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PostPosted: May 16, 2005 2:28 pm    Post subject: question! Reply with quote

how do you get back to where you started if it is an offshore wind?
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PostPosted: May 17, 2005 6:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You have the ability to tack upwind, so you would just tack back and forth like a sailboat, but at a much better angle. Ideally you dont ride in offshore winds because if the wind dies you have no way to get back. you only have the ability to go upwind when you have proper wind power. If the wind backs off, you can always go downwind.

So, in general you ride in sideshore or slightly onshore wind, that way you get blown back to the same continent you started on if the wind backs off or you break something, HAHA!

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PostPosted: May 21, 2005 4:43 am    Post subject: Re: question! Reply with quote

gavin_peters wrote:
how do you get back to where you started if it is an offshore wind?

You need to know how to and be able to ride up wind.
Its rcommended that beginners don't ride in offshore wind, due to the extra safety issues... drop the kite or wind drops too much you will end up out to sea with a long and difficult swim back with your kit.

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