Select to expand quoteGestalt said..
this is something not talked about enough
^ i agree (including the rest of the quote)
but
a message to developers;
please - don't do it anywhere that will have an impact on any water sports and please don't create more sunless afternoons for nearby parks or beaches
preferably - reclaim some pre-developed land away from water, beaches, parks and residential areas, at your own cost
or - build it on some low value land, like near the m1. Everyone driving past will get to see it (just as you want) and it's easily accessible to the public
build it near zupps group.. build it near logan... these areas would wet their pants in uncontrollable excitement knowing something like the sunland development will be built near their investments
Once it's gone its gone forever we need preserve what we have and not throw it away. For the sake of money. No amount of money will buy back the pleasure of just being able to just go for a sail without worrying about any thing else but the pleasure of just doing our sport that we all love...
Everytime a new building goes up in Surfers it affects this area, this will be another fly in the ointment. If it it blew 30+knots all of the time may not be an issue ;-) The Jewel Towers further down Surfers are going to affect the Southerlies as well no doubt.
I faced the compass on Google Earth to head NW (so I could plot a straight line for SE wind) to show the effect on the wind. The bottom line represents a path of SE wind (toward Loders Creek) and the top line S direction heading toward Shearwater. A swinging wind line from S-SE would be affected by the towers but by how much? We might be learning freestyle moves whether we like it or not from the swirly winds!
