Glory Holes (my local)

Got sent a couple of good pics that were taken on the 11.01.10

we had a solid 25knts WSW. It was bit square but really smooth.

This spot is as good if not better than hardies and has smooth water for 3NM's

i want to know how the name Glory Holes was chosen.

Its the lechenault Inlet at Australind, 10mins north of Bunbury.

Mid to low tide sailing in knee deep water. Its best on a SW, or NW but is really fun on WSW or WNW. As we have had a major bloom of the snot weed you need to use weed fins but in winter pointers are fine ( no rocks).

Grumps the pyramid in the back ground is Bunno's one and only high rise and we call it the Milk carton

That's flat all right.

yep along with Devil fish the sting is as bad as a cobbler but only lasts for 40mins

Yea right

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Devil fish - that must of been what i stepped on last time i was there! agree with the 40 mins of pain. this is a great spot for blasting though, just watch out for the sand bar coming out of the boat ramp area. saw a guy last summer tear straight into the sandbar and snap his mast - ouch!!!

If anyone wants to sail down here just PM me and i can give you the heads up on where to sail and what to look out for.

It would be nice to have some new faces to sail with.

No offence Mineral but i dont expect to see you down here for a while

You hung ya chin out there Mino man

Nice jab Bender

Anyway there are far to many Pinnas around, bout time one of em nicked off for a while

Only joking Mino man

Cheers GT

As far as i can tell they are a small fish that has stings. They seem to lurk where ever i step

Due to the amount of PM's i have received. I though i would give everybody the heads up on what conditions you need for the Lechenault Inlet to turn it on with butter smooth water that goes for 3NM's

WSW, W WNW
Any wind with westerly in it is a bit square but loads of fun as you can sail close to shore (tide permiting) and fang along in knee deep water for up to 4NM's

This happen quite alot in winter and is grerat for alpha's and 1hr's

SSW, SW, NNW
These directions are the ones you want for speed. The inlet runs north/south so you need these wind directions to sail broad without running out of water.

Tides
During summer we have nice lowish tide, these combined with a good SW'er give you the perfect smooth speed strip. Most of the time you are saling in waist to knee deep water. Due to last years snot weed growth weed fins are needed.

During winter i mostly use a pointer. As the winter fronts hit it turns it on, along as we dont get too much of a storm surge, as this makes the run really choppy (just like the swan)


I hope this is helpful enough.
In winter if we get a good forecast i would love to organise some informal racing especially in a westerly as we could drag race for three NM's gybe round a mark and drag back. Perhaps even a 1 hour challenge. The sailor who does the most laps wins

Here are my tracks from the day the pics were taken. It was a WSW in the 25knts range. I got a 2sec peak of 37knts

Because it is a windsurfers spot,
named by windsurferslol

"Let it Blow" taking the p!ss out of a name like Glory Holes.

Hmm....... pot-kettle-black ?????????

Perhaps just jealousy as he will never, ever, see 37kn

Ha ha ha.
Hey,you guys named it,
If the shoe fits.lol


37knots,phhhh,not even a challenge.
Been out in 37knots on a poledancer plank and a kite.
Untill you try it,beleive me,the kite is way more fun,faster,enjoyable.

Do the kiters or the dancers hold the world speed record???


Its 10pm now so I dont expect a responds seeing its lights out time in the nursing homes lol
good chatten to yas,
goodnight