Interesting Readinghttp://www.sydneywater.com.au/MajorProjects/attachments/195.pdf
Seems like the impact on windsurfing may be bigger than we thought!
There's always the positive side. Pascal did some runs south of the floating pipeline today. Cracked a blistering 40 knots, he said it was super smooth. Will have to give that a run soon. 
Hi All,
Hey, Waiting4wind where would that run be south of the pipeline?
If its super smooth during our 25+ NE it sounds great.
Hi
Thanks Waiting4wind,
Yes the orange Iiema snake, anti venom is windsurfing.
So you sail against the snake, I would think it would still be quiet choppy out there.
Still on holidays so have time might try the orange snake.
Kind Regards
Walt
Ive been out on the leeward side of the snake a several times in the ENE and NE winds around xmas. I was mostly on the formula board doing upwind/downwind laps around the snake.
The snake does smooth out the chop a bit but does not completely eliminate it. Where you might have 30cm confused chop on the windward side of the snake it might be around 10cm and smooth surface on the leeward side of the snake.
At the top of the run it is quite smooth and as you get towards the end of the run the chop is running perpendicular and increasing in size.
Good chance for speed runs in a decent wind.
I've had a few runs on the north side in a southerly. It gets rid of the surface chop, but there's still a smooth swell running underneath. It's like speeding over smooth bumps.
dudes in the know....... after sailing yesterday at Kyeemah with the crap in the water, the grass cut so short your gear gets covered in crap (no way around it), no taps, no water, lice, crap on the beach, crap on the water, sports teams on the beach, ferrel F@#K heads period, idiots blocking the ramp, the pending arrival of the barge, no parking, do I need to go on............... is there another spot within reach for NE wind within Sydney area?
Kurnell is just abit much of a hike mid week.
Flatwater options south of the bridge include
Ramsgate beach (Bit further down the bay)
Also Rose Bay is reported to be ok in a NE. (Just need to dodge boats)
for short boarders anyway - Still a great spot for Wally's though.
I'm picking Ramsgate to be the new Kyeemagh soon. More parking, better rigging area, only downside is not as much flat water like next the runway, but that's only a few well done tacks away...I'm thinking they would be longer runs too heading toward Kurnell...Dave???
What about the beach up at the northern end...
should work in a N/E, upwind of all the work & crap
Might just require a bit of work to get back up there to finish
(up where it says 'South West Hwy')
I sailed Kurnell today, 25+ knots and really steady, great ramps on the outside, clean flat water on the inside and only two other guys out.
No crowds, close rigging to the water, unfortunately 80 km round trip from the cbd.
It certainly beats Kyeemagh, as Tim describes it yesterday.
Oh, and happy birthday to big Jeremy, he came down with his big mate 'dutchie', and some very cute fans/colleagues from the whitehorse.
hmmmm yes.............might try Rose Bay and see how it is, i guess the number of boats and sea plnes will be similar to the number of ferral's so it may pan out.
Looks like the pipeline barge has arrived and is moored at Balmain wharf.
it can be seen from the Anzac Bridge.
Its pretty bloody big, there will be no missing it when it arrives.
Yeah it's BIG
100m x 30m x 6 storeys high.
With dredges front & rear it'll be 1.5 to 2km long 
Latest from the Sydney Water site.
Community and Construction Updates
Summary Invitation - Kyeemagh community event - Sunday 22 February
Additional Information The community is invited to attend a sausage sizzle to celebrate the arrival of the lay barge called the Nebula to Botany Bay and the successful completion of microtunnelling under Tancred Avenue. The Nebula will be used to lay pipe across Botany Bay this year as part of Sydney’s Desalination Project.
They say celebrate we say mourn - Sell your windsurfing sole for a sausage
(Edit) - I hope its only Pork sausages - hehehehe.....[}:)]
well there goes any chance of a light wind fling for the boss and the learner on sunday avo then! grrr
have a look at the map on this page:http://www.sydneywater.com.au/EnsuringtheFuture/Desalination/BotanyBayCrossing.cfm
Given where they will dredge and deposit the sand I wonder how much it will influence the water quality in Botany Bay.
Also, I love how they trivialize the environmental impact of the energy consumed to desalinate seawater... There is a "pretty" one pager on the factsheet page of the same web site talking about how there will be zero impact on greenhouse gases from the operation of the plant because they use wind energy to produce the power... hm, I wonder what they do on days when there isn't enough wind? Turn of the water supply for the Inner West?
Any one know of any of the dredging crew? Perhaps they could build us a nice North-South sandbank?
