RC, I know you are dissappointed with your failure to go kiting today.
But what a useless thug you are to threaten me with violence.
At 3.30 today off Cottesloe it was blowing 22 to 32 Kn. Excellent sailing on my 7m fuel.
I spoted a blue kite being launched infront of the phone box (good one pal). I was immediately concerned, as initially the kite was positioned significantly down wind for launch. The kiter sorted out his bearings, launched, and immediately started being dragged down the beach, and lofted.
I yelled to people on the beach to grab him, and eventually 2 of his mates did (1 holding him did not stop his down wind passage). However he was still not in control of his kite, on a narrow strip of beach, next to the road. He guided his kite out over the water, and I sailed over to grab it if need be. By this time one of his mates was considering grabing one of the strings, and I yelled out not to, and yelled at the kiter to pull his safety.
His mate eventually got the leading edge in his hand and all was fine.
I left the water and told RC that he should have pulled his safety. He basically told me to bugger off unless I had something useful to say. His kite was a 15.5m airrush lift, all floppy for want of a decent pump up. I offered my opinion that his kite was way too big, that it was too flat, and that HE SHOULD HAVE USED HIS SAFETY AS HE WAS ENDANGERING OTHERS. I noted he did not have a AKSA tag, as required on this beach. If ever a kiter needed 3rd party insurance, it was this clown.
His reply was that he was an experienced kiter, that there were better ways to bring your kite down than the safety, and THREATENED ME WITH VIOLENCE.
So RC, just for the record, let me inform you
you are a dim witted thug.
your actions threaten my access to a beach I have kited for 6 years, long before fools like you arrived.
you had brought your non kiter mates to the beach to see how good you were. I promise you, they did.
Oh, and thanks for asking, I had a great sail.
