You got it Jim, the days of sailing through a MALL of people are
over.I HATE skiing on the weekend too.Great Island slick is WAY more
fun and safer. Just launch off the sandbar with yer buds.check the
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-- In neks@yahoogroups.com, "jimbocanniff" <jimbocanniff@y...> wrote:
> Maybe to avoid future problems in the kiters vs. windsurfers war at
> Kalmus we should launch and actually get out of their way?! That's
> what we do at WD, Mayflower, Forest. Every time I go to Kalmus I'm
> perplexed as to why any kiters there would even want to kite in the
> main windsurfing drag. It sucks there, it's crap chop and you have
no
> margin for error with your kite. If you drop your kite there, the
> lines will be in the way of all the friggin "hold the line"
> windsurfing kooks. Why not go to one of the 3 excellent slicks
nearby
> or go upwind nearer to Keyes beach, it's flatter there anyway. I'm
> not saying we need to avoid the windsurf drag completely, I mean we
> need to get through it when launching/landing, but other than that
> why do people stay there?!
>
> I agree that there should be an equal amount of respect on both
> sides. And there are definitely an amazing bunch of freaky dickhead
> windsurfers at Kalmus that probably lead miserable lives and
> therefore are even miserable when they are windsurfing. But I still
> do not think it is cool for kiters to be out there in the middle of
> all the Kalmus windsurfers on that main drag from the beach to the
> channel. On days when there are no windsurfers, sure, but on a busy
> day, no way.
>
> Just my (probably very unpopular) opinion.....