out is Friday pm. Another NW is forecast for the Bay. I just wondered what the view was about sailing in a NW at St K or Elwood. Any good? Don't? Indifferent? If rubbish, then appreciate a pointer on somewhere reasonably local.

Matthew - appreciated the tips last night.

Green Point would be my bet - although only sailed there on a northerly, rather than a north west. Might have a bit of a shore-break to deal with though as it wraps in to the launch point.

St. Kilda would prob be too gusty I reckon.

See ya out there...

Maybe top end of Elwood/Point Ormond? only ever sailed there on a NW but seems quite good. Good parking ,rigging etc.

NW & NE are good winds for Aspendale. Unfortunately this direction of the wind is not very stable.

I agree with baylife...i would have said Gnotuk Ave @ Aspendale. It's better in a NW than a NE.

If its NW, rather than N, then Elwood or Pt.Ormond is dead cross-shore -> basically the more W it gets, the better Elwood gets as it is less gusty and good/increasing swell.

If its more N / NE, then I find Green Point a bit better -> usually a bit less gusty. The real issue with NE is the direction, see:

Point Ormond: www.google.com:443/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=-37.881831,144.976101&spn=0.034617,0.080681&t=h&z=14

Green Point: maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-37.926326,144.985628&spn=0.034596,0.080681&t=h&z=14

Rye front Beach if the wind fills in at the bottom end of the bay.

Was out this morning in NNW (according to the seabreeze direction) at Green Point... pretty good sailing, although I was stacked on a 4.2 and in need of a board smaller than my 84l JP FSW... hectic conditions. Super high-tide as well, which eliminated the reef problem there, and the wind direction allowed me to sail straight from the beach.

Good fun...

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FlickySpinny said...
Was out this morning in NNW

.... and I didn't get the wake-up call...


My guess is that Elwood Yacht Club will be open tonight - especially given that it is windy. There should be guys sailing there from about 6pm onwards, with the place open about 7pm (once they get off the water). I'll be there too... BYO snags.

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mathew said...

FlickySpinny said...
Was out this morning in NNW

.... and I didn't get the wake-up call...


My guess is that Elwood Yacht Club will be open tonight - especially given that it is windy. There should be guys sailing there from about 6pm onwards, with the place open about 7pm (once they get off the water). I'll be there too... BYO snags.

You must have been late morning! I was on my own for the before work session from 7am-9am. Consistent and windy - perfect green point conditions powered up on 4.7 NP Combat and 84L JP Freestyle wave

Sorry I missed you mate - sounds like it was managable sailing a little earlier - by the time I got out it was pretty full-on.

I got there about 9:20 - because I had to get up at 5:30 to get all the way over to Croydon (from Port Melbourne) to pick up my van from the mechanics...

Combine a 5:30 start with a couple of cancelled trains and a brand new dent in my van from the time at the garage it was gone 9 before I arrived.

Thank god I got a decent sail in, otherwise yesterday (with the failed session at Dawson St / St. Kilda last night and the parking ticket) would have been a complete disaster!

Next time it blows up a northerly before work I'll be at Green Point again early early early...

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FlickySpinny said...

(with the failed session at Dawson St / St. Kilda last night and the parking ticket) would have been a complete disaster!

Probably no consolation Flickspinny, but I got ticket last week as well at St K. It was only AFTER the mug had written the ticket out (my own fault - clean forgot - ecstatic that I've made a contribution to developing the Triangle) that one of the other guys asked where I lived. Living on St Kilda Rd, I discovered that I qualify for a foreshore permit - $21 annually. I've been splashing the cash on meters for 3 years - plus the $57 fine. So - the moral is this: If you live in Port Phillip Bay Council's city limits, get yerself a permit.