You're quite right Mr float. People should not think that insurance is a "get out gaol free card". We don't drive on our roads thinking "Hey, I've got insurance - get out of my way!"
Keep the good vibes coming.
to ALL: Hi guys, I have got some pics from KP demo day's from Saturday, you can find them them on my website:
WWW.XPRES.INFO
Unfortunately I do not have any photos from Sunday as I was busy with rescuing all that gear at Kurnell, when I almost got smashed by tanker, almost fliped over my boat when I hit huge chop and got strong gust of wind right into the bow of my boat etc. ...I love adrenalin anyway ... 
Looking forward to see you all on next KP demo which is 1st-2nd November!
If anyone needs to brush off self rescue in deep water, please contact me or Steve from KP!
Vit
Hi guys,
I was one of the kiters who dropped my kite and started the swim in. I guess I could write lots of why and how but in the end I just want to say thank you for the help - all of you! And I know my french friend Antoine is very greatful as well.
Really glad everyone was recovered and from this day on I regard Ay as the toughest girl ever!:)
KP - I will pick my kite up from you one of the following days - thx!
/Luke
To make sure we capture the lessons to be learnt from the incident on Sunday, could all those involved please fill out one of the incident forms on the NSWKBA websitehttp://www.nswkba.com.au/images/stories/nswkba_incident_form_2008.pdf
This will help NSWKBA and AKSA to provide event planning guidelines for demo days etc. The competition guidelines are specific about forecasts/safety cover etc, but there isn't any requirement on demo days.
I was there on Sunday and got as caught out as lots of others, I was just closer to shore. It has taught me a lesson.
The incident form is confidential so feel free to say what you feel.
Regards
Gavin
NSWKBA Committee member
Ok thats 2 kites spoken for now there is the issue of a late model Nobile board??
There is no point in conducting a blame game, nothing positive will come of that, but lets talk between ourselves and work out what we could do better next time.
Letting go of kites is something we need to avoid at all costs in Botany Bay in any wind direction.
Cya and
Goodwinds
Steve
We will be having a debriefing of Sunday's events at our Southern Sydney Kiteboarding Club meeting tonight 7:30pm (01/10/08). www.sskc.com.au for details. If you would like to have some input please come along.
Hey Galah , not only did i miss out on this afternoons nor'easter because i had to work....but on top of that i'm getting all these calls again from blokes telling me i'm the galahonthebay....here we go again.....folks...i am not the galah [}:)]
the real galah is out there.....he's just imitating me... thats why you all think i'm the galah
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i think its time for laurie to re-instate the original galah thread....you know the one....its the thread that broke all records for pages of posts....it will never be beaten.....never.....
galah hunter rules...
FYI,
I only picked up a windsurfer sailor and board (which was my best mate on my board) and 2 kite boards that I found floating in the bay. Then directed MSB to where the French guy was as he would have got there quicker (bigger boat) and then ran up and down the airport end looking for the girl. This is where we found a stray kite which I believe belonged to the French guy.
The Jet Ski picked up 1 person and 1 kite that I saw. Don't know how many people the MSB picked up.
I did not see any other boats or jet skis out there, but that does not mean they were not out there. I may have assumed incorrectly.
USER GET YOUR STORY STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!
As for your childish attempt to hurt my feelings, well, your gonna have to do better than that....
hope to see you on the water......
Word has it that the Galah kept his cool and motored upwind to come ashore up near the point where the trees are lower.
What you guys need to do is a lessons learnt report,
What went well?
What didnt go well?
What to take forward to the next event?
And from all the info above, its already done.
after all hindsight is 20/20 , but if you dont learn ...
If you look back to my post from 1/10
"We will be having a debriefing of Sunday's events at our Southern Sydney Kiteboarding Club meeting tonight 7:30pm (01/10/08). www.sskc.com.au for details. If you would like to have some input please come along."
we discussed all the things you have kindly mentioned and have implimented an action plan for future events.
Many thanks eightfootplus, for your kind and well thought out comments.
Steve,
You weren't suppose to say anything, What goes on in Indo is suppose to stay there..........Damn it!!!
And, thanks to Tara for reading your post to me..
yeah the newcastle jets soccer game was smashed at the end of the game by a wild front,then last night another front came screaming through
oh well looks like they'll have to ban sail boats along with anything else that's fun ..Too dangerous
Yeah Kitebad, I was watching the front at Dolls, we definitely had gusts in the high 40's, the water was being lifted up into a mist, its was a white out below 1M from the waters surface.
Glad you did not venture out, and you have the experience to know what these southerly fronts can do!
Forecast for this week looks excellent though, unless it's Lauries optimism algorithm at work again?
Cya and
Goodwinds
Steve
Thanks Steve , here are the pic's from Sundays demo day ,
PHOTO WEBSITE , their are a heap
http://www.anvig.com/Kite
Looks like a good day until the drama.
But,I am sure I am not alone in wandering,what's up with pic 3 ????
so I did a downwind run ,to help! would have hit the wharf , the other club cat got upright and managed to make it back to shore ,before the next big gust hit, and gave up.
TornadoAlive
With Respect
Was last Friday mate , 3 / 10 / 08 , (As posted ) Maybe like you said Not club members but they had a key to open the gate , and roll a cat out and across the road and it returned back ,
Cat 1
I said then I saw two guys in the cat club set up a cat ,and they launched their cat in over 25 kts , when they were out 1/2 km, first run the wind picked up to 35kt's nuking, then the cat tipped over.
Cat 2
I said I noticed a catamaran out , wind was real gusty , pointing at the downed cat being pushed by strong winds towards the wharf ,
if it wasn't for the jet skis the cat with two on board with No lifejackets would have hit the wharf
As you can see I didnot say it was a Kurnell club cat .
Cat 1
I said the other club cat got upright and managed to make it back to shore ,before the next big gust hit, and gave up.
So please read carefully , and if you have and don't still believe me , I don't care ! their were residents and other kiteboards that witness the whole thing
Personally its all good their intentions were to have fun and enjoy pushing the own limits and some of us live to be on that knife edge , that is what we live for!
but if anyone thinks that you will make it 100% of the time , and not
crash & burn you are dreaming!
What I was trying to say is we all get into trouble sometimes , and when we see trouble we help!
And as I said before the Kurnell Catamaran club did a bloody good job rescuing people that Sunday , and we look forward to working with you guys
in future events, @ Kurnell if that's Ok with you
I think the best solution is for everyone to help me build a new slider to stick down at bonna point. This will keep the new guys away from Kurnell (way to many rocks, oysters and stingrays to learn here) and provide me with a summer full of fun. I've already got the pipe, just need a frame that the bogans can't use for firewood.
Thanks kitebad, and also thanks for anyone involved in the rescue. Was not having a shot at you but very supprised if club sailors were involved as they are a lot more safety concious about this.
Do you know which yard Cat 1 came out off. Was it the Coast Guard yard or the yard next to the cat club. Do you also have a description of the poeple involved or the boats. Keen to have a chat to them. Cat 1 may have some details on cat 2, who obviously need to learn a few things about safety and self rescue.
Cheers
Stephen
