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From: David Straton (no email)
Date: Tue Jan 08 2008 - 16:53:02 EST
Hi Carey
A lot will depend on the effects and after-effects of Cyclone Helen.
Also whether the winds are northerly (good for you) or southerly (on the
nose, and likely rough).
Here are some forecast sites.
http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/nsw/nsw-forecast-map.shtml
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDG00074.shtml
http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDN10023.html#MNC
Far North Coastal Waters, Point Danger to Wooli and 60nm seawards:
Wednesday until midnight: Wind: SE, chiefly 20/25 knots. Sea: 2 to 2.5
metres Swell: E/SE 1.5 to 2 metres.
Thursday: Wind: SE chiefly 20/25 knots. Sea: 2 to 2.5 metres Swell: E/SE
1.5 to 2 metres
Friday Outlook: Wind: E/SE 10/20 knots.
Saturday Outlook: Wind: SE strengthening to 20/30 knots.
Mid North Coastal Waters, Wooli to Seal Rocks and 60nm seawards:
Wednesday until midnight: Wind: E/SE 10/15 knots, reaching 20 knots in
the north. SW winds around 10 knots inshore during the morning.Sea: 1 to
1.5 metres, reaching 1.5 to 2 metres in the northSwell: E/SE around 1.5
metres.
Thursday: Wind: E/SE chiefly 10/15 knots and tending more E/NE in the
far south later.Sea: Around 1 to 1.5 metres Swell: E/SE around 1.5 metres
Friday Outlook: Wind: E/NE 10/20 knots.
Saturday Outlook: Wind: E/SE 10/20 knots in the north tending NE in the
south.
Hunter Coastal Waters, Seal Rocks to Broken Bay and 60nm seawards:
Wednesday until midnight: Wind: SE 10/15 knots, tending E later. Sea: 1
to 1.5 metres Swell: E/SE 1 to 1.5 metres.
Thursday: Wind: E/NE freshening to 15/20 knots. Sea: rising to around
1.5 metresSwell: E/SE 1 to 1.5 metres
Friday Outlook: Wind: NE freshening to 15/25 knots.
Saturday Outlook: Wind: E/NE 10/20 knots.
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Wednesday until midnight: Wind: SE 10/15 knots tending E later in the
afternoon and E/NE into the evening. Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres Swell: E/SE 1
to 1.5 metres.
Thursday: Wind: NE freshening to 18/23 knots.Sea: rising to 1.5 to 2
metres during the afternoon/eveningSwell: E/SE 1 to 1.5 metres
Friday Outlook: Wind: N/NE freshening to 20/25 knots.
Saturday Outlook: Wind: Chiefly E/NE, reaching 15/20 knots.
Sydney Closed Waters, Pittwater, Port Jackson and Botany Bay:
Wednesday until midnight: Wind:SW/SE 5/10 knots tending SE 10/15 knots
by late morning, then gradually shifting more easterly through the
afternoon. Waters:Smooth to slight.
Thursday: Wind:NE freshening to 18/23 knots. Waters:Becoming choppy
during the afternoon
Friday Outlook: Wind: N/NE freshening to 20/25 knots.
Saturday Outlook: Wind: Chiefly E/NE, reaching 15/20 knots.
Have fun,
Dave (Gold Coast)
kiwicarey wrote:
> Hi, with a fair bit of NZ based inshore and coastal small powerboat
> experience, having made the move to Brisbane (australia) I determined
> to get into sailing.
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> Most of my experience on larger sailing boats has been confined to the
> occasional Waitemata Harbour race on a friends dads 36footer, and a few
> days charter. Plus the usual dinghy sailing. I do however have my NZ
> Boatmasters Certificate.
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> I have been asked/(accepted as crew) to help on a delivery trip from
> Brisbane to Sydney on a large (41foot) Catamaran, this weekend. Has
> anyone done this trip and can they please give me an idea of likely
> conditions, hazards, clothing required etc. Its only a short trip and
> apparently we are not sailing overnight, but will be a bit different
> from sheltered harbours and running my own powerboat (Fyran 550 Rebel)
> on the Kaipara.
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> cheers carey
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