you can sail right at the edge of the bank. it was a sea plane runway back in the day and i think it must have been dredged. the edge of the bank is almost a vertical drop away. there are a couple of other landing strips to the south that work ok for speed also.
the bigger swells happen between thomsons and the bank.
at low tide it is about 150m walk to the water across sand. the tip is to park at the eastern end of the park at low tide and the western end at high tide. high tides is you can step traight into the water. most of the local guys only sail there at high tide.
doodah said...
Gestalt said...
doodah,
i reckon VP has it over shearwater as there is no boat traffic and the wind is more constant. plus it's got 1m swell down to mirror flat.
Oky doke.. I'll give it a go. The mirror you talk about, is that the bar at low tide about a mile or 2 off shore to the N/NE? If so, how close can you get to the bar b4 you scrape the bottom? Also, how far do you have to drag your gear out at low tide b4 you get enough water to sail in at VP itself?
not sure gesty already 20 knots on the bay Cape Moreton 39 knots
I would say that marine services use the same Models but allow more for local effects where as the bom give a general forecast for the whole bay ect. looks like places like Wello and reddy are closer to that wind line
went to Shearwater at 0930 just passing, 20knts easy staight down the middle and sailable now, tides on the way out.SSW I would guess classic winter wind direction.
Looking out my office window - One person out off Manly - looks gusty 15-20 knots. Think there might be more wind out the back - not many whitecaps in close -J
VP rocked, had a 3 hour session in constant 18-22 knots. occasional big gust prob 25 and once dropped to 15 for 10 minutes. best session there in a long long time.
was on a 5.8 and wave board.
3 hours non stop. only 2 of us out there so plenty of room.
life is good!!!!
time for a single malt and bottle of red.
hey remo i bet your smiles pretty bloody big right now.
Great at the Grand but lonely as Bam Bam has the flu flu, looked wicked at Shearwater,sailing at 11am but just got better and better much to the annoyance of the jet skis.
I agree Gesty - VP was the best its been for a while (until the boom broke). Just picked up a new one from Simon at B/Crazy, so hope to be there again tomorrow. Cheers!!! and Smiles
I agree Gesty - VP was the best its been for a while (until the boom broke). Just picked up a new one from Simon at B/Crazy, so hope to be there again tomorrow. Cheers!!! and Smiles
that was a bugger about the boom greg.
lucky you though, get to go again and again and again.
p.s. there is a crew there now as the carpark was filling as i left.
Looking out my office window - One person out off Manly - looks gusty 15-20 knots. Think there might be more wind out the back - not many whitecaps in close -J
that was me, on a 5m, from about 1230-1400. a few lulls, a few wild gusts but mainly bloody great..( a bit cold)..
That was a very good session. Hope that I can have another with the 6.6 tomorrow. Dropped in at wello on the way home. Was flat water and same sort of wind that we had today.
Finished uni so I'm hoping to hit VP most days this week.
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