hilly said..waveslave said..
I can't understand how you can get tangled up with lines when they are wound up on the bar ....
unless the ends were still connected to the kite.
Freaky accident. Much sorrow.
From kiteforum:
Tragic story, I got this message from our kite group, from a guy who was there: they were kiting in el charco, the lagoon of rio Jara. The wind had dropped completely, they landed their kites and were going back to the parking, passing the exit of rio Jara, carrying their kites, bar and lines in their hands. Due to the very high tide in the lagoon and rio Jara, caused by lots of rain, the current at the exit of rio Jara washing out to sea was super strong. Normally it's plenty strong, with the rain it was super strong. When they attempted to cross the exit they were swept into the sea, where there were 2m shore break. The kites and lines which they held in their hands got tangled around them. People shouted at them to let go of the kites and cut the lines, but they said no, they didn't want to let go of their kites not to lose them. They got tumbled in the shore break with their kites and lines tangled around them, and drowned.
Yeah, I read that piece on the kiteforum too. ^^^
But it doesn't answer my question, it only confuses me more.
It says the kite and lines were held in hands.
If the kite was separate from the bar & lines, how can you get tangled in an inflated kite?
How can you get tangled with a wound-up bar & lines?
The lines ends must have been still attached to the wing-tips as they crossed the stream.
Need more info to understand this accident.
And to the crew who are offended by my enquires; this is a discussion forum, not some freakin grieving platform.
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