Spent a few summers at Yamba but never sailed the lake. Apperently its very shallow and (mud) boggy in spots. Spoke to some of the local sailors and they say they head up to Balina for that sort of wind direction. You'll be alone in the lake, not even many boaties venture into the lake unless the're checking crab pots.

That town on the southern most red dot on your map (Wooloweyah) is probably the only launch spot. There is another access point, there's a road to a camping ground (roughly opposite the Blue Dolphin) that will take you to the Northern red Dot you've shown, I think its Goldings Street, it becomes a dirt road a little after the camping ground, dosn't show up on google maps, but its quite drivable.

Try and PM "swoosh" he's a local up that way.

I'm surprised Yamba's not under water ATM.

Hi
I live and sail at yamba, in a southeast and east winds we go to the peninsula just of Shores Drive in yamba. Theres a walkway between some houses that gets you to a small beach that you launch from.
You have to dredge out towards the river mouth until you get into the wind then you have a nice flat run between the point and the wall that is about 500m long.
Theres a gap in the wall that you can go though then it gives you about 1km long run in total but it is more tide affected and is probably running out really strong with all this rain.

Southerlys; Not very good (to much of wind shadow)
Southeastlys; are very good
Easterlys;surprising good take your pick of very flat water to bump and jump in the main river.
Northeast to northerly;exellent 2km of really flat water Can launch there instead of whiting beach if you wanted to (sometimes it has more wind than whiting beach)
Westerly;gusty very short run but sort of be fun in strong winds

There by myself or one other guy most of the time

DavMen said...

That town on the southern most red dot on your map (Wooloweyah) is probably the only launch spot. There is another access point, there's a road to a camping ground (roughly opposite the Blue Dolphin) that will take you to the Northern red Dot you've shown, I think its Goldings Street, it becomes a dirt road a little after the camping ground, dosn't show up on google maps, but its quite drivable.

I'm surprised Yamba's not under water ATM.

Spot on, Dave
have sailed from the southern red dot across bay to the SW in a biggish S/E'er. Lottsa fin-munching rocks near shore. need to do a careful check for sandbars, though.

Locateg - you would need to pick the gap in the wall on that run

thanks for the info everyone, it is another option to consider when the swell is up. Locateg, I think I know where you mean, it looked shallow over there when sailing in a northerly, but looking at the google earth picture looks good. Would never have thought of that run.