Have a chat to "cisco" he's in Bundaberg and sails a Blokart.
Im certain he would love another yacht to sail with!!

adriank said...

OK I'm new here and I'm looking at building a mini that Pauls been posting
Now I'm looking to move to Hervey Bay in the next couple months
My question is where can sail my boat? (may be Fraser Is)
Also if your reading this could you please post your favorite sailing spot
Thanks Adrian

Hi Adrian, Kody is right on the mark about Farnborough Beach. If you have a choice of Hervey Bay or Yeppoon, I would take the latter any day.

There are very few, if any, places at Hervey Bay where you can land sail successfully. Most beaches appear to be ideal surfaces but need a northerly wind. Good northerlies are a rarity on the Qld coast.

Bundaberg is an hour and a half north of Hervey Bay and Yeppoon is four hours north of Bundaberg. Fraser island is a logistical and legal nightmare for land sailing so I would not even contemplate it.

We have a few places here in Bundy that are reliable for land sailing but it not as windy here as one would expect. In reality I suppose we get about a dozen good sailing days in per year. But they are really good days!!!

If you are moving to the coast in Queensland and you want it to be a place where landsailing is handy there are three places. Bribie Island just north of Brisbane, Yeppoon near Rockhampton and Mackay. There is a strong group of blokarters in Mackay who now have a registered club and they are very friendly people there.

If I was not so well established here in Bundaberg I would be moving to Yeppoon. Land sailing and yachting in general is very good there. Rockhampton is a large city with a jet airport and combined with Yeppoon would have a population of around 200,000. Employment is strong there, it being a gateway to the coal mining areas inland. Because of that though real estate is quite expensive. It is all relative.

EDIT:-Generally the further north you go in Qld, the stronger the winter south east trade winds are. Also the central Qld coast (Yeppoon to Mackay) has the biggest tidal ranges in Queensland.

I hope this is of help for you. Cheers Cisco.

Due to a severe lack of sleep Cisco wasn't present until the closing scenes. He was the rugged one wearing only a red polo shirt, blue shorts, dunlop volleys, MSA Nullabor specs and MSA Rodeo gloves.

Many thanks to the Mackay crew for coming down and making it such an enjoyable occassion. They now understand what I have been raving on about when I have sung the praises about Farnborough Beach, Yeppoon on this forum a few times before.

Of particular note here, for those that have watched the video and may be trying to figure out the beach:- The tidal range on this beach at times exceeds 4m. This weekend it was around 2m, with the high on Saturday at noon and 1pm on Sunday. We were able to sail the beach ALL DAY.

ALSO when the afternoon seabreeze came in it was striking the beach at around 80 degrees. If anybody knows of a beach as good or better than that which does not need a survival pack to get to please tell us about it.

The Keppel Bay Sailing Club hosted the "Sabot Nationals" this weekend as well. The aforementioned club also has one of the best $13 buffet dinners you could ask for too.

See y'all on Farnborough Beach. Cisco

I resemble that.

What a bloody fantastic vid!!

How the hell did he steer, sheet and film all at once. he must have 3 arms

It must have been windy, it blew all of your helmets off

You were only half the size I expected! . At least you can see now that you dont need a giant yacht . with your body frame size a mini with about 4.5m would be plenty
Pauls right again . Now go home and get on with the buildingor the windy weather willl be all over for another year