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Forums > Windsurfing Tasmania

Swansea on Sunday

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Created by AUS02 > 9 months ago, 16 Feb 2013
AUS02
TAS, 2008 posts
16 Feb 2013 8:59AM
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Forecast looks OK (NE 15-25) for a blast off Swansea on the East Coast. Fairly flat water and long runs over to Coles Bay. Anyone keen?

JohnnyHuett
TAS, 543 posts
16 Feb 2013 10:19AM
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Hey Dave - I used to sail this run from Edge of the Bay/Coles Bay Holiday Villas into Coles Bay (about 1NM) in my teens. Every afternoon in summer is a NE seabreeze around 20knots. Some great memories pumping my bombora 282 without a care in the world, with my one and only fin, and the size of the sail didn't factor into my decision to sail or not - they were the days.


If you want a suggestion, drive along Dolphin sands and launch off the beach, you'll get a much better run into Coles Bay (more directly at the Hazards <- they are the mountains for those playing at home) and some real flat water. If you can angle toward the Island as much as possible as well. The winds are usually real consistent on a NE, as the land mass is really small, and the wind doesn't get much thermal disturbance.
It's roughly 16km/9NM from Swansea to Coles Bay, but if you drive up Dolphin sands you'll still get 5-6NM runs on flatter water. I'm not sure about a launching area, and dolphin sands can have a decent beach break. Can't wait to see your GPS tracks.
The flat water places like Stanley/Port Sorell are brilliant, don't get me wrong, but a place like Great Oyster bay on a NE is some of the best sailing I think you'll find...big call, but you'll agree with me tomorrow afternoon mate I was always surprise about the real small number of windsurfers in Coles Bay - sure the afternoon NE seabreeze was offshore, but there are so many boats, rescuing was never an issue.
Wish I could come with you ...

Grevil
TAS, 267 posts
16 Feb 2013 1:34PM
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pft sail North Friendlies

AUS02
TAS, 2008 posts
16 Feb 2013 9:28PM
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Had a great sail at Marion today and tomorrow looking even better, so will go to Marion again.

easty
TAS, 2213 posts
16 Feb 2013 9:46PM
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Yeah was fun today, I'll be back tomorrow too. Great place to sail.

TASSIEROCKS
TAS, 1651 posts
16 Feb 2013 10:33PM
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See you boys down there 12? on

houston
TAS, 3173 posts
16 Feb 2013 11:20PM
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Goats was somkin................small waves but good wind came in around 3.30........9 sailors
There'll be a few of us following you guys down to Marion tomorrow



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