Gerroa - January 1 - Happy New Year: It's windy

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stehsegler
stehsegler
WA
3581 posts
WA, 3581 posts
1 Jan 2011 6:50am
Good morning folks. Hopefully not with a bad hang over cause it will be windy today... well, it actually already is. Wind is currently in the 15 to 20 knt range. Should be easily 30+ by late morning. There is currently not much swell to speak off. Maybe further North or the Heads will get some decent wind swell later in the day.

Quick recap of yesterday. The wind came through despite a mediocre start. There where a few teeny tiny waves around but to be honest nothing to warrant the drive down from Sydney. Mostly wind swell I am guessing.

The photo shows how flat it really is at the moment:

CJW
CJW
NSW
1731 posts
CJW CJW
NSW, 1731 posts
1 Jan 2011 10:26pm
With the lack of swell at Gerroa I tried Werri first up. Got there at about 3 and by 3:30 it had gone nuclear^extreme, gusts over 40kts I reckon; waves were probably waist high. There were a few nice little ones about but with it being slightly cross on, gusty as hell (headland) and so windy that bottom turning/sailing backwinded became a tiresome pursuit I gave up after about an hour (I did rig to big, 4.7). Then went down to Gerroa and did some freestyle, was a much more sailable 25-30kts . Absolutely DEAD flat though, but perfect for freestyle.
WindWarrior
WindWarrior
NSW
1019 posts
NSW, 1019 posts
2 Jan 2011 9:40am
20 - 25 knots north of Newie and cross to cross off.
Waist high swell
Not bad for the first sail of the year.

Happy New Sailing Year to one and all
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