I hope he had proper authorisation and a support boat, otherwise its very ****ing stupid.

I doubt he alerted the port authority

"It is illegal to kite surf to Rottnest Island under normal circumstances – do not abuse the limited privilege and opportunity that we have been given. The authorities have subsequently given us permission for any competitor now to do training/trial runs across to Rotto under the following conditions"

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=963&SearchTerms=rotto

i think you are:

a) crossing a shipping lane?
b) required to wear full pfd, have flares, ?radio?

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Originally posted by jan
a) crossing a shipping lane?

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look both ways and always give way to the right

from dpi...

All boats under 3.75 metres (12 feet) in length (including personal watercraft), must stay within five nautical miles from the mainland, unless they are within the limits of a port or within one mile of any island.

When in unprotected waters, more than 400 metres offshore, the PFD must be a Type 1 and flares must be carried.

Also, from http://www.fremantleports.com.au/EnvironmentSafety/navigating_fremantle_waters.pdf

Crossing to freo means you are passing through Fremantle port (Guage roads)

Here you go - thanks to my handy little converter program
1 nautical mile = 1.150782 normal miles.
1 nautical mile = 1.852 normal kms.
No mention of nautical kms but if you do the maths
1 nautical mile = 2.131248264 nautical kms
Fascinating

This whole thing has now captured my interest & imagination.
Wondering now :-
When measuring anchor chain should it be referenced to nautical feet
And do you think sailors would refer to their penii size in nautical inches
Hhmmmm .....truly fascinating

its 21 i think

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Originally posted by puppetonastring

How many nautical miles is it from rotto to perth costlines
BTW why is a mile over water any different to a mile over land anyhow

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One knot = aero/nautical mile = one minute (of arc) of latitude. There are 60 minutes in one degree, etc etc. and is measured along a meridian of longitude.

One statute mile has Latin derivations (1000 paces of a Roman soldier) and has since been standardise via law hence statute.

OMG all way too technical for my limited little brain
Only thing I get off on being 'over my head' is a kite

Its just hit 15kts @ Woodies - Im outa here

righto time to come clean it was me who did the the little rotto cruise, bit hairy but good fun.
and yes carbine i did have authorisation and the proper gear thanks for appointing yourself senior ****stable of the kite police.
if anyone is keen to have a crack i suggest you get hold of Barry Ng at the port authority (08)93781673 and he'll tell you what you need.
saftey wise, i personally use a great little local product called the 300 in 1 offshore marine multi gadget pfd. bit of a mouth full, but an awesome bit of kit, the standard pfd comes with an epirb, flares,marine radio,gps,fish finder and a bailing bucket its also got a drinks holder and cool little waterproof pouch just the right size for a pack of ciggers (hate not being able to smoke while im kiting)they will also customise pfd's with some people opting for things like rod holders and live bait tanks for more info and pricing go to www.tampertherustysherrifsbadge.com.au(the standard is roughly $36 000 bit exxy but well worth it) As for the island itself (i camped there a few days myself,near pinkys beach) the ranger was pretty cool with all my rubbish n empties (yes Carbine i am responsible and burried all the smashed empties to the required depth) food wise ,was a bit short on the local currency(weed) so one evening after a few too many cheeky sherbets i found myself chowing into a ridiculously slow quokka (tastes much the same as penguin) a shard of a broken VB stubbie made short work of it's jugular....bit messy......needless to say the local shop lost my patronage after stumbling onto this delicious morsal! will definitely be heading back this silly season .....if anyone is keen please PM

You da man, Stoojio!

As a kid, our family trips to Rotto weren't as exciting, intrepid or surreal as your camping adventure.

Now I feel like I had a deprived childhood.

Penguins? Really? I wouldna' thought they tasted like cute adorable quokkas. I would have guessed they tasted like a cross between a nice kitten and a dolphin...

Hmm, I really need to exorcise those demons of mine and do some kiting at Rottnest.

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Originally posted by aperry

as for aero/nautical miles... I would have thought one minute of arc would be a hell of a long way at 30,000ft

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Time to be really nerdy

C=2(pi)r. (sorry about the (pi) - don't know how to get the symbol

The difference between the circumference of the earth at sea level vs 30,000ft =2xpix30,000ft
= approx 180000ft

Now 1 minute of arc is 1/360degrees x 60minutes of the circumference
=1/21600

This translates to about 8ft difference in the length transcribed by 1 minute iof arc at 30000ft vs at sea level

If you assume that tide average is about 2m, then by the same mathematics, the difference would be about 0.5 millimetres

Geez I feel like a nerd