The Abrolhos Islands 80kms west of Geraldton have quite a few of these, is warm and has reliable strong winds , you would need to hire a charter boat, was a dream of mine, but the aging body has diminished the fire inside that is necessary to organize such an adventure. Best to act on these ideas whilst the fire is still burning, because nothing lasts forever
The Western side of Wallibi Is has an NM run, and there are a few other spots if you zoom out and check the islands and sandbars, the prevailing wing id South or SSW
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Would it cost any more than Luderitz to get there?
How strong is the wind?
Maybe another speed challenge
Just looking at google maps, Shag Bay on West Wallabi Island and Turtle bay on East Wallabi island look to be promising speed strips on the right wind direction. And possibly the NE side of West Wallabi Is if the wind in more SW.? Can't tell what the shoreline is like though.
I want to ask a couple of dumb questions:
Are you mainly looking for a shallow area that doesn't have a lot of interfering buildings up wind, but does have a sandbar to stop the chop from building?
What length is desired?
There is a spot here in Tampa bay that has something like that but I've never sailed it in a strong offshore wind. Seems like it might work?
The wind would need to be coming from the NW here (green arrow on left) with sailing directing along the sandbar on the right. On lower tides the sandbar is exposed.
Track is from where the wind was NE, where I usually sail if the wind has primarily an East component.
Instead of looking for some remote Shangri La for speed sailing, have we considered what deployable technologies could be used to temporarily take our available shallow water speed spots to the next level. I'm thinking a 100m deployable strip of wave attenuation to be placed at the correct angle, on the day.
Option 1: Deployable flood barriers like www.hydroresponse.com/water-gate-barrier that could be rolled out in and anchored in 10m strips before they self fill from the wave action.
When I looked into that option the logistics were a nightmare, cost, deployment, anchoring, permits, removal, storage better off chartering a boat to the Abrolhos Is, or shark bay, or some of the reefs off Cairns, its cheaper and less hassle.
Charter or lease a good livable boat,put 5 or 6 paying windsurfers on board and explore the reefs out of Cairns.
I'm in for an Abrolhos trip. Plenty of sharks out there though..
Was out there last Easter (not sailing) and saw a few potential spots. The wind is super consistent and clean. All the islands are just a few metres high at most and wind is regularly in the 30-40 range.
Abrolohos will be cheaper than Luderitz.
I got out to Big Rat and North island by working on cray boats.
Speak to some cray fishermen, tell them windsurfer very strong and can lift pots, do tucker run and sail for free!
I saw many sharks looking at my head while diving on pots, but they didn't bite, they are well fed so i doubt they'll eat windsurfer.
If you want a real mission, head to the bottom of the world in the land of fire. 6km long runs with a perfect wind angle.