There are always 2 sides to a story..

Which side is correct is unsure, however if people are aware of their surroundings by looking over their shoulder occasionally then this incident wouldn't have happened.

It's everyone responsibility to know what's going on around you on the water.

Why would Pete get in touch with the media in the first place. It won't do him any favours in the long run.

NoBS said..

However in this occasion it seems he couldn't hear anything as he had a helmet on and wasn't aware of what was going on behind him.

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How's the irony ?

The helmet saved Pete's life ...

despite being the main cause of the accident.

You can't make up stuff like this.

waveslave said...

NoBS said..

However in this occasion it seems he couldn't hear anything as he had a helmet on and wasn't aware of what was going on behind him.

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How's the irony ?

The helmet saved Pete's life ...

despite being the main cause of the accident.

You can't make up stuff like this.

Never thought I would agree with wave slave ...

Some of the seabreeze defence council above may want to have a look at WA marine regulations.... Once you have done this I have a small 52 question quiz for you all.

So on page 1 the rescue boat boat was doing 20 knots but according to page 3 , press report "His GPS watch showed he accelerated from 30km/h to 118km/h in fractions of a second after the impact,"

A 40 foot rescue boat doing close to 64 knots. Just an observation. something doesn't add up.

Ispy said..

So on page 1 the rescue boat boat was doing 20 knots but according to page 3 , press report "His GPS watch showed he accelerated from 30km/h to 118km/h in fractions of a second after the impact,"

A 40 foot rescue boat doing close to 64 knots. Just an observation. something doesn't add up.

Page 3: the kiter accelerated that fast because he was sling shot around the boat, being attached to his lines, with his kite being the anchor point. It's called leverage. Basic physics.

Does a Gps reading become distorted and innacurate when the Gps goes from horizontal direction to a vertical as in a fall and hence a 118klm reading?

I have a question

If you were travelling SE and the rescue vessel travelling south how did it hit you from behind.

Having seen a lot of Kite surfers of Pinnaroo Pt your body would have been facing East to North East and you back to the West. The vessel would therefore have hit you on your left shoulder.

Whilst not laying blame on any party until the investigation is complete, I have had many close calls on my boat with Kite surfers of Pinnaroo point when they suddenly decide to change directing without looking.

A Kitesurfer can change direction a lot quicker than a 40ft vessel.

Iceman64 said..

I have a question

If you were travelling SE and the rescue vessel travelling south how did it hit you from behind.

Having seen a lot of Kite surfers of Pinnaroo Pt your body would have been facing East to North East and you back to the West. The vessel would therefore have hit you on your left shoulder.

Whilst not laying blame on any party until the investigation is complete, I have had many close calls on my boat with Kite surfers of Pinnaroo point when they suddenly decide to change directing without looking.

A Kitesurfer can change direction a lot quicker than a 40ft vessel.

Kiterhater alert!

Why are you in your boat so close to shore when kiters are out in 20+ knotts?

Iceman64 said..

...I have had many close calls on my boat with Kite surfers of Pinnaroo point when they suddenly decide to change directing without looking.

A Kitesurfer can change direction a lot quicker than a 40ft vessel.

Yeah, I'm still calling BS.

After reading it in the media I Googled it and found the seabreeze thread that way

Glad all is ok, but reading the thread both sides do NOT add up. I think something is missing and both stories seem to have some faults. I struggle to see how the kiter failed to miss a boat coming towards him, or at least did not see the boat in the vicinity before hand. We are not talking about a small boat here. And I am sure the sea rescue guys did not stalk him for a long period and finally caught up and hit him directly from behind, and NOT see him until they hit him. Not blaming anyone but BOTH sides DO NOT add up (in my opinion) and BOTH SIDES have there faults.(in my opinion).

Jonopark said..

Glad all is ok, but reading the thread both sides do NOT add up. I think something is missing and both stories seem to have some faults. I struggle to see how the kiter failed to miss a boat coming towards him, or at least did not see the boat in the vicinity before hand. We are not talking about a small boat here. And I am sure the sea rescue guys did not stalk him for a long period and finally caught up and hit him directly from behind, and NOT see him until they hit him. Not blaming anyone but BOTH sides DO NOT add up (in my opinion) and BOTH SIDES have there faults.(in my opinion).

I deal with shall we call it 'conflict resolution' every day at work, and I hope neither side take this personally, but both sides with the best of intentions will put their best story first, the account that puts them in a favourable light. Neither will be lying, nor will they be deceitful in any way, it's just human nature. The hard part is to get both sides accounts, wade through it and somewhere in the middle will probably be what really happened.

And never trust a media account or rely on social media for factual reporting. I've seen so many things end up in the media that I have a first hand knowledge of but which the media have reported so totally wrong. And I know for a fact that the media regularly create stories from social media, I think someone earlier pointed out that the Sunday Times was directly quoting from Pete's posts on the incident?

Jonopark said..

Glad all is ok, but reading the thread both sides do NOT add up. I think something is missing and both stories seem to have some faults. I struggle to see how the kiter failed to miss a boat coming towards him, or at least did not see the boat in the vicinity before hand. We are not talking about a small boat here. And I am sure the sea rescue guys did not stalk him for a long period and finally caught up and hit him directly from behind, and NOT see him until they hit him. Not blaming anyone but BOTH sides DO NOT add up (in my opinion) and BOTH SIDES have there faults.(in my opinion).

Jono, he was hit from behind.

buzingfridge said...

Jonopark said..

Glad all is ok, but reading the thread both sides do NOT add up. I think something is missing and both stories seem to have some faults. I struggle to see how the kiter failed to miss a boat coming towards him, or at least did not see the boat in the vicinity before hand. We are not talking about a small boat here. And I am sure the sea rescue guys did not stalk him for a long period and finally caught up and hit him directly from behind, and NOT see him until they hit him. Not blaming anyone but BOTH sides DO NOT add up (in my opinion) and BOTH SIDES have there faults.(in my opinion).

Jono, he was hit from behind.

So it was a coward hit

Oh Dear.. I said always 2 sides to a story..