Thats the feedback I was looking for..........if nobody tells you these things the only way to find out is to get some experience and maybe learn the hard way.

RM

After having my recent crash and reflecting on a few things I came up with this idea. What if there was a club that held say casual monthly meetings at a restaurant/coffee shop. This would be a casual, no commitment, no membership kind of thing that you could attend to discus things like equipment, ...

already read both safety threads, more than once. No question judgment was not the best. Lesson learned.

RM

Yeah kus I was waiting for that response. For that reason I was unsure weather I should post here or not. I posted so others could learn from my mistakes. I know I could have done a few things better but you make compromises all the time in this sport, or so from what I have seen (cook st anyone, no...

all advice is good advice...........Planning a trip down south to hone the skills. I am quickly learning winter wind is all storm wind and can be pretty gnarly. And yeah it does seem SW always turns to west there...........and off shore.

RM

OK here goes.................desperate to fly a kite other than at Cooks I went to Esquimalt lagoon today to try it out. nice SW at 12-15 knots. With nobody to help I set up for a somewhat downwind self launch which I have done lots of in light winds now. Well............hooked into bar, pulled some...

great advice thanks for all. 12 often seems to be the magic number


Reuben

how about a few more suggestions on kite size...........230lbs and 12 meter ?? would 14 be too big ?? how about me at 190lbs looking for 15-25 knot wind range SLE ?? who fits the bill out there ??


Reuben

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left harness at island view today (saturday sept 27) around 2:00 pm. Went back at 3:30...................gone. If anyone picked it up let me know. Hoping it is a kite/surf person, I don't know why anyone else would pick it up or even know what it is. Contact me if you have it and we can confirm mode...

Thanks for the replies. Here is what I did. I bought 2 inch rip stop sail tape at west marine ($15). Cleaned the area with isopropal alcohol, rounded tape corners and applied tape about one inch longer that the tear. Then I using a #14 needle and UV resistant polyester thread in my wifes machine I s...

I have a small (one inch) tear in my canopy ?? any repair ideas ?? who does best pro repairs in town ?? Will tape alone be good enough ??

Reuben