I'm soon to be moving to Perth from the UK, before I get there I'm trying to sort out my quiver of kites and wanted to know if I should be including a 7m? I'm don't know what kind of wind stats you get but I've been told it's stronger than here. I'm 85kg, an intermediate and have a 9m already. Any advice would be good! Cheers.
@ 85kg You wont need anything smaller than a 9m for Perth as that size is the norm most good SW summer sea breezes, but it wont hurt to have a 12m either!!!!!
If you intend to head North of Perth the 7m will be a handy kite to have with you!!!
According to the charts this one could get interesting. I've got a couple of tea towels that should fly well in the maelstrom. Only prob is that I don't know where I'll end up!!
Its blowin' 40 kts at the moment and i'm really not that sure if i want to hold onto anything that resembles a kite at the moment. There has to be a cut off point where you sit there and say, thats just radical time for a beer. Me and Gruezi kited Dirk Hartog Island last weekend, first ones woooooooooooohhhhhoooooooooooooooo.
you often get 20-25 knot arvo breezes in perth... as you head north keep adding a few knots. gero hits 30 plus plenty of times, lurch aint joking when he says its caining up his way either.
you will use a 7 if you have it, i mean, bring all sizes from a 5-14 or so and you will get a run on any of them, add a larger 17+ and the light days are covered.
id take a 7, 10, 14, ~17 and kite any time i wanted.
was using a 7 today at pinnaroo when dudes were coming in on 9's cos it was too strong... gusting up to over 30 knts. But I think on the rare occasion this would happen, it would not be worth carting over a seven, just go to the pub instead!
