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MrFreeze
MrFreeze
292 posts
292 posts
4 Mar 2017 2:11pm
Hmmmmm, what gear????


kitebt
kitebt
NSW
325 posts
NSW, 325 posts
7 Mar 2017 10:41am
A kite, harness and board......
NSW, 884 posts
7 Mar 2017 10:48am
In NSW this was recently amended from needing to wear a PFD 2 or 3 at all times, to what it used to be, which is "not required unless kiting alone and more than 400M offshore".
Bara
Bara
WA
647 posts
WA, 647 posts
7 Mar 2017 8:20am
Dammit just a matter of time before the nanny state spread its tentacles to the wild west. Got a mate in NSW who now has to wear a PFD while taking his inflatable dinghy from the beach to his yacht 100m away but doesnt need one if he swims out. Such is "progress"
Juddy
Juddy
WA
1103 posts
WA, 1103 posts
7 Mar 2017 11:34am
Peeps,

you need to read the small print, literally.

The reference is in relation to offshore kite and windsurfers
It is a requirement that lifejackets are worn when operating more than 400 metres offshore in unprotected waters. This lifejacket can be a level 50S or higher.

Not sure how often you're 400m offshore, however, if you want the specific details go here:
www.transport.wa.gov.au/imarine/kite-and-windsurfing.asp
Bara
Bara
WA
647 posts
WA, 647 posts
7 Mar 2017 12:09pm
Juddy said..
Peeps,

you need to read the small print, literally.

The reference is in relation to offshore kite and windsurfers
It is a requirement that lifejackets are worn when operating more than 400 metres offshore in unprotected waters. This lifejacket can be a level 50S or higher.

Not sure how often you're 400m offshore, however, if you want the specific details go here:
www.transport.wa.gov.au/imarine/kite-and-windsurfing.asp


dude im offshore 400m + everytime i kite. Be interesting to see what happens here in margs now. Local cop will be in a bind trying to enforce this latest piece of beaurocratic idiocy
Bara
Bara
WA
647 posts
WA, 647 posts
7 Mar 2017 12:14pm
Just read this link thanks Juddy.

So farkin funny. Im a skipper and im responsible??? WTF???

Now i need a PFD and flares or a PLB??? just to kite a reef break.

Hilarious.

Please chinese/ indos just invade us now and put us out of our misery!
warwickl
warwickl
NSW
2360 posts
NSW, 2360 posts
7 Mar 2017 4:10pm
This is copied from RMS NSW
"Life jackets must be worn at most times when 400 metres from shore when sailboarding or kiteboarding"

What does "at most times" mean?
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