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Rescue off Scarborough *(WA)

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Juddy
Juddy
WA
1103 posts
Juddy Juddy
WA, 1103 posts
27 Dec 2014 10:45pm
Sea rescue saved a kiter 3km off Scarbs today apparently.

Anyone see/hear/know what happened?
cauncy
cauncy
WA
8407 posts
cauncy cauncy
WA, 8407 posts
27 Dec 2014 11:15pm
Pilot f......g Pete,
JohnyMc
JohnyMc
QLD
60 posts
JohnyMc JohnyMc
QLD, 60 posts
28 Dec 2014 7:31am
Somebody didn't get any Christmas presents!
James
James
WA
549 posts
James James
WA, 549 posts
28 Dec 2014 7:26am
cauncy said..
Pilot f......g Pete,




Red thumbed, I thought it was funny tho. It made me laugh , so I gave ya a green one , J

edit : . . . and it made a difference
cauncy
cauncy
WA
8407 posts
cauncy cauncy
WA, 8407 posts
28 Dec 2014 8:02am
James said...

cauncy said..
Pilot f......g Pete,




Red thumbed , I thought it was funny tho. It made me laugh , so I gave ya a green one , J

edit : . . . and it made a difference



Apparently, the rescue boat crew said if he hadn't been wearing a helmet they wouldn't of found him, it made a dunk noise on the hull as they drove over him, which alerted them to his position, , a crew member said it was a win win situation , the kiter was rescued and we got a few nasty barnacle removed from the hull,
ZaZz
ZaZz
WA
89 posts
ZaZz ZaZz
WA, 89 posts
28 Dec 2014 8:38am
Saw a kite wayyyyy offshore around 6h30 from CB. Only a little black dot on the horizon.
Risky for that time of the day and the wind wasn't that strong...
We also saw the rescue boat coming back around 7h30.
mazdon
mazdon
1199 posts
mazdon mazdon
1199 posts
28 Dec 2014 9:19am
Graphs say it stayed 10-15kn til around 9pm still. Definitely felt like it got a bit lighter around 6 on the beach though. Gear failure maybe? Or else the marketing on these light wind kites is complete false advertising?

As an aside, cauncy that's hilarious!
the walks
the walks
WA
448 posts
the walks the walks
WA, 448 posts
28 Dec 2014 1:32pm
Not surprised, had 3 students in December, all had lessons with different so called kite-schools in perth, when asking what level they were at, all, were struggling to get up on board BUT none had used there safety systems OR done a self rescue, same **** different day Get used to it i'm afraid
mbuckley
mbuckley
WA
54 posts
mbuckley mbuckley
WA, 54 posts
28 Dec 2014 6:14pm
No need to speculate and go negative.
The last time this happened (www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/General/Rescue-3kms-off-Cottesloe-Sat-Dec-7/) it sounded like the guy did most things right and was not in any immediate danger when he was picked up.
billykiter
billykiter
WA
303 posts
billykiter billykiter
WA, 303 posts
29 Dec 2014 5:48pm
Anyone know what actually happened? Was he saved because of his flares? Boyancy jacket and eperb or is this all some strange romour to piss off eastern states people?
Loftywinds
Loftywinds
QLD
2060 posts
Loftywinds Loftywinds
QLD, 2060 posts
30 Dec 2014 9:04am
billykiter said..
Anyone know what actually happened? Was he saved because of his flares? Boyancy jacket and eperb or is this all some strange romour to piss off eastern states people?


Nah mate. We're just kicking back with XXXX and popcorn every time this happens in WA.
billykiter
billykiter
WA
303 posts
billykiter billykiter
WA, 303 posts
30 Dec 2014 10:24am
Loftywinds said...
billykiter said..
Anyone know what actually happened? Was he saved because of his flares? Boyancy jacket and eperb or is this all some strange romour to piss off eastern states people?


Nah mate. We're just kicking back with XXXX and popcorn every time this happens in WA.


Yeah, I know cause you don't have enough wind to get out for a kite and you have no better beer to drink.
gokid
gokid
QLD
491 posts
gokid gokid
QLD, 491 posts
30 Dec 2014 3:10pm
I don,t understand why anyone would go 3km out to sea kiteboarding

Sloppy ocean chop is horrible to ride in

And its boring

And hummers my knees

Stay in amongst the surf and waves

Usually its pretty flat water between the waves and whitewash

and there are kickers/whitewash to ramp off whist boosting

And if you get into trouble its only a 10 to 60 metre swim or walk back to the beach
gcdave
gcdave
534 posts
gcdave gcdave
534 posts
30 Dec 2014 3:36pm
^^^^

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