Canton Beach if its a westerly but you need a weed fin. Look up Canton Beach on Youtube, I've posted a few videos from there so you'll get a bit of an idea what its like from both a GoPro first person and a third person perspective.

Foreshore drive botany, other side of the runway

What sort of fin box does your board have? If its a powerbox I have a few powerbox weedfins including a delta. You could borrow one as I will probably use a board with a tuttle finbox.

Mobydisc said..

What sort of fin box does your board have? If its a powerbox I have a few powerbox weedfins including a delta. You could borrow one as I will probably use a board with a tuttle finbox.

That sounds great, Karl... thanks for offering. I've got a powerbox.

Are you planning on sailing Canton on Sunday? I've got to be in Newcastle by late afternoon, so will be heading up that way in the morning if the forecast holds up.

Please flick me a PM and let me know.

Cheers
Nige

P.S. Great footage. Makes me want to be out there right now instead of sitting behind this desk.

2035 said...

DunkO said..

Foreshore drive botany, other side of the runway

That's only a few minutes drive for me. It's a pretty thin stretch of water, but I imagine it'd be super smooth... is the wind affected much by the runways?

Best flat water I've sailed, wind is usually good, as good as a westerly can be any way.

Flat water spots in a Westerly:

Sydney
- La Perouse if it's SW to W
- Kurnell if it's W to NW
- Foreshore Road in a Westerly is super flat but a bit too gusty for my taste
- Rosebay W to NW
- Palmbeach (Pittwater side) SW to NW super gusty but it's flat water.

South of Sydney
- Lake Illawara
- Gerroa if the swell isn't too big can be nice. Works best in a SW to W, NW can sometimes work, When I lived there I regularly sailed Westerlies at Gerroa but you pretty much will be alone.

North of Sydney
- Most of the Lakes North of Terrigal / The Entrance work really well in Westerlies. Had some fun sails when I lived up that way.

Roar said...
anyone know what the weed and water level at primbee is like?

The weed is only on the bottom and not a problem. The water level changes more than ever before now that the entrance is open to the tidal influence so you might have to walk away out to get enough depth at low tide. High tide is the best . The water is still flat on the Lee side of the sandbar in a westerly. Can't wait for the next westerly blow.

Straight westerlies...... Gotta be ultra keen for that