What is the story with the sea gulls in fishing boats hammering in along all the kites and sails from Mullaloo 2 the point , there is a port side channel maker there and those dick heads should not be on the beach side of it!!
I see it all the time of late boats coming into the kite zone .... what are they thinking !!!
This is unsafe and any boat skipper that does this at those speeds should lose there coxswain licence........someone is going to be cleaned up and at this rate soon !!!
There are some tossers in this world !!!
My question is how to stop them

best thing to do is take the craft identity number and report it to the harbour police......i am a kiter and i have a boat...
the law says you may operate your boat and land it on any beach anywhere as long as you maintain the 8 knots speed rule when close to shore and when passing another craft,dive boat,swimmers...etc etc
50 metres off shore the 8 knot rule applies....so report the tossers that operate their boats dangerously!

Hi Guys,

We endure this problem daily and more annoyingly from the jet skis. Just take their rego number and phone the water police and request they notify the DPI.

They can do nothing unless you have a rego number and a boat/ski description. We complained about a ski who was towing a sea biscuit through the kiters a week ago and I got a call from DPI who rang the guy and sorted them out. They were there agin yesterday but operating within guidelines.

The yellow bouys between Mullas and Pinnas indicate the water ski zone where jet skis and such are allowed to legally tow skiers and biscuits etc. All other areas are restricted to 8 knots within 200m of the beach. There is a pdf downloadable document from DPI which displayes all of the restricted and zoned areas around Pinnas.

There is currently no registered "Kiteboarding Zone" at present so we have no official rights any more than any other water user.

To get really technical and black and white, kitesurfers and windsurfers are categorized as "sailing vessels" and as such must conform to DPI regulations.

Quote from DPI document;

Prevention of Collisions

"Wind surfers and kitesurfers are classed as sailing vessels and also have obligations under the international Rules for Prevention of Collision at Sea to operate at a safe speed for the prevailing conditions and circumstances and take appropriate action to avoid collisions."

Safety equipment

"Wind surfers and Kitesurfers operating more than 400m from shore must be equipped with PFD Type 1 and an inshore distress flare kit"

I hope this clarifys things a bit and brings some understanding on both sides.

Cheers and good winds,

Does'nt look like 4knots to me , or even 8 for that matter, and as for the 30 metre rule well anyone that kites around here knows that they don\t follow that guideline either.
An while I'm on the subject how are those twat people fishing with surf casters right where wind/kite surfers are................
I say the rope is a good idea and a knife for the fishing line, I even had a word to one couple and asked if they intended on catching a kite they just laughed liek it wasn\t a issue , i asked they if they thougth it was a good place to fish ?
Anyway if he hooks me with a line I'll land my kite right on his head