Not sure if I'm imagining things, or coincidence, or what, but it seems like every time I spend a few hours in Botany Bay I feel kinda sick and/or lethargic for a few days after.

After sailing on Saturday I have had a slightly runny nose and been feeling very tired all week. I'd best describe it as a light flu. This is not the first time.

I know that the water in Botany Bay is terrible, but I'm dry 99.9% of the time. Still, I get splashed and take the occasional dip after a muffed gybe.

Anybody else noticed this? : \

Well, according to the article below
"Foreshores Beach in Botany Bay was again the only swimming spot to be rated "very poor"."Microbial water quality [at Foreshores Beach] is highly influenced by faecal pollution, particularly after rainfall, and is very susceptible to faecal contamination from the sewage overflows which discharge into Mill Pond Creek"

www.smh.com.au/environment/11-sydney-beaches-to-avoid-after-rainfall-as-water-quality-deteriorates-20161020-gs6h2f.html

I always gargle with Listerine after a big wet southerly.

Funny you should mention it. I don't normally have any problems after sailing the bay (I stay reasonably dry) but I did have the symtoms you mention after the weekend sail. I even have a slight rash / blistering on the side of my nose. I thought it may have been a jellyfish bite as I did a big dunk on Sunday.

It was my first sail since last season season so I put it down to overusing underused muscles. But maybe ther was a higher amount of crap in the water.

Coke .... not sure if that toxin would be better than the water. :)

slalomfreak said..

There are two or three beginners who spend a lot of time in the water and come back for more every week so..

Exactly. Madness has set in.

gavnwend said..
Thats why l don't sail there anymore .too much activity going on. swimmers, jet skis plus parking can be a headache.jet fumes galour.kurnell or ramsgate is better just a bit chopier in a north easter.this is kyeemagh lm talking about.

I've been sailing a few hundred metres further south for years now. The road that runs along the bay.

Better parking.
Better rigging area.
Better access to the water.
Better chop.
Better wind.