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#89260 11/10/06 02:12 PM 11/10/06 02:12 PM |
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 902 Norman,OK gree2056
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Posts: 902 Norman,OK | That is a cool picture! How fast are those kite boarders. I have never thougth of them in high speed stuff but considering they weight almost nothing and their kites can get up 40 feet into some clean air with no disturbances I bet they can haul. Has anyone ever sailed beside one?
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#89261 11/10/06 03:32 PM 11/10/06 03:32 PM |
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,382 Essex, UK Jalani
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Posts: 1,382 Essex, UK | Has anyone ever sailed beside one? Almost every bloomin' weekend! Yes, they are fast ..... and spectacular! and they're an absolute f<£#ing nuisance! Luckily they only seem to go out when it's 18+ mph so I guess we do actually get a lot of weekends when they're not out, but it just seems like they're always sailing just where we NEED to be. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> I'd love to have a go mind you! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> Our next door neighbour used to do it a lot until he had a particularly bad landing and broke his leg, ankle, collar bone, 3 ribs and an arm!!!! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />
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#89262 11/10/06 03:40 PM 11/10/06 03:40 PM |
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 902 Norman,OK gree2056
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Posts: 902 Norman,OK | You say they only go out in 18+, and that keeps them from sailing with you. What are you a light wind sailor, 18+ is when it starts to get fun!!! I know alot of people do this up on lake Hefner in OKC, I might have to give one of them a go.
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#89264 11/10/06 03:44 PM 11/10/06 03:44 PM |
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Posts: 1,382 Essex, UK | You say they only go out in 18+, and that keeps them from sailing with you. What are you a light wind sailor, 18+ is when it starts to get fun!!! I know alot of people do this up on lake Hefner in OKC, I might have to give one of them a go. Ask around! - one thing I CAN'T be accused of is being a 'light wind sailor'! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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#89265 11/10/06 03:52 PM 11/10/06 03:52 PM |
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Posts: 1,382 Essex, UK | Is he the guy that was drug across a parking lot into a stone wall? He says he somehow dragged himself about a half mile across mud, sand and gravel until he reached the sea wall as it was getting dark. He thinks he may have been there a couple of hours before someone walking their dog found him and called the emergency services..... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> The moral is (if there is one) don't sail in isolated areas on your own without some way of summoning help or at least tell someone where you'll be and an ETA.
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#89266 11/10/06 07:51 PM 11/10/06 07:51 PM |
Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 915 Dublin, Ireland Dermot
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Posts: 915 Dublin, Ireland | Is he the guy that was drug across a parking lot into a stone wall? "Drug" Now that's "American" <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Must be related to the guy who "Dove" off a pier into the water <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> Edited again: Sorry Pete <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />
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#89267 11/10/06 07:54 PM 11/10/06 07:54 PM |
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,348 fin.
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Posts: 3,348 | Is he the guy that was drug across a parking lot into a stone wall? "Drug" Now that's "American" <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Oops! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> Drugged? <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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#89268 11/11/06 09:04 AM 11/11/06 09:04 AM |
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Posts: 6,049 Sebring, Florida. | I believe he was "Dragged", in women's clothing no less... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />
I was all set to give it a try, I used to windsurf and the kite thing looked to be about the same, until I witnessed a new guy trying to get started off the beach with an on shore wind, he flew up in the air about 20 feet, back into the parking lot, landed on the hood of a car, bounced back up in the air, landed on the pavement. I think he was still alive when the ambulance showed up. That cured me of any kite flying desires. I'm too old for that kind of abuse! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />
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#89271 11/11/06 01:23 PM 11/11/06 01:23 PM |
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Posts: 915 Dublin, Ireland | I believe he was "Dragged", in women's clothing no less... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> Better to watch them from the Pub, with Dermot! Tim, How did you know that I had been drinking again <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> One should never post after (more than)a few drinks. It's never as smart as you think at the time <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />. No offence Pete <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> I sent Tim an email last month (after a few glasses of red), telling him about my acting debut with Hilary Swank and Lisa Kudrow - He never even acknowledged it - just thought that I was hallucinating <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> And I never even told him that I had Hilary in my arms <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> Well, two of us carried her ashore from the RIB. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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#89272 11/11/06 05:24 PM 11/11/06 05:24 PM |
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Posts: 3,348 | . . . One should never post after (more than)a few drinks. . . Hell, I was sober! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> My English teacher wife is still laughing, I'll never live this down! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> | | | Re: "Seal" of approval...
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#89274 11/12/06 05:57 AM 11/12/06 05:57 AM |
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Posts: 612 Cape Town, South Africa | Hey Gary, that is a cool pic, looks like the sensible one was out of the sun, under the tramp ! In answer to the question "How fast are they " ? Well, over 40knots is what the guys are doing at the speed trials, although I wouldn`t try that in my living room. On the subject of windstrength your average kiter goes out in, 18-20knots is max, when it gets over 20knots only a few experienced guys keep sailing kites, over 25knots and they are all packed away, here anyway. Then it`s the windsurfers who come out to play. From what I`ve seen the windrange for kiting is around 14-25knots. | | | Re: "Seal" of approval...
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#89275 11/12/06 06:14 AM 11/12/06 06:14 AM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 9,582 North-West Europe Wouter
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Posts: 9,582 North-West Europe | At my club the kiters do often sail beyond 20 knots.
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#89276 11/12/06 09:43 AM 11/12/06 09:43 AM |
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Posts: 6,049 Sebring, Florida. | Dermot, I never got that email, so maybe you were tipsy enough that you sent it to someone else? Please send it again! Not that we all haven't done that though.... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />
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