Hi all
Been in Perth a couple months, got all the kit sorted and having lots of fun and improving a lot with, finally, fairly regular sailing at my local spot Pinnaroo... this lovely dream was however, rudely shattered when I went with a few friends camping up to Lancelin last weekend. Didn't take windsurf gear for various reasons, watched the Ocean Classic Saturday and then made the mistake of going to Lancelin to watch the slalom on Sunday...then I saw it, those sails off in the distance zipping around some rather tasty looking waves...aaaaaaaa
So have made the plea bargain with the wife, who is soon to be a windsurfing widow most weekends that have any swell/wind! Questions, what's it like out there, nasty shallow reefs etc and conditions generally? I've done a bit of wave sailing before in the UK but nothing gnarly as yet and anyone go there regularly? Keen to hook up with other sailors for weekend trips, esp as its so darn close for me, only just over an hour!
S
nah lancelin is a piece of piss to be honest, the waves are usually kind of slow and crumbly, and even on a big day if you're not too confident you can easily practice riding the shoulder and staying clear of the white water. The reef is not really too much of a factor. Plus it's pretty easy to get out past the break.
just make sure you dont sail out the back, on your own, with a dodgy UJ..........
otherwise you will have to get rescued (if your lucky) by one of the local fisherman.
Ah nice nice, thought I had heard it wasn't too gnarly, so good starting point, all I need now is some sailing company, just PM me if you are regular/semi regular and don't mind an additional tag along...
Sailed South Passage last night and it was pretty solid.
Some poor lady broke a boom out the back of main break and end up come in just before south passage.
I think see tied her gear to the platform and then flipped her boom around.
She said she wished she had done it earlier but didn't think of it.
Its pretty safe most of the time but when its 3/4 mast + like it was last night its very easy to break stuff.
If you do break stuff be prepared to drift in should take about 40 mins if your not fit enough or confident to do that dont go out as you can't always rely in others.
most of the time its pretty small and safe and you will have a ball just know and respect your limitations
hey gazza you shoud have been at metts last nite the boys were going hard
with good waves to boot it was abit of circus with a lot of acts
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Hi Gazza
I was out then ,waves were very average for passage fat,wide & onshore only lastes 45mins.
Its gets way way better than that!
Fester
