Hey LDE

You will definitely need a weed fin for both spots and would advise wearing boots esp. at Pt Henry.

I sailed Pt Henry for about 5 hrs on Saturday and was a little sore today otherwise I would have been there today as well (although if it had been blowing more than about 10 - 15knots I probably would have gone again anyway lol).

Hi everyone im new here, i mostly sail but my Dads got an old windsurfer that i use occassilonally. I live just round the corner from lake connewarre and i was wondering if anyone can tell me where the starpickets are under the water as well as if the blue green alge in the river has affected the lake at all?

ok cool. So its safe to windsurf there!

Sailingkid, The lake has a reasonably large tidal rise and fall and is effectively seawater. Very little fresh water flows in from the Barwon and certainly none when the river is in Algal bloom. Its nice clean water in the lake despite the appearance of the black mud. At present there is a massive weed growth in the lake . This weed washes up on the Northern shore and does become quite putrid along the shore but once out 20-30 metres its clean enough. I have systematically pulled all the starpickets from the Northern shore area but there is still a number of timber piles at the end of Ash Rd and Mollers Lane, these are clearly visible.
You might as well use the lake as its pretty handy, ands you could get your stuff down there by bike.

ok thanks everyone. But im not sure how i would get a 13 foot longboard, 1 peice fibreglass mast, 3 cam salom sail, clip on boom, etc down to the lake on my bike lol.

Lol might be a bit hard to tow over the hills getting to the lake!

Hey sailingkid

Might see you on the lake this arvo..

KA sails, Green subaru forester

sailingkid said...

Just had a great sail and learnt to use the harness, although i think i was a bit overpowered i got planing fo the fiirst time too. Sooooo much fun!

WEll Done!!!!!!!!

I launched the other day from the end of brinsmeads lane, (the north eastern end) its just not very deep for a fair way. Its good once you get out though!

sailingkid said...

I launched the other day from the end of brinsmeads lane, (the north eastern end) its just not very deep for a fair way. Its good once you get out though!

So a weed fin's a must on the lake at the moment....what size?

Well I dont have a weed fin so I just have to stop every so often if the fin gets clogged.
Once you get out and a little more westerly of the launch area there is a lot less weed.
With any luck the wind will be up again tomorrow about the same. Its a shame all I have is a 5.8 sail. I am going to try the race fin I have tomorrow..its a little longer but there was a guy using one today that seemed to get a few good runs.