Just a quick post to get everyone up to speed on whats happening to the bottom of the Murray! We sailed at Goolaw yesterday, good solid SW winds, best conditions for Goolwa. But there was one thing missing! WATER! The lake is such a poor condition now that you can only sail in the channels, click on Google earth and have a look if you get time!

Yesterday we had to sail from Hindmarsh Island, Rankines Landing, hop out into the channel and down to the barrages. Now this was OK as the wind direction made it perfect, but the channel is only 60 metres wide, so a slight shift east of west in the wind would spell and end to sailing for the day.

I was devestated that the place I learned to sail, over the last 12 years or so had now become a sand bank, people were even riding motorbikes down at the barrages, I even saw a couple walking slap bang in the middle of the lake.

I really dont know what the solution is, or wether this is the end for this place, but it is such a shame.

Looks like some sailing in the ocean is the only option.

PS: with the sailing in the channel yesterday, I felt like Finnian Maynard! Kym was Karin Jaggi......