Since i have a De panner working with me at the moment we decided to sneak off to esperance for a quick little sightsee, fish and sail for a few days.
i havent sailed here since the early1990's so it was great to see haw the mini went on the fine hard sand. Lucky Bay has a really fine quartz sand that squeals as you sail over it, and is brilliant for really nice 360's
effectively there is only about 200m of the beach that can be easily sailed , the rest has tricky conditions as the wind comes over dunes. you need a full on seabreeze to sail here. it is a national park too , so check with the ranger, and pick a time when there isnt too many people on the beach.
Next day we had a little sail at Cape Le Grande. The beach has a 12km downwinder, but again a good seabreeze is really needed. there are lulls where big dunes block the wind , but also big sections of low dunes where you just smoke it down the beach,but my little 3.8m only managed a 53.5 kph on the day. Bryan from Kalgoorlie Blokarts has managed a 60kph on the beach , and has managed to sail past the 12km point and come out at Wylie Bay after some towing when the breeze died.
and of course , tradition demands that you finish the weekend with a few runs to see if you can get the yacht floating, whilst you swim in the crystal waters
) are camping in the area that some of the locals in Kal would probably turn up with a few spare landyachts that need decobwebbing 
