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Photos from Lake Illawarra

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Created by jh2703 > 9 months ago, 10 Jul 2011
jh2703

jh2703

NSW, 1225 posts
10 Jul 2011 8:46PM
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Some pics from today...













































gregc

gregc

VIC, 1299 posts
10 Jul 2011 9:04PM
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that looks full on good day was it?

sboardcrazy

sboardcrazy

NSW, 8355 posts
11 Jul 2011 8:52AM
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Great pics! Looks windy + VERY cold..

izaak

izaak

TAS, 2013 posts
11 Jul 2011 9:58AM
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Nice pics guys looks like a good spot

gregwed

gregwed

QLD, 556 posts
11 Jul 2011 7:42PM
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Where is Lake Illawarra?
Looks like a good spot for a hoiday/sail.....

mauiboy

mauiboy

NSW, 52 posts
11 Jul 2011 7:48PM
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hey boys.

Man ive got to get a small fin and join you guys. It looks epic!!!!!!!! Hopefully bring me soe good times like leo and craig

see u all soon

Mobydisc

Mobydisc

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11 Jul 2011 7:58PM
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gregwed said...

Where is Lake Illawarra?
Looks like a good spot for a hoiday/sail.....


A little bit south of Wollongong and the steelworks at Cringilla. Its not exactly a holiday destination. There is a caravan park on the lake at Windang but its very weedy and stinky there.

There is good windsurfing to be had around the Illawarra.

keef

keef

NSW, 2016 posts
11 Jul 2011 9:15PM
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gregwed said...

Where is Lake Illawarra?
Looks like a good spot for a hoiday/sail.....


gregwed if you haven't been down this way have a look on "google earth" Jervis bay, its 1hr south of lake illawarra, great flat water blasting on the basin and a combo of flat and jump and bump in a southerly at callala bay, the nth easters are a good 5knts stronger than botany and the southerlys arrive much earlyer

AUS4

AUS4

NSW, 1296 posts
11 Jul 2011 9:17PM
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mauiboy said...

hey boys.

Man ive got to get a small fin and join you guys. It looks epic!!!!!!!! Hopefully bring me soe good times like leo and craig

see u all soon


you may also need a wheelchair.

mauiboy

mauiboy

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11 Jul 2011 10:00PM
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AUS4 said...

mauiboy said...

hey boys.

Man ive got to get a small fin and join you guys. It looks epic!!!!!!!! Hopefully bring me soe good times like leo and craig

see u all soon


you may also need a wheelchair.


Yep, ive also heard that!

hardie

hardie

WA, 4133 posts
11 Jul 2011 8:02PM
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gr8 pics ta, flat as it looks?

Mobydisc

Mobydisc

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11 Jul 2011 10:25PM
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hardie said...

gr8 pics ta, flat as it looks?


Yes its quite flat behind the weedline in a westerly once you get over to Primbee.

barn

barn

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11 Jul 2011 8:36PM
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It is flat, and it gets really flat when it gets really shallow. You can see it in the foreground, where the chop disappears, it's about knee deep. And it gradually gets shallower until it's ankle depth. The good thing is the bottom is consistently the same depth, so no sudden sand banks.

I use a couple of 12.5cm fins, and sail accordingly. Have to wash the sand outta my wetsuit after a big crash.

gregc

gregc

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12 Jul 2011 8:34AM
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So no using the 48cm fin then?

Ian K

Ian K

WA, 4170 posts
12 Jul 2011 7:27AM
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gregc said...

So no using the 48cm fin then?


Plenty of deeper water there also. Formula boards and 16 foot skiffs can find plenty of water to hold races in. In westerlies, in cold weather we just tend to sail in the knee deep stuff. Another 200 metres to the north is the channel, sizeable chop running down it in a westerly. You can use the channel markers for some challenging gybing practice. Did a few last week but after a full immersion, I'll give that a break for a few months.

keef

keef

NSW, 2016 posts
12 Jul 2011 9:52AM
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Ian K said...

, in cold weather we just tend to sail in the knee deep stuff.

Mobydisc said...
A little bit south of Wollongong and the steelworks at Cringilla. Its not exactly a holiday destination. but its very weedy and stinky there.


the best thing about lake illawarra is the mud,knee deep in mud keeps your feet warm while your waiting for a gust





Willaus0001

Willaus0001

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12 Jul 2011 10:52AM
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barn said...

It is flat, and it gets really flat when it gets really shallow. You can see it in the foreground, where the chop disappears, it's about knee deep. And it gradually gets shallower until it's ankle depth. The good thing is the bottom is consistently the same depth, so no sudden sand banks.

I use a couple of 12.5cm fins, and sail accordingly. Have to wash the sand outta my wetsuit after a big crash.




shaka shaka one hand perhaps?

sboardcrazy

sboardcrazy

NSW, 8355 posts
12 Jul 2011 10:58AM
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Ian K said...

gregc said...

So no using the 48cm fin then?


Plenty of deeper water there also. Formula boards and 16 foot skiffs can find plenty of water to hold races in. In westerlies, in cold weather we just tend to sail in the knee deep stuff. Another 200 metres to the north is the channel, sizeable chop running down it in a westerly. You can use the channel markers for some challenging gybing practice. Did a few last week but after a full immersion, I'll give that a break for a few months.




Know that feeling..especially when you know after most gybes you'll be sitting in the water..


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