After spending a couple of weeks poking around Sydney Harbour and Pittwater, all I can say is how fortunate you guys who live in the area are!
America Bay - empty!
There's not too much like this in WA (where we are from), beautiful deep water, plenty of moorings and in some cases, only 50m from the beach and a counter meal!
I caught a salmon in Cowan Creek - LUNCH!
Anyhow - we are off tomorrow morning to continue our northern odyssey.
Summertime is vastly different. But then in Sydney you can sail all year round. Only problem is the reduced daylight hours in winter.
I will be moving MB from Pittwater to Sydney soon. Broken Bay is great for a few days away but the sailing is pretty boring. I know every Pittwater feature intimately.
The harbour is busier with a few good overnight stops. But the entire shoreline is fantastically interesting.
It is only 3-4 hours to go between them.
Yeah MB, we had a great sail from Sydney up to Pittwater, ENE at about 15knots.
Took about 5 hrs, good fun.
Heading up to Lake Macquarie tomorrow.
Sydney and Pittwater may be OK, but if you are heading to Lake mac you are heading to a better place, in my unbiased opinion.
If the westerlies remain head for the southern end of the lake, eastern side of Point Woolstonecroft, one of the better anchorages in a westerly.
Drop a note if you need anything while on the lake.
Big thumbs up for Lake MacQuarie. Great place to spend a few weeks or a lifetime.
Best time for going in or out is 3 hours after the high tide at Fort Denison in Sydney.
The Lake MacQuarie Yacht Club is a great facility and social hub which is only a 10 min walk from Woolies, Coles, Aldi and everything else Belmont has to offer.
Hopefully the club has a better manager than the jerk who was there two years ago.
Lake Macquarie is just magnificent. I have lived on the southern end of the lake all my life. I used to have a stink boat but now I have a yacht I love it. I used sail when I was young and can't understand why I havn't had a yacht before.
i do intend to do trips between port Stephens and Sydney but will always return to my beautiful lake
This is in my 5 year plan, but a couple of questions:
how hard is it to get a mooring for short to medium term stays (up to a month?) in either Sydney harbour or Pitwater?
Are you depth limited for extensive areas in Lake Macquarie?
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This is in my 5 year plan, but a couple of questions:
how hard is it to get a mooring for short to medium term stays (up to a month?) in either Sydney harbour or Pitwater?
Are you depth limited for extensive areas in Lake Macquarie?
I cannot comment re the moorings, but, assuming you can get into the lake, the depth on Lake Mac is fine over most of the lake. There are two or three shallower bays but generally OK to within about 30 m of the shore.
Depth in the channel varies and is reliant on maintenance. My boat draws 2m, we generally look for reasonably high tides but are OK if we do that.
