aussieboats said...

I talked to one of the locals and on low tide the entrance at the moment is nearly blocked , so the tide should have little influnece at the moment .

Was down there today - looks so diff to the posted piccies. Very silted up at normal mouth but the river has busted through halfway through that nice long sandbar. Took some pics on the phone but the cord to transfer is at work so i will upload some tomorrow if I dont sail.

Dont dispare though, there is a speed strip along the rock wall close to Harrignton- a park to rig up in too, just need to find a launch spot - i dont mind jumping off the rocks with gear so long as there is somewhere to get out - yet to find that tho. The channel looks deep enough and in a SE would be very very flat! Not very wide though, could comfortably sail it but might get a bit congested - we may need to make some rules as to who gets right of way to get max GPS scores. Took a short vid of it on my phone and will email it round to the team when i am back in the office.

just in the off chance that casual forum readers, dont get the wrong impression about Nambucca vwall and river entrance.
its like most spots, if all the variables come together and you are ready, then Nam can be as good as any flatwater speed slalom spot, in anything from an east south east to a south south west wind.
these images are last august 2011.
happy hunting

Awesome!! Thanks so much Windanza! Is the pic of your rig on the ground taken near the pub? Is that the best spot to launch?

Great shots, looks like fun!

On the day these pics were taken, is it south east with a run in tide? Looks like a fun combo. So I assume you launched in that little sandy beach right in the V-Wall?

The actual river bar looks like fun wave sailing too at times. I've surfed there a bit over the years, but it looks like it would be good in a north or nor-easter? I'm keen to give it a try come spring

Cheers

Thats my doppelgänger Kev, While he gets my jollies when i am chained to the wheels of gainfull etc's . Yes it would be good to visit your beautiful part of this coast and, a) sail on the waves or on port Stephens with you ,b) plan a dream trip to paradise, or c) reminisce about our previous escape to 'the fast waves in...........'.
On a recent post you said you couldnt wait to get back there. I thought .....is he really going or just expressing how much you like the place. Hey it woulda been good to be a fly on the wall when BS & SMcK were Riding the Sega train reef recently, if you get my drift.
Back to reality though, its coming into your windy season for Birubi. We may just have to throw caution to the wind literally, and come down and check out your 100litre EOS, and get the informed report on performance.
Hi to Anne & bowow
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