New Kurnell Ramp at Low Tide

[Geoff]

Further to the post commenced by Twister84 & the photos by Paddy 454 I decided to go for a drive & check out the situation at low tide.

I was there for an hour or so watching the activities there were no shortages of visitors , mainly guys with the same thought as mine.

There is sufficent water on the Eastern side of the pontoon to tie up most boats so that aspect is not a problem.

The two key aspecs mentioned in the previous post was sand on the ramp & the drop off.

It's a two lane ramp however the Eastern lane has about 10" ( 250mm) of sand which makes is basically unusable even for 4WD.

To retreive a boat of any size then the trailer needs to be next to the pontoon (Western side) & the wheels dropped over the end of the ramp.

There is a thin layer of sand on this side which is OK for 4WD but a challenge for 2WD.

Here are a few pic's for interest. This is a tandom trailer , the rear wheels are over the edge, the front are on the ramp.

The bottom line , when launching, using either 2WD or 4WD should be OK

Retrevial at low tide , OK if you have a 4WD. For 2WD pick the tides , ie half to high

Geoff