KBGhost said..John340 said..
Kite surfing does not mix well with other water sports. The combination of long control lines, boosting, show boating close to shore and disregard of other water users around them, make many kiters dangerous accidents waiting to happen. The only real solution is separation, especially in restricted waterways like Golden Beach.
That is an opinion. My equally invalid opinion is that windsurfing does not mix well with other water sports. Going exactly 90 degrees to the wind at full speed with very little ability to slow down, speed up, or steer more than a few degrees. This makes it an accident waiting to happen. All the other water sports can slow down, speed up, and turn on a dime, and happily coexist in limited spaces with no aggro.
/just saying the view from one's own perspective can be misleading...
No way. From the perspective of someone who has water skiied, surfed, kayaked, canoed, rowed, windsurfed, sailed yachts, cats and dinghies, windsurfing mixes quite well. It's completely wrong to say that windsurfers go 90 degrees to the wind and can't slow down, turn or steer.
Try turning a big yacht or a fast cat on a dime, or altering course more than a few degrees on an 18 Foot Skiff.
I know you're trying to say that perspectives can be misleading but no other non-motorised watersport takes up as much space as a kite, apart from the very few maxi yachts around, and maxis don't change course suddenly or boost, and they don't have thin high-tension lines running low over the water, nor does their method of propulsion suddenly take a dive.
My family used to do waterski racing so we know what it's like to run around a waterway with long strings at high speed. The thing is, we (and all the other keen racers) did it in an area where people didn't do anything else, rather than trying to mix with other watersports.
),.....why can't they make the complete sail a reflective mirror . More outhaul creating a wider view . The possibilities are endless . Less outhaul and you could create a Death Ray and pop those pesky kiters like an ant under a magnifying glass .
