Recon mission to Pt Sturt.  I have looked at this spot a few times when on family drives but have never had the chance to sail it.  The forecast had changed over the last few days and a light to moderate NW was predicted.  I did a ring around and people were either busy or weren't answering their phones.  Looked like this was going to be solo in an offshore breeze and with my run lately I was going to be very cautious.  On the drive down it was blowing 20-25 with huge clouds of salt lake dust puffing up from every dry bed.  It was howling when I got to Pt Sturt and I walked the 250m down to the waters edge getting my heels sandblasted.  I walked out to check the depth and it had lots of ribbed sandbars perpendicular to the bank but deepened about 30m out.

Got back to the car and rigged the 7 and headed down with the 92, as is usual it dropped of just as I hit the water and I just planed on the first run but not on the way back.  Swim/spacewalk my way back to the bank from about 150m out in neck deep water.  Go in and get my 66cm slalom and glug around a bit and then it stayed at 15-20 for a while so I headed out on the 92 again with the JP SIII36 fin.  I didn't dare risk heading away from the bank for a squirt as it was too risky. 

The runs were to the first channel marker about 1nm from the launch, there is a second 2nm out but the spit is almost fully submerged.  I think there may have been a bit of a wind tide helping to cover it but this would be a good run for hours with a few other out for backup.  Is heading out launch at the 2 black bouys and sail north as there are fishing nets perpendicular to the beach out from the bouys.  You could sail south as the bank looks good but the cliffs may make it gusty, although the beach is far enough out that it might be more constant.

All in all I am glad I have finally sailed Pt Sturt, it has good potential on N-NW-W

JP Slalom VI 92 / HMR S66 - RSR EvoII 7.0 - JP Slalom III 36  Wind 10-20