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Merimbula Lake

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Created by needsalt > 9 months ago, 14 Dec 2009
needsalt
NSW, 385 posts
14 Dec 2009 9:28AM
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Do people still windsurf on Merimbula Lake? When I was a kid, it used to be packed all Summer, but the last couple of times I've been there it was empty on good days. Has anything changed?

Bristol
ACT, 347 posts
14 Dec 2009 9:58AM
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needsalt said...

Do people still windsurf on Merimbula Lake? . . . Has anything changed?

It is still a great place for flat water blasting. You have to pick the tides; the king tides of summer are the best.

What HAS recently changed is that it is no longer possible to sail from Mitchies through to the town; new oyster leases have blocked the passage.

But, "Algies run" is still great (i.e. where Algie operated the sailboard school). And the lake mouth is brilliant on a SE, subject to enough water. Smooth as butter.

Top Lake used to be popular, but, to my knowledge, no-one sails there anymore.

Ellobuddha
NSW, 625 posts
14 Dec 2009 1:40PM
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Not too many sailboarders down this way anymore. Still a few good sailors there but not many.

Most sail the bar across to Ford Oval (S/SE). You can sail inside the inlet in SE and its real smooth but very short runs.

If after some flatter water than the bar either long blasts on Wallagoot Lake (North of MBA) in NE or S/SE or down to Boydtown at the back of Twofold bay in Eden. Theres a bit of shorebreak at the Northern end but rig up at the Seahorse Inn at Boydtown - nice and grassy then a drink on the verandah at the end of the session. Theres a few of us local blokes sail there when its NE or Aslings Beach in Eden in a S or SE.

PM if down this way and looking for some other sailors.



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