Relocating to Melbourne

you wont need your 8.4 so leave that in sydney. this time of year you might get a bit of use out of your 4.1 size sail. but as we move more near summer the size you will sail with the most is a 5.4 wave sail nothing else. that's all i use over spring and summer. and i have one other sail a 6.6 koncept that i use sometimes for speed sailing.

Board : you can get away with a wave board 100- 90 L range. i have friends that sail with boards that size all the time. i am useing a 120 jp excite board as my main board at the moment and finding it way to big.

and you will need a 4,3 wet suit and a spring suit.

So you can get away with a medium to light wind wave board
and a 5.4 -5.5 wave sail. you dont need much else

45 mins from the city : you can windsurf green point. It's a bump and jump type beach. and on some days the chop can get pretty wild. works NW,SW

kite beach, st. kilda is great. again it's not flat. allways has a swell rolling in from the other side of the bay. works S, SW

Rickets point is another great spot and gets some great side shore jumping conditions. works SE

I think july and august in winter seem to be the best months to windsurf. They said we had the windiest august ever on record last winter.

Rubbish!!!!!! I use my 8.5 quite often on those 10 - 15knot days with a wide 105 lt board. In fact I could have used it today when the wind dropped out.

Myself and the guys I sail with have sails that range from 4.5 up to 8.5 with board sizes ranging from 75 to 120. It really depends on what sort of sailing you like to do. Victoria has everything from surf, bump and jump through to flat water blasting.
Get a warm wetsuit though for winter.

Marty, That quiver is perfect for Melb, we get everything. 77 and 4.4 perfect for a big day at Green Point and the 123 and 8.4 just the ticket for cruising in a soft 12-15 knot seabreeze. Your set!!!

Welcome to Vic Enceladus
Each to their own in gear selection but being a 80plus kg sailor my sail range is 4.7 - 8.5 with 105 and 144 ltr boards. Hey windtechno even at Inverloch the 8.5 has been out on numerous occasions. All my equipment gets a workout and I have sailed both sides of the bay, Inverloch, Lysterfield, Cooling ponds, The PIT and Apollo Bay
My suggestion is bring the lot

It's true then..... red bull does give you wings!

Enceladus - my opinion would be to bring all of your gear if possible!

windaddict and zacd where a you bro's to back me up??? we all use 5m sails stick up for me

In the bay I generally wear boardies in summer with a "wetsuit" rashie (0.5mm I think). However there was one day early december last year I needed a full steamer. A few weeks ago at Green Point I sweated in a steamer from the car park to the beach (30 deg) and then froze in the water....dam bay and air temp change rapidly down here.

Summer seabreeze is generally 15-20knots sometimes a tad more sometimes a tad less. I weigh 85kgs and will be using a 5.8/5.2m sail and 85lt/106lt board combo. And then you get your late spring/early summer SW fronts - 4.7/4.2m and less!!

Nah mate - Summer is windy!!! All the time! You can count on a 20knot plus seabreeze 5 days out of 7 and at least once or twice a week it will approach 30knots! Melbourne is a windy place and awesome for windsurfing - bring all your gear 'cause you'll never want to go back to Sydney!

See ya at the beach!

PS for summer sea breezes you can't beat the end of Dendy St in Brighton!!!

Ok, you got me Steve! How's once in a blue moon sound....better?

Seriously though, I think I'm gonna have to vote "no" to the Inverloch Surf Camera proposal, otherwise I might just get sprung a lot more!

Got the new board yet? I'm sure it'll make a good nappy change table once you do!

I think the most important thing to bear in mind is that Melbourne has better food and therefore more wind.

witness

www.windfinder.com/windstatistics/fawkner_beacon_hampton_beach?utm_source=www.windfinder.com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=redirect

BEATS

www.windfinder.com/windstats/windstatistic_botany_bay_sydney.htm

Sydney wins by a whisker on force 4 plus days in summer but gets its ass kicked soundly on average wind (which to be honest means that Melbourne gets the bigger days)

Yeah that not quite what i said is it now ?
Frequently when i finish work in the summer the wind is marginal.
Face it, it often is.
I'd rather go out on a big board than not.
When its been like that (and I'm talking about Hampton Beach, NOT Green Point in a Northerly) it has appeared to me that the most people out are on big boards and on Hampton Beach (in preference to most of the rest of Bayside).
I think Hampton is also popular for beginners due to the all around safe downwind beaches and the shelter of the Sandringham Yacht Club waterbreak.

Enceladus, I'll see you down Bayside this summer on the water whilst Windtechno is waiting at home for the 3 windiest days of the year so he can go out using a twig for a board and a postage stamp for a sail.

First southerly of the seaon yesterday!

Had an AWESOME sail from 6pm-7:30pm at Dendy St Brighon on a 98L JP Freestyle and 6.1Firefly wave sail! Looking forward to the Summer.

Melb has conditions and locations to suit all levels and all equipment which is one of the things that make it such a great place for windsurfing!

Lets all get along now cause Santa claws will be here soon and when the wind is up all i can say is thank you santa. It's nearly christmas boys

Hi GP,

slight change in topic... thanks for posting windfinder stats the info is great - i didn't know it existed...

word of caution when looking at these stats, the data is only collected just over 5 years for Sydney and lessthan 3 years for Melbourne....

based on a bad winter or summer the avg's may be skewed.... especially for Melb.

The BOM would most likely have data going back decades...

Question you need to ask "do I like cruising on my big board with the 8.4 in 12-15 knots?" If the answer is yes then bring it as it will definitely get used.
If the answer is no then don't, simple as that.