Hey Ben,

You might want to trade your navman in for a garmin and upload your data to quantify this. I think the Sandy point boys may have the results on the board. I will be down at goolwa for the long weekend so I hope there is some wind.

The best spot is in my home town Dampier. In the mid 80's we used to sneak in and sail the huge salt ponds with our storm8's. My folks still live there and the wind was 60knots earlier this week. I would like to get a group together one year and head up for the cyclone season.

I congratulate you on your SA GREAT attitude but I think WA kicks our ass for sailing conditions as you know. What we should concentrate on is the real reason to be in this state. Farmers Union Iced Coffee....

Ben,
Should we organise to get out there? It looks like we could get pretty close. You will still need to get a proper GPS.

reiffo ? who are ya ?
Have alredy been out there. You have to go on the goolwa, fresh water side. Because the salt coorong side is WAY to shallow 10cm in parts. We tied up on the Est side, were you can rig and launch on a grassy area.

THE WATER IS WAY FLAT. FLATEST I HAVE EVER SEEN IN OVER 20KTS. me and a few crew are waiting for an over 25kt day to realy test it out. On the gear we ride we wont break any records, baut any speedfreaks who get there will give it a good crack.

How do you know I have a navman ????? are you stalking me ???

For the WA folk who like an iced coffee- Farmers Union Iced Coffee tastes just like Harvey Fresh coffee.

Clearly they havent tried Brownes Coffee Chill...

Ben , you still need lots of wind for good speeds, but with it that flat you should be able to test the limits of low wind speedsailing as long as the turbulance downwind from the barrage is not too great.

Reiffo, those salt lakes are a tempation . I have wondered about the one at Pt Gregory that runs about 120-135 to the seabreeze. Any idea if it is sailable?

yo yo... this spot regularly hits over 25kts, and is located in one of australian most windies spots, check your BOM web site bro.

Yoyo,

I dont know much about the Pt Gregory one but the one I sailed was called pond 0 at dampier salt. This was about 1987 about 12 hours before a cyclone hit and I was out with about 5 other guys. We had to drive around locked gates to get in there and I nearly drowned because I was wearing my dads diving belt. I is also a great fishing spot. My family still lives their and I reckon I might have to sus it out next time I go back.

Ben,
I might have a look this weekend. Dimonds inlaws have a place on that side of the island so he might be up for it. I will let you know how I get on.

Cheers,
Chris

Wot a spot! Drive onto the beach, rig up in dead calm beside the Macquarie Endeavor, 2 km of sand spit with 25 knots is a few steps away.

Hey crem Ive drunk all that XXXX beer, It time to stock up again. You up for another challenge.

Reiffo, did you head up for the cyclone?

Not sure how the police would take it if they saw you heading to the salt ponds with a board on the roof racks..

Here is the lastest wind stats for Karratha

www.bom.gov.au/products/IDW65029/IDW65029.95307.shtml

I ment looking here

www.google.com:443/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=karratha+,+australia&ll=-20.712446,116.73317&spn=0.191395,0.532837&t=k

which is the pond 0 or the best?