This arvo Hardy suggested, as it was very low tide, we remark the rocks at hardy's run.
Here's the results. (Just a guestimate, should have had a gps with us to mark the posts, but of course neither of us thought of that)
At the left of pic is the Navara boat ramp, the single rock marker is just out from the unpowered boat ramp.
The rock garden, (beware in here, at low tide the whole area is just a mine field of rocks, actually I think it's one big reef, with high spots), is opposite the big green roofed shelter in Len Howard conservation reserve. And the outside post should now include Claude's rock, (we had a good look around and all we found was big floating weed islands, I guess there could be more rocks under these, but it's impossible to tell)
To the right of the pic, there's a shallow area at the point where the shore goes into a bay at alpha land. There's a pole here marking the outer limit of this area.
So on a sufficiently high tide, there's a rock free run on the inside of the rock garden, if it isn't deep enough to go thru here, make sure you go outside the southerly post. If you can't point that high STOP!!!!!! before you cross the line between the south west and north west posts.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!!!!
Great work Mike and Jo.
By the look of the tides we wont be sailing anywhere near there on the weekend.
Great work, thanks Mike.
So are the bottom corners of the rock garden in the image the two white posts that we tend to sail past?
Hi Decrepit,
Great work guys,
Mission - (Should you choose to accept it
)
I was wondering if you could overlay green lanes for high and low tides, red lanes for same, green = good red = baaaaad! I imagine the place is sailed in a SWer or Sthly.
Only because I want to understand where the inside are is that you refer to, I have not sailed there as I am scared at smashing kit but looking at the place it offers great long reach sailing, I feel I need this experience and really want and appreciate your awsome info and warnings.
I get the instructions written but I just hope my interpretation is correct, your lanes will confirm this for me.
Ahem..... And watching vids from Elmo
Cheers GT
If too hard then tis cool
But will Hardy sail through there again this year to demonstrate where the rocks are
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Schweet mate,
I read correctly, so blasting directly out between the "Single rock and the SW corner of the rock garden is ok? Do you have a channel marker or similar that you line up with as you head out? Not the one you hang sails on I hope Or was that Hards???
I know Im sounding like a sook but I have very limited funds, so if I destroy any kit I will be buggered
Looking forward to a run down there, I have my sons 2nd birthday party from 3pm Sunday so I am toast for the Mandurah drags
Will have jelly cups and fairy bread though
Thanks again, GT.
Now you mention it, there's a post I haven't marked, out from our launching spot, east of the boat channel.
If there's enough water to sail before you get to this post, you can probably head down the inside run from there. If you have to wade out past that post, then don't try the inside run.
decrep did you move the old markers out or just add new ones, i may have to feel out some new safe lines when i return as my old reference point may have been shifted, otherwise good work making the run safer for all.
Bundy we did both, added some new ones on the inside, and shifted the outside 2 so that Claude's rock is included. So yes, if you want to stay safe, you may need to change your line a bit.
We've also done a few runs out to the platform, and that run is way out side the markers
If you wanted a google image of where's safe, if you got everyone who DIDNT hit a rocks gps track from next Sunday and put them onto google that should pretty much color in all the safe bits.
No sorry that won't work!!!
People have been sailing in that rocky area for ages, as hardy said, it's just luck whether you hit one or not. So you could have several tracks through the worst of it that don't hit anything.
But if you tried to follow them, guess what will happen!
Anyone everyone who hits a rock at Hardies post that bit of your gps track - then we should have a map of the known bad spots.
