If you where to found yourself caught in a east coast low I always wondered what strategy I would use to ride it out.
my question is this , you are most likely on the mainland side of the Continental shelf , so in shallow water and most likely wind against current not very pleasant seas.
So if you where to slowly jog out towards deeper water and gaining sea room , are you heading into hell when you arrive on the continental self? and better off jogging back and forth in between?

From experience depends where on the new coast
but never on the edge of the shelf and never near the sea mounts
were ever the current is less
once upon a time we did not have the weather information we do now

Yeah, I think you would have to be a total goose to get caught out along the NSW coast in an East coast low nowadays. You will have days and days to get into Coffs, Southport, Port Stephens, Newcastle, Sydney, Jervis, Batemans and Eden. No worries. Just don't push it when a bad forecast comes up.

With Meteye and similar, it requires a total idiot to get caught out with days and days of warning.

Zzzzzz said..

Kankama said..
Yeah, I think you would have to be a total goose to get caught out along the NSW coast in an East coast low nowadays. You will have days and days to get into Coffs, Southport, Port Stephens, Newcastle, Sydney, Jervis, Batemans and Eden. No worries. Just don't push it when a bad forecast comes up.

With Meteye and similar, it requires a total idiot to get caught out with days and days of warning.

Not everyone is jumping from Port to Port my question was my interest on what the seas are like in a storm on the shelf if you where to try to get out into deeper water .
So your words goose and idiot please keep to yourself

Hay Zz, don't get personal. You asked a question you got a logical answer. Modern technology provides options which only someone foolish would ignore.

lydia said..
Search YouTube for the Yendys Sydney Southport race video taken by a few of my mates
you Want to know what it is like?
most boats will not ride that out

Thank you Lydia

Zzzzzzzz
Not everyone is jumping from Port to Port my question was my interest on what the seas are like in a storm on the shelf if you where to try to get out into deeper water .
So your words goose and idiot please keep to yourself

But that's what you do when cruising on the NSW coast.

Surely you know that???

lydia said..
Anyone post the video link or video
love the cold sausage comment

Watching the waves roll by


and your sausage

Cripes early in the 2nd video when the jib went across to windward it must have been close to a chinese gybe............great sailing right there.......lots of retirements that year............

www.sail-world.com/Australia/Audi-Sydney-Southport-Race--Twenty-boats-finished/-31991?source=google.au