I don't want to jinx this but feel quietly confident. 
BOM
Forecast for Sunday - (sydney coastal)
Winds: North to northeasterly 10 to 15 knots becoming northeasterly 15 to 20 knots during the afternoon then increasing to 20 to 25 knots by early evening. Winds increasing to northeasterly 25 to 30 knots later in the evening.
So you really think that our hubbly bubbly smoking friends are going to cancel their day at the bay?
well, after 2 weeks of very little wind at hawks nest, i got back yesterday & headed down to botany for some reliable nor-easter albeit a bit later in the afternoon.
But, upon turning into bestic street.....WTF !!!!!!!
absolute carnage. - 40 mins of trying for a park.
There appears to be a system running among our "hubbly bubbly smoking friends" whereupon when they are leaving, they will not drive their cars away from a park until one of the cousins has turned up in a re-birthed beema to take it.
it was killing me watching it going off on the water, but not able to do anything about it.
disaster !!!!
Its a bit lumpier sometimes, but Kurnell is good in a NE too, and there is normally a lot more space to park. I went out there yesterday for a look and there were two boards and about 4 kites out, and it looked like there had been a few more kiters out earlier.
It was certainly windy out there, and if it takes you 40 minutes to search for a spot, it would be a better bet.
(good luck)
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FYI, the new car park was full yesterday, which wasn't the case on previous windy days.
And there was more people than usual on the water.
I was sailing with a few guys from the beach right along the start of the runway, they launched from the car park there. This is the carpark on the other side of the river inlet, it's another option on a busy day.
Another option is to keep heading down to Ramsgate. The only time I've seen the carpark full is when there was a Fast 4's, Rotaries and Sub Woofer convention.
It can be in a bit of a wind hole & bumpy, but there are magic runs straight across to Kurnell
Glad I don't live in Sydney..no worries up at Lake Macquarie..still missed the NE Sunday though..[}:)]I decided I'd get the one on Mon ..yeah right..blew NW didnt it..[}:)]
I think that we should count our blessings and be glad that the multi million dollar desal plant has made a great contribution to windsurfing.
Everytime I've been down to the new parking area I've managed to get a spot and there's acres of grass area for rigging.
The only thing missing is a trees! They could have planted some mature trees rather than the puny little sapplings.
All we need to do is bring down some cut up coke bottles and tape to cover those nasty metal spikes!
BTW the latest forecast is for NE up to 30 knots! my BBQ is cancelled...and I have a new board to test out!
Yeah the new carpark is great with only a few small issues that have to be lived with for now but will hopefully be fixed over time. At least with a van you can open up the tailgate and have some shade with a beaut view over the bay.
Well I almost died in the 40+ heat notching brownie points by reducing the fire hazard around the place and pulling mats of grass out of the dam so I could go sailing ..Got to Coal Pt & its blowing 10 -15kts + ..rigged up & died in the bum..grr[}:)]
