JacksonAUS
New Member
Well I attended a regatta on the Hazelwood pondage today, which is a man made lake. The lake was built to collect water for cooling the generators of a main powerplant in Melbourne. This is my first experience of lake sailing, and one of my first races in a large Laset fleet. 23 Lasers competed over the 3 day event, we had our own start which was good.
Here's my question, does anybody have any tips for inland lake sailing? The lake was only as big as the race course and at times was very difficult to sail. There were so many wind shifts, and the amounts of gusts and luls amazed me. There was no consistent breeze compared to what i usually experience on the bay, and no waves either. Anyone got any tips?
Here's my question, does anybody have any tips for inland lake sailing? The lake was only as big as the race course and at times was very difficult to sail. There were so many wind shifts, and the amounts of gusts and luls amazed me. There was no consistent breeze compared to what i usually experience on the bay, and no waves either. Anyone got any tips?