Newcastle area..Ive only been back into it for the last 2 seasons and as such this one seems pretty good to me but people tell me its still lousy? I know there has been more rain but we are getting a bit of wind with the rain..
I remember NE 's followed by a S back in the 90's but its so long ago I can't remember details..

I am trying to work out whether I have just become more fussy about wind, or the wind has gotten worse. I learned to sail in the late 80s/early 90s. Certainly it seems like the NEsters were more regular back then without the 2 weeks gaps between them that we seem to be getting at the moment. I used to get sailing most weekends over the summer back then, and admittedly sometimes I struggled to get planing, but most of the time I was OK. I certainly long for the 2-3 days NE followed by S change and then a few days for NW to build up again cycle that seemed common back then.

I actually had a great season last season. I take my time off mainly before christmas, and last season really delivered before christmas with a few really big NEsters in the 1-2 weeks before Christmas. This year I was off 2 weeks before Christmas and did not get out sailing at all until after Christmas. I was in a severe case of depression for 2 weeks of time off work without any sailing. Luckily the week between Christmas and New Years was pretty good. I got a S on the Monday, and then NE for every day from Wed to Sat. Unfortuantely the Thurs was marginal, but still got some reasonable planing runs on the big gear. Back at work now, so not feeling as bad about the poor wind for the last 5 days and the forseeable future.

-- Adrian

Stone her !!!!!

sboardcrazy said...

I probably shouldn't say this as I'll jinx it ..but it's looking good for next week..

Basically unless we have a big mid Tasman Sea high, you can forget about strong NE seabreezes. Doesn't matter how cold the water is or how hot it is.