What time were you out Cluffy? I was going to go to Marmong but thought I'd be the only one out..Mind you i was at Munmorah anyway..Chop at Munmorah isn't too bad although some big ramps in the centre.I sailed c 12 - 1pm.

great work on the alpha pb cluffy! glad you guys and gal are getting some sailing in.

cluffy, your a genius and thats a magnificent alpha!!!!!, your living in the past Sue, we go to budgeywoi lake now, near the main street,,,, i talked with greg, it sounds like that had a good time, good results, but maybe not as much wind as they hoped for, c ya all soon............ hows it going james, great photos man, pfffffff, your gunna school some of those pretty boys, good luck man

Hope you're enjoying it anyway James, doing well mate 

Sue I showed up at marmong at about 10.30 gurt and john showed up shortly after. It was gusty SE at first with some nasty cross chop that gave me a few almost catapults and a brutal straight legged jump landing that hammered my crook knee. gurt left at about 12.30 ish and as soon as he did the wind went straight southerly for a while and conditions were quite nice for about an hour. I was on a  crossover wave board with a 6.2 poison early on but switched to the JP 68 and 7.9 phantom when conditions improved. Thanks for the complements milsy and james! Much appreciated! good luck up there james give them hell mate. It looks like a really nice spot.

Nice Alpha PB Cluffy

Greg Well done in making the trip to harrington , i will be back on the water next week so hopefully harrington lights up for me.

back up for Sunday arvo and Monday Greg?  Will be Mark's maiden voyage.

Good speeds when under done by the way!

looked at your tracks on google earth - did you do a deep water exit up the wall?

Has the sandbar opened up to the ocean in the middle yet or is it still holding strong?

Yep the wind dropped out , stuck in the middle , pitch black , crapping myself about sharks , scaled the oyster infested rocks , dont know how i didnt cut my feet to ribbons , but ripped my second top panel . Then trekking all the gear back from both ends of the run KILLED ME !!!!! Thanks for reminding me Adam , hahahahaha

Its still closed off , doesnt look like opening up . Theres alot of sand to move

If its on will come up for sure , its a great spot , but a tough day

I'm keen to give harrington inlet a go but I'll be going via manning point beach. I haven't been on manning point beach in over 20 years but the access through vic shoesmith reserve looks to be still open. If not I might have to fork out a nights campsite fee to use the caravan park access but I'd rather not as it's a lot further to the south. You guys without a 4x4 should perhaps consider picking up a cheap tinny and outboard and motoring over to the bar with your gear. Negotiating that breakwall sounds risky.

Cluffy, in a 4wd I think you are better off going to through Harrington, and accessing the beach to the north of the town, hitting the beach and heading back south to the top end of the speed run. When I was there the way across from Manning point didnt look good at all. You have to cross the main River which now exits through the centre of the 'gap' between Manning Pt and Harrington, (and south of the speed run) and Manning Point itself looks all eroded. A local mentioned to me that accessing the beach has become difficult as large swells have eroded the beach up to the entry point, making a large 'step' that is tough to cross / get back up....

Cluffy I don't know how you can do 30kts in chop!! I find 24 scary! Milsy where at Budgewoi? It would be nice to have company and Munmorah had a lot of holes..

Thanks for the info Jamie much appreciated. I've experienced those steps you mentioned on other beaches and they are definately something to be avoided. I might borrow my brother in law's tinny and motor over to the sandbar. That breakwall sounds a bit much for me.

Sue I don't mind a bit of chop as long as it's all coming from the same direction. Then it's a matter of finding the right angle between the waves and waiting for a bit of smooth stuff to open up and then gunning it for a few 2 second bursts. 5 x 10's in chop are a slightly different matter. My 5 x 10's are a better guide to how fast I'm going in chop. My 2 second times is me picking my moment to pull away a bit and gun it.

When the cross chop is nasty I'm finding myself reaching for my crossover waveboard more and more. It's not much slower in those conditions and it's a hell of a lot easier.

Nice numbers there guys and gals, That's pretty good speeds for what you got Greg and Byron.Looks like this spot makes you pay for your efforts to sail it! Cluffy, congrats on your nice corner PB. well done.

hey, well done greg and bryon, sweet looking session,,,,,,,,,,,,cluffy, you dont need to drive on the beach for harrington, you dont have to go down the wall, you can carry your gear a couple hundred metres and rig on the sand, its no worries man, and if greg is there, he will probably be keen to carry your gear,, but it is probably only about half hr extra effort, than compared to canton, to get your gear down on the sand and rigged............its about half a minute extra effort if you go down the breakwall

Hi , you cant drive along the beach at Manning Point any more to access the Sandbar the river entrance has move from the North breakwall to the south headland near Manning Point , and to take a boat across the bar would be quiet risky , you can take the boat from the Harrington side and thats fine , thats what we did the first time Me and Dion sailed there , Harrington side is the best access point .

Or a caddy.............

Sweet looking trolly - saves the possible sail and feet carnage of a rockwall ascent

When its windy it will look like where all of to play Golf 

What do you do with all the excess gear after you rig.. Just leave it there?