Does anyone have any good ideas on where to launch for a NE'r around Manly Cove? I have done Fairlight but it can be difficult to find a park and it's often busy with swimmers.
Anywhere else? Is there any wind in Little Manly?
What type of board are you sailing? Justin and I have tacked out of Little Manly in a Southerly on Slalom boards before but I don't think I could do it on a NE'r. We have sailed out of there on Formula boards in a NE'r though. I have sailed off forty baskets in a NE'r as well on a Formula board but may be a bit hard to get through the yachts on a Slalom board. Bit of a pest carrying your gear down the stairs but I now have a laundry trolly that I cut the handle off and put foam on so can park at the carpark next to the Marina near North Harbour Resever and walk around. Basically it is very difficult to sail in North Harbour on a slalom board as you need to be able to get upwind and downwind to dodge all the expensive weed collectors. I only normally sail short boards to the North of Rocky Point in Mosman. I just launch straight off the beach and stay out and away from the swimmers and never had any problems or complaints.
I'm sometimes thinking the same especially when the Sydney harbour graph says 20+ knots NNE. On Wednesday Manly (beach) side was around
13-16 knots and the harbour graph was showing 20-25 NNE. It certainly seems to inflate the reading especially later in the arvo.
I'm assuming you wouldn't have the time to get over to Balmoral to sail in the NE - best launch from Edwards beach at far northern end of Balmoral
or closer to the middle as Dean says above. I only have wave gear and if the NE was actually 18+ knots I would just sail off Manly at Queensie end
or go to Longy if I had the time.
Otherwise park in Beatty Street and take path down and go off Forty Baskets, bit of a hassle. Also on this side I have checked out off Clontarf (NE)
and you could get probably get off the beach easy enough but it would be quite difficult to get back within 150-200 metres of the beach on the
return sail. Fairlight beach - not much parking even when it is quiet!
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I'm sometimes thinking the same especially when the Sydney harbour graph says 20+ knots NNE. On Wednesday Manly (beach) side was around
13-16 knots and the harbour graph was showing 20-25 NNE. It certainly seems to inflate the reading especially later in the arvo.
I'm assuming you wouldn't have the time to get over to Balmoral to sail in the NE - best launch from Edwards beach at far northern end of Balmoral
or closer to the middle as Dean says above. I only have wave gear and if the NE was actually 18+ knots I would just sail off Manly at Queensie end
or go to Longy if I had the time.
Otherwise park in Beatty Street and take path down and go off Forty Baskets, bit of a hassle. Also on this side I have checked out off Clontarf (NE)
and you could get probably get off the beach easy enough but it would be quite difficult to get back within 150-200 metres of the beach on the
return sail. Fairlight beach - not much parking even when it is quiet!
You have summed up my on going thought process for NE'r sailing perfectly! I did only have wave gear but got bored of waiting (and don't always have time to get to Longy - and it can be too light) so picked up a 9m and raceboard. Did Balmoral on Wednesday, was way too windy a far too choppy for the raceboard so didn't really enjoy it, hence the question about other launch spots.
I managed to get a park by the stairs at 40 Baskets yesterday (5:30), but was pretty tired by the time I carried my heavy, water filled board to the water! Was a very easy spot to rig, launch and get out, and so much better than Fairlight!
If I had a lighter slalom board, I'd consider carrying it down the stairs to Reef Beach for a NE or even a S. Can't be worse than the Makaha walk!
Then again, if you've got a little extra time, drive to Bayview, launch your Raceboard from BYRA or Bayview Park (opposite King Edward Av), and enjoy fresh NorEasters on Pittwater with other keen Raceboarders.
Today seems like the same again, NE more NNE in the harbour. 30 degrees.
maybe I'll be able to get to Balmoral, then again child 3 can't be left alone 
