Road Trip : Inverloch
Yesterday I decided to make the trip to Inverloch after checking the forecast (around 20 knots of wind) and reading that a bunch of other people would be also sailing there on the local seabreeze.com.au forum.
Inverloch is about 140km from where I live and I was umming about whether it would be worthwhile, after actually making the trip I can say yes, it’s definitely worth the trip. I launched from the angling club, about 600m to the left of the main pier, there’s some nice grassy areas for rigging, plenty of parking and a bit of shelter from the wind. There are some large sand banks that protect the inlet from the open sea while still allowing the wind through.
When I arrived the wind was blowing about 25+knots due to some small squalls passing over, I stood on the bank and watched the other windsurfers. My smallest sail is a 5.7sqm so that’s way too much wind. The rain soon passed and the wind set in for around 20knots for the afternoon, I was still a bit overpowered but not so much that I couldn’t sail. It was great to sail some flat again and I managed to put 29.5knots on the GPS. After 3 hours of blasting I was too tired to even try gibing properly and made a habit of falling in at the end of every run.
Labels: Windsurfing
