Hi all,
Looks like this weekend is going to be fun with potential sailing both days.
Wavesailing sign on will be at Gerroa carpark (across the bridge on the left) before 10.30 with a briefing at 10.30 sharp. Please get there early as we could have a window of opportunity early.
The Sydney SUP surfing club are running their event and you need to register before 8am, same location, for that. I know a large majority of us also SUP surf so I urge you all to enter into this too, I am.
There is a southerly forecast for Saturday afternoon, we will watch that closely and have a contingency plan setup if we think we can get some conditions at Windang.
Sunday looks like Windang will be the place with the GPS 10minutes up the road at Lake Illawarra yacht club.
Saturday night is going to be huge with the upstairs area booked out for us. Lucky entry prizes galore, thanks to our sponsors with special mention to the series sponsor WindsurfNSnow
See you there, can't wait. George
For the GPS Freerace guys and Heat #2 of the Series, we'll have rego starting from 10.00am at the same spot(Gerroa car park by the bridge). Briefing after the wave sailors. We’ll assess the situation and make the call as to what we do from there.
With a southerly most likely coming in late Saturday afternoon, we’ll relocate to Lake Illawarra on Sunday(launch by the Yacht Club). Full briefing Saturday morning with regards timing, race formate, numbers of races and courses etc.
All sailing levels welcome as we’ll be running both one hour and ½ hour sessions consecutively this wk end, so come along for what's shaping up to be a spectacular water sports bonanza!
Sounds like the go. What are conditions like at Lake Illawarra regarding water depth etc on a SSW. I take it a normal weedie will suffice or do you need a delta etc for the Northern end as well as I have never sailed there before.
A pity we are not all together 
i would have liked to have had a go at wave sailing or at least watched it. Some guys are definitively competitive in both and now will have to choose
but understand the reasoning 
Select to expand quoteJustinL said..
A pity we are not all together
i would have liked to have had a go at wave sailing or at least watched it. Some guys are definitively competitive in both and now will have to choose
but understand the reasoning
Looking forward to a weekend away with the family and I am sailing again.
I remember the view from the pub bring it on. We used to race slalom from Geroa many years ago before moving to Huskison.
I think its a wise move, if blowing south to go to the lake, the swell and shore dump at Geroa on slalom gear don't mix real well.
Select to expand quoteJustinL said...
A pity we are not all together
i would have liked to have had a go at wave sailing or at least watched it. Some guys are definitively competitive in both and now will have to choose
but understand the reasoning
We will try our hardest to keep the disciplines together but the wind direction will have the final say.
Even on Sunday though if we are at windang at lake illawarra, you could possibly go for an hour or so session at one location then, pack up and hit the other. It's about a 10 minute drive
All organisers are working together to try to allow multi discipline participation.
Hey Dean,
the lake's 'speed strip'/shallow area won't be the go for a average speed GPS event in a southerly - depending on the defined event area you can choose to sail there if you want - but its potential is limited in a southerly (better in a westerly) - it could still produce some good peak speed's with the right set up and good timing - but average speed would be very....average. If you want to sail over the shallow area you will need a weed fin, preferably something very shallow (like a delta), and if its your first time, some time to sail over it a few times to get over the sense of imminent death (by catapulting)
the weekend will be more likely sailing the main body of the Lake - conditions not disimilar to Botany Bay in a southerly - bumpy chop, some small flat sections if you look hard enough - won't be much weed, and it will be blown toward the northern shore if there is any (so might need to work upwind a bit to completly avoid it)
all we need now is some wind!
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Hey Dean,
the lake's 'speed strip'/shallow area won't be the go for a average speed GPS event in a southerly - depending on the defined event area you can choose to sail there if you want - but its potential is limited in a southerly (better in a westerly) - it could still produce some good peak speed's with the right set up and good timing - but average speed would be very....average. If you want to sail over the shallow area you will need a weed fin, preferably something very shallow (like a delta), and if its your first time, some time to sail over it a few times to get over the sense of imminent death (by catapulting)
the weekend will be more likely sailing the main body of the Lake - conditions not disimilar to Botany Bay in a southerly - bumpy chop, some small flat sections if you look hard enough - won't be much weed, and it will be blown toward the northern shore if there is any (so might need to work upwind a bit to completly avoid it)
all we need now is some wind!
Thanks for the update Mike. Praise the almighty Wind Gods!!!
