I called the coastguard to rescue a kiter at Woodies who had been down for ages and was drifting off into the beyond.

Soon after a kiter told me that they sometimes get angry about people rescuing them cos of their lines getting caught up?
And that they would rather just wait out the drift until the eventually hit land.

Was a bit confused after that - if it was me and i was drifting like shark dinner i'd be VERY happy to be picked up.

Don't want to cause angst or waste coastguards precious time and funds and am more used to windsurfers who can paddle in on board if all goes wrong. Is there a general rule that kitebods have about when to rescue?

Yeah, I got to go out in the boat too which was coolio!
Actually one guy had got into trouble and was floating off. Then another went to help him and he got into trouble too! The first guy managed to paddle back to the beach, whilst the other one who had tried to help got stuck out at sea D'Oh!

When we picked him up, he was pretty chilly and wiped out but ok. The coastguard said that the rescue was right as it was getting dark and the guy could have been in serious trouble.

Fortunately it was all good

yeah, send the boat out anyway, just to be safe. The kiter can always say, 'thanks for the offer but im ok to get back to shore'

although kiters can recue each other a lot easier than windsurfers...
quite often u just rely on ur mates to help u out, if they look like in trouble tho dont hesitate to call for help..

So, you get a free ride one th coast guard boat too.

That is pretty cool, and gives me a great idea for a Chrsitmas party.

"Look fellas, there's actually no one to rescue, but I just happen to have a few cartons and friends with me and Rotto is lovely this time of year."

since when the kn f#$% did we have the kn Coastguard in Australia?

In the first world country of the Goldie we have 'Air Sea Rescue' and the 'Coastguard' but they prob sent them all to New Orleans

hi guys, i had to get rescued in the broadwater recently! i was told to go to a place called shearwater(good for begginers)but pretty soon i found myself adrift in the seaway calling for help! eventually i was picked up by the coastguard they were fine about it, actually all i could think about was pashing off the chick on the boat- she was spunktacular.... no i just land jump. good winds Bob