X-OldHeader: From tom@tippett.com-DeleteThis.com Tue Aug 7 10:53:08 2001 Return-Path: <tom@tippett.com-DeleteThis.com> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com [130.29.244.179]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id KAA18479 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 10:53:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msgbas2.cos.agilent.com (msgbas2.cos.agilent.com [192.168.148.34]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with SMTP id KAA19135 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 10:53:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx1.tippett.com (unknown [207.20.124.35]) by msgbas2.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8DF26A9 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 11:53:00 -0600 (MDT) Received: from hermes.tippett.com (hermes-e.tippett.com [192.168.3.20]) by mx1.tippett.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D381B1821221 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 10:55:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.3.126] (softy.tippett.com [192.168.3.126]) by hermes.tippett.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA94147 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 10:48:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <v04210100b795d2760b2d@[192.168.3.126]> In-Reply-To: <3B6FFF6F.1FBFDEEC@ix.netcom.com-DeleteThis.com> References: <3B6FFF6F.1FBFDEEC@ix.netcom.com-DeleteThis.com> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 10:48:33 -0700 To: wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com From: Tom Krebs <tom@tippett.com-DeleteThis.com> Subject: Re: Kiter at Sherman
The pervasive train of thought here seems to follow that of many new
sports. "It's a new sport it's taking up my space, I was here first
so find somewhere else to play." I don't think it's quite that
extreme but it's happened so many times in the recent past. Mountain
biking took off and the equestrian riders started freaking out.
Snowboarding came along and the skiers started freaking out. With
both these sports there was very much the mentality of "we were here
first."
It seems that kiters are presenting some very real dangers for
sailors but god knows beginner/yahoo sailors present the same kind of
danger. I've never once come close to a mishap with a kiter and I've
had countless run in's with sailors running over my rig at a
launching area, getting way to close etc. There are wankers in every
crowd. Try to keep an open mind. I was just up at the Gorge for three
weeks where the sail/launch areas are a lot tighter and my experience
was very positive with regard to kiters. The kiters tended to stay up
or down wind of where the sailors were and hopefully the Sherman
Island area will sort itself out. With the new launch site mentioned
for kiters at Sherman it's seems like kiters are taking things in the
right direction.
Tom K.
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