Hey guys,
I lost my kite and board at leighton a about half and hour to an hour ago. It's a lime green 7m cabrhina and an RRD black and white poison board.
If anyone has managed to collect either of them then I would certainly be happy to offer a crate of beer as a reward!
My mob number is 0423856369
Thanks
How did you manage to lose the kite may I ask???
Good luck on getting them back. Hopefully u had your name on the board.
Unfortunately no name on either. Lesson learnt. I'm still trying to figure out why I lost the kite. Trying to figure out if I had the leash attached to the wrong place. It's a cabrinha bar and line and I had the leash attached to the small metal loop at the end if the chicken loop. The chicken loop and leash were both still attached to me - unfortunately the kite wasn't.
Sounds like you had it right, small ring built into the metal clip that holds the de power line in? So you still have the chicken loop and safety leash? Sounds like there may have been a line failure at that point just above the CL?
How far out were u when u lost the kite? And do you think it blew back to shore? You couldn't retrieve it from land? If it is sea bound, did you let some authorities know so they don't go looking for you?
Hope u find something mate, when u get another board, a really wide zip tie with a mobile number engraved does the trick. Good luck.
Done that - kite moves bloody fast when not attached to anything.
Most likely cause is incorrect setting of the secondary release - when the IDS 1 is deployed, kite should flag out to the safety line which is attached to the chicken loop via a lever held in place with a ring. This is released with the secondary safety and releases the kite. Kite flies fine without the secondary safety line set. I had demoed the secondary release and forgot to reset it - only once....
The leash does attach to that small metal loop.
Was about 500m out. Rang every authority I could as soon as I got back to shore. Trying to see if someone would go fetch it for me - alas, no such luck!
I think the secondary release fired on its own due to the pull of the kite. Was pretty windy out there today.
Water police rang me back about half an hour later asking if I'd seen a chap with a lime green kite out offshore. Apparently they'd had reports of an attempted rescue by fellow kiters. I have a feeling some kiters assumed there was a person attached to the kite so launched a rescue. Fortunately I'd managed to get back to shore (although was a pretty close call - swallowed a lot of water). If tried swimming after the kite for a while but was just long further and further out so had to turn round. I'm hoping some kind sole brought the kite back in after realising no1 was attached to it.
Sorry for the spelling mistake. I'm using my mobile and am absolutely wrecked after all of this!
