The wind change came too late. It has just hit now at about 7pm and outside in the dark the whole landscape is shaking and rocking! Last reading at the prom was WSW 56-68 knots. Even taking off 15 to 20 knots for Sandy Point that is a helluva wind!
I have only heard it like this a few times before so even if it was daylight I'm not sure it would be very sailable. Must be at least 40 knots gusting nuclear out there! Tide must surely have dropped enough by now to at least have a bank to run but who knows, it's pitch black?
Today the tide had hardly dropped 3 hours after the official peak at about 2.30! We still could not even think about driving in at sunset (6pm) so there would still have been no bank to run.
Sixteen sailors here today. At 3.30pm there were 14 of us standing in the BBQ shelter while wild rain squalls were pelting through watching Mat Robertson and Chris Lockwood trying to sail up the back of the inlet on the high tide. No one else was the least bit tempted to join them.
I'm trying to get the photos from my phone. Will post when I do.
it will be good to see someone get some action... looks like your weather guys our like ours......farkin useless!
