Re: Sailor/Kiter right of ways

From: Jeff Roberts (jsrober@home.com-DeleteThis.com)
Date: Thu Aug 30 2001 - 19:43:43 PDT


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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 19:43:43 -0700
From: Jeff Roberts <jsrober@home.com-DeleteThis.com>
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Nice to see a guy like this with such a great attitude. WTG Steve. I've got a
bottle of Shred Red for you when we meet. Then, we knew the people on this list
generally are not a part of the problems we face.

Jeff

"SHUGART,STEVE (HP-Roseville,ex1)" wrote:

> Ken, Mark and gang, I kite for three years now.
>
> I agree with with you. We kiter's need to give plenty of room, otherwise we
> are going to lose our access, we need to learn how to co-exist. My
> perspective
> is that the sailors were there first and that a lot can go wrong with kite
> systems and manuvers. Sometime at Rio when I am trying to get upwind or
> downwind of the windsurfing lanes, I just fly the kite overhead and relax
> in the water to let the windsurfer by.
>
> Sure I can jump over someone. We just need to remember we are all out there
> to relax
> and have a good time. Having someone jump over you is not relaxing.
>
> It is the duty of kiters to teach the newbie's. When we see people doing
> un-cool
> things we should talk to them. It is just so much fun that sometimes we get
> carried
> away.
>
> It is hard to imagine with the whole big bay, that everyone wants to be on
> top
> of each other. If you are powered on a kite and have a wake 'n' style board
> like me, you can go upwind like you are on a salom board.
>
> One thing windsurfers can do, is help the kiters launch, by learning how to
> catch kites properly and help weigh the people down during launching.
> Hold onto their harness, offer to help if you can, they will usually want
> it.
>
> One thing kiters can do to help windsurfers, is tow them in when they get
> stuck, I have done this and it's easy.
>
> Steve



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