1. 6:55pm is nowhere near pitch dark.

2. If he is a learner it is very difficult to get some (flatwater) space to yourself and this is the best time to do a few stress free tacks and learn to go upwind.

3. Pinnas is full of beginners and schools and he was most likely seizing a very rare opportunity to have the place all to himself.

4.You are whinging. Go to England where the whingers belong.

Plummet said...

night kiting is sweet if you have the location to support it.

kite by feel not sight.

Cyalume light sticks, 1 on the port side of the kite, 2 on the starboard side of the kite.

Haven't done it but my instructor told me of a time he and a mate, sitting at a watering hole overlooking the beach decided.

"What could possibly go wrong?"

I think he's still alive.

They still beat you to the beach didn't they Wishy?

To bring it all back to a constructive post if possible, when easterly patterns are on the radar, launching at sunset can be dangerous as thie wind can turn in an instant and or reduce to near nothing until the easterly picks up momentum. If south west pattern no probs, although as a beginner you,d wanna make sure someone is around. Remember 10 years ago early on in the piece has someone talk me through a difficult relaunch a fair way out when this wind change/ drop occurred. Without him I would have been farqed.

Some of my fave sessions ever were at sunset, but not as a newb, and always with mates, and having wind shift and sharks always in mind... get out quickly as soon as the wind stops being predicable

We all take risks at times. As long as we don't risk others, or rely on "big brother" to save us, I don't see the problem. Getting out of trouble is learning accelerated...