I'm up for it, especially if the tide at swater is no good. can you sail right across the shallow section near wavebreak?

there were a bunch of folk sailing just a bees dick further north from you near the kids play equipment @ lands-end bridge the last couple of days

For a seachange I'm thinking of heading to viccy point tomorrow. You up for that?

If I don't go, I will probably see you there, though the tide is good for SW at the moment.

This is very close to the spot everyone went to up until the early 90's, most sailed from Burrows Street and sailed to the north of that sand bank. Was good for speed over there and there used to be a reasonable swell come up through the pilotage for jumping...and you would get the odd huge cruiser go by that always gave a good wake.

I'm not really sure why everything moved to the Train from there and later Shearwater, as I wasn't around at the time.

where to?

yeh sounds good when are you leaving?

u used to be able to go from Burrows st all the way behind the island to the channel near Straddie. But now the trees are too big so the wind shadow doesn't allow this. (all the boats that moor there don't help either)

Where Owain has indicated on the Map was good too. I remember learning Duck jybes on the shallow bit. But last time i sailed there (about 2 years ago) it was too shallow making the run across the channel too short.

I'm keen to give it another go though.

I remember swimming gear back from the sand bank a few times in the old days, especially during squally southerlies.

And seeing a few guys come unstuck going too close to the bank. When I was 15 I was riding a home made 35cm wide speed board over there with a very short fin and had someone try to follow with a full size fin...all I heard was splat!!!

forgot to mention I was 15, 20 years ago now.

In a southerly, I dont think you can go past the "Grand"
There is a little sandy beach to launch from right next to the boat ramp just in front of the Grand Hotel. You can have fairly long speed runs in flat water right up to the sand bank (see the southern end of photo in the first post) Also the buildings on the point tend to funnel the wind and unlike the Train, the gusts tend to come together at the sandbank. Not effected much by the tide as it is fairly shallow, but is better at low tide. One problem! There is a jet ski hire mob that use the sand bank as their base!!!! Lucky they are not getting much work this time of year.