Sydney Harbour and Pittwater.

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Windjana
Windjana
WA
405 posts
WA, 405 posts
12 May 2016 3:27pm




After spending a couple of weeks poking around Sydney Harbour and Pittwater, all I can say is how fortunate you guys who live in the area are!

America Bay - empty!

There's not too much like this in WA (where we are from), beautiful deep water, plenty of moorings and in some cases, only 50m from the beach and a counter meal!

I caught a salmon in Cowan Creek - LUNCH!

Anyhow - we are off tomorrow morning to continue our northern odyssey.




Gravy7
Gravy7
NSW
242 posts
NSW, 242 posts
12 May 2016 5:35pm
Shhh! Don't tell everyone!

Safe travels.
HG02
HG02
VIC
5814 posts
VIC, 5814 posts
12 May 2016 6:28pm
Yes they are very fortunate Now and Zen
Yara
Yara
NSW
1317 posts
NSW, 1317 posts
12 May 2016 6:58pm
Summertime is vastly different. But then in Sydney you can sail all year round. Only problem is the reduced daylight hours in winter.
MorningBird
MorningBird
NSW
2707 posts
NSW, 2707 posts
12 May 2016 7:00pm
I will be moving MB from Pittwater to Sydney soon. Broken Bay is great for a few days away but the sailing is pretty boring. I know every Pittwater feature intimately.
The harbour is busier with a few good overnight stops. But the entire shoreline is fantastically interesting.
It is only 3-4 hours to go between them.
Windjana
Windjana
WA
405 posts
WA, 405 posts
12 May 2016 5:38pm
Yeah MB, we had a great sail from Sydney up to Pittwater, ENE at about 15knots.
Took about 5 hrs, good fun.
Heading up to Lake Macquarie tomorrow.
nswsailor
nswsailor
NSW
1458 posts
NSW, 1458 posts
12 May 2016 7:56pm
See you when you get to the Camden Haven
LMY
LMY
NSW
203 posts
LMY LMY
NSW, 203 posts
12 May 2016 8:49pm
Sydney and Pittwater may be OK, but if you are heading to Lake mac you are heading to a better place, in my unbiased opinion.

If the westerlies remain head for the southern end of the lake, eastern side of Point Woolstonecroft, one of the better anchorages in a westerly.

Drop a note if you need anything while on the lake.


cisco
cisco
QLD
12365 posts
QLD, 12365 posts
12 May 2016 9:50pm

Big thumbs up for Lake MacQuarie. Great place to spend a few weeks or a lifetime.

Best time for going in or out is 3 hours after the high tide at Fort Denison in Sydney.

The Lake MacQuarie Yacht Club is a great facility and social hub which is only a 10 min walk from Woolies, Coles, Aldi and everything else Belmont has to offer.

Hopefully the club has a better manager than the jerk who was there two years ago.
twodogs1969
twodogs1969
NSW
1000 posts
NSW, 1000 posts
13 May 2016 2:26am
Wait till you get to port Stephens
Moppo
Moppo
42 posts
42 posts
13 May 2016 5:06am
Lake Macquarie is just magnificent. I have lived on the southern end of the lake all my life. I used to have a stink boat but now I have a yacht I love it. I used sail when I was young and can't understand why I havn't had a yacht before.
i do intend to do trips between port Stephens and Sydney but will always return to my beautiful lake
dralyagmas
dralyagmas
SA
380 posts
SA, 380 posts
13 May 2016 9:04am
This is in my 5 year plan, but a couple of questions:

how hard is it to get a mooring for short to medium term stays (up to a month?) in either Sydney harbour or Pitwater?

Are you depth limited for extensive areas in Lake Macquarie?
Ricardo1709
Ricardo1709
NSW
1302 posts
NSW, 1302 posts
13 May 2016 12:49pm
Looks like a chopper tailor you caught there beautiful part of the world
LMY
LMY
NSW
203 posts
LMY LMY
NSW, 203 posts
13 May 2016 3:18pm
dralyagmas said..
This is in my 5 year plan, but a couple of questions:

how hard is it to get a mooring for short to medium term stays (up to a month?) in either Sydney harbour or Pitwater?

Are you depth limited for extensive areas in Lake Macquarie?


I cannot comment re the moorings, but, assuming you can get into the lake, the depth on Lake Mac is fine over most of the lake. There are two or three shallower bays but generally OK to within about 30 m of the shore.

Depth in the channel varies and is reliant on maintenance. My boat draws 2m, we generally look for reasonably high tides but are OK if we do that.
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