Windserfer agro

Had a windsurfer point and tell me to **** off today even though I was 300 M or so off shore from Scarborough keeping out the way off swimmers flags clubbies surfers and the general congestion. I must tell you I was doing a downwinder from down the coast . What gives you guys exclusive rights over the ocean !! What a F^*#@ jerk . I used to be a windsurfer but I now know why I kite . Sorry but It's guys like that di*^* head that gives you a bad name ..

POETIC BLISS !! NICE ONE

Mr. No-one said...

greenleader said...

I find that hard to believe, only one, you probably hung around there too long, if you used to be a windsurfer you should understand that kiters trying to mix it up at Scarbs is a major problem. It's not a territorial issue, it's one of safety.
Windsurfers only take up a couple of meters of room each so we can have many in a small area where kites use around 30 meters. All windsurfers at Scarbs head out upwind, in upwind then down the line and do it again, it's an orderly thing of rhythmic beauty with barely a wave going to waste. Now throw an unpredictable kite in the middle of this flowing triangular perfection and hey presto, KAOS. Now who's the (in your words) F^*@ jerk spoiling all our enjoyment for a moment of personal glory.

"I must tell you I was doing a downwinder from down the coast "

Why do downwinders have to happen within 100 metres of the shore -- particularly at Dutchies on the inside of the reef where you get "downwinders" cutting across the main turning and wave (little waves I must say) area. I don't think too many of the downwinders venture much more than 200 metres from the shore down that way.

Oh well I managed to avoid the kite and harness that bounced and dragged all the way along the coast from Leighton? to Dutchies. Well done to the kiter who managed to get it steered into the beach without killing anyone...