Wavesailing Video: Guadeloupe

Wonder if these sailors had a beer with the surfers in the pub afterwards...

Totally agree, seeing as it was a grovel for the windsurfers they should never have been out there. They were on the wrong gear for the day and probably ruining the break for the surfers that were out.

I thought a Guadeloupe was a fruit

If that was the case not a soul in NSW would every get to go wave sailing

Gestalt, you are correct, however generally most surfers dont really get a big buzz out of wavesailers boring down the line at them on a quality wave. It might be ok if they are your mates but sometimes a bit of respect goes a long way and perhaps leave your sailing till it gets windier,and, or the surfers are out of the line up.

However, i can understand that it becomes a bit more of a free for all on the East coast, as stehsegler said. SA spots are generally a bit more remote and not highly populated so it helps to be friends with others using the break

that's probably as windy as it got, otherwise there would probably be footage of when it picked up. i love wave sailing when the wind is light, clean waves are bliss.

looks to me like the sailors are respecting the surfers, straighening out to avoid collision ect. I've seen far less respect for surfers at gerroa than in this vid.

as a sailor you have to give give a little to the surfers if its a decent surfing wave, not just think every bomb wave is yours because you can take it. if you can sail it in those conditions you have just as much right to be out as the surfers.

"I was here first rah rah rah". "I'm a local, locals only rah rah rah". It's that sort of ****ed up attitude that makes me tar the entire population of surfers with the same brush; that is, a complete bunch of utter wankers. Contrary to popular surfer opinion, they do not in fact own the ocean, nor do they in fact have 'dibs'. Now obviously IRL you need to make judgement calls RE your own personal safety as the aforementioned wankers are known to get bee's in their bonnet when 'their wave' is shared by others. I see no reason why a windsurfer is any different to another surfer in the water, as Dunko says if you're good enough to be there, that should be enough...but alas.

It's easy to make relatively **** surf look good with a windsurfer. So many times i'll be sailing at my local, bunch of surfers paddle out right where I am and proceed to death stare me. So i'll leave wave after wave after wave for the clowns, they catch like 5 waves IN AN HOUR, meanwhile i've just let 20 good waves go by to appease these arse clowns.

Sharing is caring, pretty much a one sided policy though in almost every single encounter if had with a surfer/s.

When the wind picked up to over 10 knots the kiters rocked up and ruined it form everyone

@russh,

there are plenty of uncrowded breaks on the east coast. and plenty of breaks where people like to take turns.

usually the agro tend to need to be seen at a particular break because they read in a mag it goes off.

@CJW

+1000

unfortunately it's not about whether you're on a windsurfer or not. these same people treat all others the same way, whether you're on a windsurfer, a ski, a mal, a boogie board or even if they deem you not good enough to be surfing the same wave as them.

I have changed my opinion along those lines as well. As long as you have a floaty enough board I think in sub planing conditions you are better off with a 5.0 then a 6.2 or 5.8. It's easier to handle a 5.0 and dog out than fight a 6.2 once you get on a wave.

this is not correct.

far from it.

msq and mnsw are not the same departments. they have different regs.

in qld you must do <6kn within 30m of people swimming. it does not say anywhere you have to stay a certain distance away from swimmers, only that if your speed exceeds 6 knots you must be more than 30m away. a canoe is also considered a vessel as well as a surfski.

kitesurfers i believe must stay 30m away regardless of speed.

http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/~/media/1d0f1f47-b900-4c22-9dfd-30f0e4a7130d/rec_guide_2011_2012.pdf

in nsw kitesurfers and sailboards are in the same category and there is an additional requirement to stay more than 60m away when travelling more than 10 knots.

there is also conditions placed around swimming areas like at the surf beaches.

so are the dudes in the video doing more than 6 knots within 30m of the surfers.

maybe once or twice when on the wave but generally no, there is no wind

yeah, here is the nsw ones specific to kites and windsurfers. note with kites it includes the kite and lines.

www.rms.nsw.gov.au/maritime/index.html

yer I watched and rewatched that vid trying to determin what speed they are travelling at.