Not me!
No
and
Yes (hmmm No..heard there are others with same identidy crisis)

count me in! mid (sailing) life crisis here as well!

Yes I'll lend some of my old speed gear out and my GPS!!

Works gone very quiet from 40 clients a week down to about 10.

yes.... no

comeon tell me u have seen night at the roxbury... or however its spelt.

If someone wants to shell out the money for me to get speed sailing stuff i would do it... but when its windy would rather be sailing in the ocean.

Let us know when you guys hit the dragstrip

yes

i feel the need......the need for speed

newbie to wa,,,any chance of some ubd references to these spots so i can get some practice in

sad but true

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Originally posted by yoyo

monday up to 40k.. where's the best place on the Inlet in a NE gale

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the carpark

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Originally posted by ju_724

yes

i feel the need......the need for speed

newbie to wa,,,any chance of some ubd references to these spots so i can get some practice in

sad but true

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G'day Jullian,

Some spots down at the Mandurah estuary

Cobblers
End of Olive Rd Falcon (road next to the cobblers tavern) There is a grass rigging area here, you may have to walk out a bit as it can be shallow. A Strong northery works well here, the wind comes over the land and hits the water at Novara about 800m away and picks up speed again, the run back to shore generally gives you the best down winder, but it is recommended to check your depth before commiting to close to the shore. If you are feeling adventurous you can attempt to sail accross to the other side of the estuary (about 9kms away) warning though if it's squally the wind in the middle comes in hard and chop is sizable, the shoreline also looks the same.


Novara
Dampier ave, 2 areas Owen ave and Dorothy ave. Both better on westerly or easterly can also run on southerly. This spot can be a bit choppier.

Kiters
Norther side of the Dawesville cut, turn into unmarked rd (in UBD) just nth of Estuary pl. Can handle almost any wind direction good shallow (flat) areas, can sail across the astuary on a southerly -sw to other side and do runs accross the sand bar at Piont Grey. It's a bloody large sand bar which can generate some nice flat water for some good speeds, can be a bit of a lotery on depth, have been known to jybe with my fin dragging in the mud recommendation for sailing the sand bar is to stay at least 200 m away from the piont.
On the western side there is a lot of weed and it's not all that deep, weed fin recommended as the weed will clump around the fin, also be very carefull when standing we have an absolute Schidt load of cobblers and in summer Crabs, stepping on a cobbler is not a nice way to end your day, it's 24 hrs of pain which only heat can aleviate, not recommended for a long drive back to Perth.


There are other spots on the estuary and coast to sail but these are the main ones.

I believe there is a couple of nice spots on the swan as well for a northerly.

Unfortunately I'm stuck in the office tomorrow up in Perth

Hope this helps, look forward to catching up with you in the water

I can be contacted through this site for more info.

Yeh Victoria, sensational place!!!

It's so good for windsurfing I decided to move to Western Australia!!

I couldn't handle being so joyful all the time sailing in the cold oil slicks of Port Phillip Bay , Freezing my Cashews off, in that 18 degree celcius summer water temp, and 11 degree winter water temp, sailing those wonderful gusty storm conditions and those magnificent 10 to 15 knot seabreezes, geez I miss the place, I miss it so much, sometimes I kick myself up the arse for living 58 seconds drive from a great wavesailing spot and 3 minute drive from a great speedsailing spot, I think victorians are gonna wait a long while before they sail 6 days a week for six months of the year in 20 to 24 degree clean water with consistent steady seabreezes ranging fro 15 to 30 knots. You only have to wait till the globe warms up another 3 or 4 degrees and you'll be laughing, don't know what you'll do about the oil slicks and yarra water streaming into the bay, but if ya wait awhile technology might eventually help you clean it up. Yeh I'm gonna wait a while

Cheers brothers if ya wanna play with the big boys ya better be ready to cop it!!!!

G'day Tony,

Must be a bit slower today, took me a few reads to get the "three holes in the ground"

Already posting on GPS speed, just cracking 30 regularly, have gone faster but no data log just GPS reading.

The fanging along is good fun and practise for my technique (much needed) when there are no waves around.

Have a good one

Alby

Tone,

Just givin ya a little bit of tease

Some of the best sails of my life have been at Sandy Point and Inverloch, will never forget them.

However, how many times did I pack the wsurf gear to go down that way and be disappointed Living here, you just have such consistent conditions that you are rarely disappointed, you can;t compare the 2 places. WA has that Maui feel about it, Vic never did for me anyway. Look forward to challenging you to some speed runs, In not ideal speed run conditions such as Sandy Point, Elmo and I are having 2 sec peak speeds of mid 30's in knots, so we'd only be faster at Sandy Point. I know how easy it is to post fast times there, I can garauntee you won't post as fast times over here.

Peace brother just muckin around about the other stuff!!

Best place to post your speeds is on www.gps-speedsurfing.com/default.aspx because they have the biggest international database. You can search for speeds at a location to get a feel for what's possible and whats considered a good day.

Sandy Pt rips. Its got the best flat water I've sailed, with a great beach break which stretches for kms, and I'm heading over there for a month in about 6 weeks time. Driving over so I can fit all the toys. If anyone wants to come I have a spare seat.

Its easy to go fast there in a SWer.

Better have been record breaking today guys! I was walking around uni finding myself getting smashed against the walls by this wind !!! Probably a good idea to wear lead jackets!

For any of the speed boys looking for a run this morning the nth side of the cut on the mandurah estuary for the last 2 evenings has been looking a treat, it's been almost straight offshore there, but the area is still pretty flat, with the wind direction it's been running this equates to a run effectively parralel with he shore close to 1km long(may be longer) at about 50 to 100m out. The breeze has been quite consistant with some nice gusts of reasonable size to kick in the afterburners.

Unfortunately I've been subjected to abject work and can't utilise it.

Hey, Mark,

Don't completly blow my ego.
I thought 34.8 Knots on a freeride 275 Sonic was OK.

there a guys on speed boards pulling 42kts at sandy point.

Didn't I see somewhere the Polakow was doing double forwards at Pt Danger as a teenager. Just how far past that have you progressed?

best winds
Tony L