Yep you'll find on Seabreeze constant crap relating to kite Vs sail, and it's all in good fun (except for the kiters who mostly take it seriously
). Many threads such as yours, which start out innocent enough, degenerate into slandering, bickering, bitchfights, for no apparent reason. But hey, you're in Tassie, there's not enough kiters or sailors here to create any tension, so we just laugh at the mainlanders and their lack of wind.
To answer your question, no there's no schools here, but there's enough talented locals around (nup not including myself) that if you go to where it's happening then a friendly word asking for advice should see you going in the right direction. Where do you live/sail? There's basically 2 scenes in Hobart - there's a crew that sail on the Derwent from Long Beach (Sandy Bay, grassy rigging area, free hot showers), and if it's a seabreeze (summer months) the wind whips up the Derwent and the sailing is good, otherwise it's mostly offshore. As most winds are westerly, most sail on South Arm, at Ralph's Bay (Lauderdale - Doran's Rd) if it's from the west, or on a seabreeze at either Cremorne or Clifton beaches, or on Pipeclay Lagoon (Honeywood Drv, between Cremorne and Clifton). Find the spot where everyone is and come and introduce yourself, help will be at hand if needed.
PS: LAURIE -can we have a Tassie forum?
