Hey,

IS there anyway to self fix/replace a best depower line ala the plastic sheathed rope that the bar slides up and down on?
I figure not, since its sewed at the bottom...

www.seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=654

or should I replace whole setup with a spinning system and what is recommended? I have been wanting one for a while.

Sundays wind was awesome.

On a bad note: I saw some very dangerous moves with some kites over the beach. (ala kiteloops over the beach where people were playing/walking, bad launching, newbies crashing kites with lines going over beachgoers... said kiters had gone by the time I came in.

with a good NE wind i decided to do Brighton le sands <-> Kurnell runs.

On the return leg of the second trip my depower line snapped up by the top knot. Approx 1.5kms from the beach.

it was about time I practised the self rescue. A jetskier came out and asked if I was ok, he took my board in for me (ahh I should have fixed my leash - but jetskiers can be good for something sometimes! :)

finished winding up my lines and eventually got the kite up and dragging me into shore. Only a few thoughts about the Ubers Shark postings and such articles as

www.smh.com.au/national/reeling-in-great-white-sharks-from-our-surf-beaches-20051023-gdmax7.html

The Coastguard came by and had a nosey, but didnt offer assistance. I guess they know the trouble involved in a boat rescue, and I was happily sorting my mess out.

it only took me 10mins to untangle my lines when I got home :) very stoked, was thinking that would be a few days work.


So yeah, any recommendations on spinning setups greatly appreciated.

Hmm, someone once told me "if you can't see it, you can't inspect it".

Point of the story is that any setup which has pieces which can not be checked for wear and tear will fail without warning.

I'd ditch the plastic so that at least you can see what's going on, and replace it before it needs changing rather than after it has broken at potenially the last possible moment.