should have grabbed the back of his harness and left your boat floating there . Don't blame the kiter for your lack of intelligence

Funny how a fellow water user (the kiter) was trying to do the right thing and then some nong comes along (dusta) and shows the complete lack of, well, anything that is so rife in todays society. "F*** you jack, as long as Im OK I dont care"
Give yourself an uppercut!!

I generally just orbit people and check that they're alright.

When towing most kiteboarders will dive the kite to get some power. That is exactly the wrong thing to do.

The dive is to get the board onto the plane and there is no way you're going to get a wrecked sailboard onto the plane.

There is so much mass and drag from the gear and person that it is impossible for anyone to hang on.

The correct thing is for the kiter to gently ease the kite into the direction you want to go and then sail in using just the power of the wind and the kite. Basically it's a tandem body drag (similar to a kiter retrieving their board).

The kiter can have the board on their feet and sit in water start position. I'm guessing that would be a bad thing because of the temptation to try and hurry things up by swooping the kite so they can get up on the board.

It's probably better if the sailor lies on the board and the kiter lies in body drag position. Grab hold of the harness with one hand and enjoy the view.

Do not attach anything to the kiter. If they get a burst of power everything is going to go boom!!!! It would take a fair bit of skill and experience to modulate the power of the kite with 100 kilos of windsurfer and gear tied to you.

Now I can see sense of so many kiters riding around you .
They could be easy trained to help windsurfers in the need
So far we had to relay on our-self or passing boat and jetskis.
I use to sail with spare 2m long thinn line in my harness pocket.
That possibly reminder of the early time we need a lot of assistance when gear break or skills inadequate was a daily occurrence in our group.
But it looks that towing windsurfer by kiter could be easier then by fellow windsurfer ! (?)
So far we help on many occasion kite surfers to retrieve their boards (and my spare line is very helpful on such occasion too).

d1 said...

On a related matter, I wonder if there is a good way for a windsurfer to retrieve a kiter's board? So far I've avoided helping out, because I need both hands to waterstart, and do not usually carry a leash or uphaul to tie their board to mine... Is it perhaps possible to balance the kiteboard on the back of the windsurfer and waterstart without losing it?

If you run over them fast enough the fin will wedge into them and you can easily sail them back to shore.

kiters can tow you easy marvin but like you found out the clip on the end of a leash can be deadly. The kiter should of been more careful with the amount of power he was towing you with especially considering the clip could of just as easily slingshot into his head. It's not ideal but he could double his leash back so you have a loop to hold onto. Towing with the leash also stretches the leash so it's best to just hold onto the harness.

maybe I should have done those kitesurfing lessons... might have been able to exercise a bit more common sense at the time .

anyway, my hand now looks like my avatar.