PS. and by the way, it was a beautiful clear morning, and to all you sydneysiders your city and surrounding waters looked spectactular. if i was an international tourist i would have been saying " i want to live here " , but luckily i live in tassie so i know better

I've herd and read on forums people sailing around them while jumbo jets are taking off. Make for a great video clip hey!

With all of the jumbos taking off does it get gusty?

Sydney aiport rocks. I have not found the Jumbos a problem, but are a little noisy when taking off. There can be a lot of chop though, so it is really not an all out speed spot. Although in a westerly, the little pocket of water on the northern side is a lot flater and is good for some speed runs, although it is a much shorter run, say, 500m instead of the 2km on the southern side of the runway.

It's lots of fun in a southerly as well when the swell really builds up.

From now until April there are regular NE seabreezes often around 20-25 knts. And the water is already speedo's temperature!!

On a good day I have counted around 70 sails out there. The kiters aren't allowed near the runway, so they go out at Dolls Point, a couple of kilometers south of the runway.

Drop in some time!!!!

Sounds great! For future reference, where do you launch?

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Originally posted by divaldo

Sounds great! For future reference, where do you launch?

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End of Bestic St. Good grassy rigging area. The council has even installed regularly spaced taps to rinse your gear.

Grant, sorry to hear you missed out yesterday. It was solid. Don't tell me you we're working.

Hey Paul, hard to admit i was working and missed it. Got the NE on Wed but heard from mates it was crankin'.
Bugger!!!
Another thing, parking is limited in summer so get there early. Lots of large family groups and tourists.
You can work your way up under the airport runway for some speed runs.
The airport authority put a line of yellow bouys along the runway and your not supposed to go any closer. Who would want to, its all boulders anyway.
Hope your not out there today Paul[}:)]

Now that would be a great way to impress all the different ethnic mixes. [}:)]
Lets get a petition started and by the end of summer we will have about 70 signatures.
More than enough for Rockdale Council to make us the dominant force.