my brother in-law is in the syd-hobart in one of the smallest boats. I'm not sure I would ever do that race. slow start forecast and they usually get worked with a WSW gale nearing Bass Strait.

Hopefully next weeks southerly will be followed up by a NE for Gerroa magic.

How gusty is Gerroa in a W.

stehsegler said...


Things could improve around lunch time. Very little wind further North so I am thinking Port Kembla might not be windy enough.

Sailed Port K this morning.
Was still plenty of wind around, although gusty. Still blowing up here now.
Surf jacked up to over head, from zero yesterday.

qwerty said...
I recall that day. Actually Bellambi was hitting 60/65+ NW. Had my 4.2 shoved up my arse within minutes.

Should have clarified... what I meant was not much in Sydney. I think they had around 25 knts. ... certainly nothing like what it was down here.

I actually think there are a couple of funnels around Wollongong as well but they need the right Westerly direction.

teabaggin said...
I admire your attempts at weather forecasting for the Gerroa area, but dont you think it should be from someone who has been living there for more than 12mths

Fair enough... however, if it was for some of the people who have been living here for more than 12months you'd neither get photos nor wind reports / forecasts. I have been told in no uncertain terms by a number of people what they think about it.

Luckily the number of people with positive feedback have far out weight the negatives. In a nutshell, don't like it don't read it. And please none of that localism bullcr*p either. Since the majority of the time I seem to be sailing alone, especially when it's blowing a Westerly like the last couple of days, I can safely claim Gerroa as a my local. And in my place anyone is welcome.

As far as North East or NW to SW is concerned I still will say that Gerroa gets more wind than anywhere else... and trust me I must know since I keep looking those bloody graphs on Seabreeze about 200 times a day.