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eckas

NSW

323 posts

eckas

NSW, 323 posts

27 Sep 2009 2:59pm

The Gerroa wind trace shows a 76 knot (140kph) gust at about 12:30pm today. Is this for real? Anyone down there live to tell the tale?

Aiolus

NSW

102 posts

Aiolus

NSW, 102 posts

27 Sep 2009 4:01pm

eckas said...

The Gerroa wind trace shows a 76 knot (140kph) gust at about 12:30pm today. Is this for real? Anyone down there live to tell the tale?

Yes, its for real ... I'm feeding the wind data for Gerroa to Seabreeze .. total white-out on the water with mini-whirlwinds all over the place .... no one has been out for a few days sensibly [}:)]

qwerty

NSW

807 posts

qwerty

NSW, 807 posts

27 Sep 2009 4:48pm

Not far off that at Port K this arvo

Ian K

4169 posts

Ian K

WA, 4169 posts

27 Sep 2009 4:20pm

Lake Illawarra was entertaining. Windiest I've ever experienced. Dead flat for the port gybes. Waves ( and a welcome wind shadow) in the channel the other way. Had to sit out some huge gusts in the knee deep water. Surely no one sailed in the ocean?

eckas

NSW

323 posts

eckas

NSW, 323 posts

27 Sep 2009 6:32pm

Yes, the lake was showing its alter-ego yesterday, and even more so today. Got out yesterday on a 5.8 (smallest I've got), downhauled and outhauled to the max and still had to abort sailing during the squalls. Others were out on low 4's. Between 4:30 and 5 there was a really nice spell where the 5.8 was great.

CJW

NSW

1731 posts

CJW

NSW, 1731 posts

27 Sep 2009 7:03pm

A few of us sailed at Port Kembla today...fairly hard to bottom turn when you're approaching warp 10 and it has to be hitting 50kts. Some of the gusts were insane, just brace yourself, hang on and ride it out haha. You know when you get that mist getting whipped of the wave peaks it's quite windy

lee1972

QLD

921 posts

lee1972

QLD, 921 posts

27 Sep 2009 7:32pm

Yes bud, group of us went down for the weekend. The smallest sail i had was a 5.4 needless to say i got smashed although we did have better luck at shoalheaven river.

lee1972

QLD

921 posts

lee1972

QLD, 921 posts

27 Sep 2009 7:33pm

Ian K said...

Lake Illawarra was entertaining. Windiest I've ever experienced. Dead flat for the port gybes. Waves ( and a welcome wind shadow) in the channel the other way. Had to sit out some huge gusts in the knee deep water. Surely no one sailed in the ocean?

where is the best place to launch from??

Ian K

4169 posts

Ian K

WA, 4169 posts

3 Oct 2009 5:09pm

Only ever launched from the Illawarra yacht club. It's an awkward launch off a concrete warf, but I've mastered it now, I think. The first ding is the deepest.

Ian K

4169 posts

Ian K

WA, 4169 posts

5 Oct 2009 11:51am

CJW said...

A few of us sailed at Port Kembla today...fairly hard to bottom turn when you're approaching warp 10 and it has to be hitting 50kts. Some of the gusts were insane, just brace yourself, hang on and ride it out haha. You know when you get that mist getting whipped of the wave peaks it's quite windy

Just found Port Kembla on the map, that's inside the breakwater? Are the 5 islands a reasonable downwind safety net?

qwerty

NSW

807 posts

qwerty

NSW, 807 posts

5 Oct 2009 3:43pm

I assume you're looking at the harbour at Port Kembla. Thats not where you sail.
We sail at Port Kembla Beach in a Westerly. North end of the beach (stretches south to Windang).

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