We don't have any flat water speed strips but look what we get to sail in.
Lake Clearwater, Canterbury high country, NZ
So remind me why we live in cities.....

Yep, always need a wetsuit but 5mm is enough
10-12 deg water last month.
15 degrees this week....gets up to 20-23 by February.
Cold water's good for you....inspires you to stop dropping gybes.
Besides you can't have the snow capped background without a bit of cold.

Kiwiland isn't the only one without a decent speedstrip and we have to put up with this view! Shame people park their cars in the way.

Windy from October until March, prob best Nov/Dec/Jan.
Thermal winds blowing from the west coast to the east so at their best when the Canterbury plains in the east are hot and dry.Met service forecasts are pretty accurate.Use 'mountains and national parks'...'Canterbury high country' as info source.
It's usually 15-25kts and often 35-45.
73kts recently damaged a few roofs.
There is no web site for bach rentals but if you contact Al at 'Groundswell' (the local ChCh shop) his wife Nic has a list of rentals.
Beautiful place to sail, fresh water, thin air (667m altitude) no cell phone reception, no power, no noise and no worries about big grey things in the water, worst you'll get here is an eel or a duck and not even any spiders.
Water temp is 15degrees at the moment and sometimes gets as high as 23 in Feb

slowboat said...

shame someone got their car in the way Kean...

Ignorant buggers, they knew i was taking a photo and put that POS right in the middle!

Au contraire, I tend to avoid it. No one ever got a photo of the one I had in Perth and used for windsurfing!

Roo said...

Au contraire, I tend to avoid it. No one ever got a photo of the one I had in Perth and used for windsurfing!

Now that I would like to see. What sort of fin did the Aston use?