Does anyone windsurf here?
I have just moved here from the Gold Coast and there seems to be Good NE winds blowing into rose bay quite often. The breeze look quite steady also, i live about 1 minute from the sailing club so it would make sense to sail here.
Cheers Owain
Woollahra Sailing Club in Rose Bay has Thursday night windsurfing starting again 29jan09.
Anyone is welcome.
Most of us have bought old Windsurfer One Designs just to make sure we get always get a sail in..... Might not be the answer you were looking for, but might be worth checking out?
cheers
yeh will definitely check it out, when you say night do you mean after 5ish?
also when it does blow where do you launch from? do you launch from the boat ramp at the club and navigate the moored boats with smaller gear?
I use the ramp, but some guys use the sandy bit.... 5-ish at the club thursday 28jan onwards...Just rock up...yell out if you need to borrow or buy some gear. Really cheap, and will guarantee you get on the water a few times a week....
Cheers
can't remember who it was but someone mentioned Shark Bay as an option in a NEer. Apparently the wind funnels through between Taylors Bay Reserve and Hermitage Foreshore Reserve (try google maps for exact location).
The first 50 meters are a bit gusty but after that it's pretty steady. I was told that it was great fun jumping the wake of the ferry. Not sure how busy it gets with sailboats though or what the legality of sailing in the shipping lane is.
Anyone sailed there?
thanks for posting this! This seems to be inline with what I had been told about sailing at Nielsen Park.
On a different note, has anyone sailed Grotto Point? I am wondering if the NEer would funnel through between Grotto Point and Middle Head.
I also would seem that the wind should be strongest around Bradleys Head and Chowder Bay.
when I was a young taka (8or9) we used to sail out off camp cove in noreasters, once you get off the beach there the wind is easily as clean and strong as anywhere in the harbour. If your keen you can tack upwind abit and do runs out the heads and back to the headland at middle harbour. I think dave frame still does it occasionally
I used to sail out of Nielsen park a lot in the 80s and 90s. The water police used to police the shipping channel quite aggressively - but these days they probably wouldn't even know what a windsurfer was - it has become that rare.
If you are sailing a slalom board you need to swim out 30 to 50m to clear the headland and then you are up and away. Really lumpy and gusty but ultimately rewarding - particularly if you pull off an impressive jump off the ferry wake to the cheers of passengers!
Unfortunately, ultimately you will see the need to sail at Kymeagh in botany bay - and suffer the lack of parking, strangely crowded beach and lack of facilities in order to enjoy the consistant NE.
Long boarding at WSC in rose bay looks interesting - might bring my 12' stand up paddle board down for a sail one night.
Happy sailing.
Come along to Woollahra S.C. this Thursday, 5pm-ish
We are trying to get as much support for windsurfing in the Eastern Suburbs as possible and Woollahra S.C is being fantastic about supporting the push.....
Nice to have a secure place to leave your gear also huh...
Anyone is welcome to rock up and have a sail.. 5pm-ish
Cheers
