Hey,

Mate and I did our first downwinder today and I was wondering about some 'downwind technique'. I've done a bit of a search, which indicated some methods, butI found that I needed to still 'edge' my board to get tension on the lines and I had to keep on 'sining' my kite to get power out of it. Wind meter @ nobby's was 18-20, though when we stopped half way it was more like 12 - so perhaps that had something to do with our difficulties.

Also on-topic for the locals - anyone that does this regularirly, do you stay close to shore or tack out into deeper water. We noticed the wind really die off close to shore but didn't want to venture out too far in case it completely died.

Thanks for any help.

Craig.