Is it possible to sail with kids onboard?

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vespa
vespa
WA
54 posts
WA, 54 posts
20 Feb 2013 8:37pm
Anyone sail with a kid onboard or does it become too hard?
JayP
JayP
QLD
249 posts
QLD, 249 posts
21 Feb 2013 10:05am
totally - they love it!

you do need to be well powered without kid. as their extra weight does change the dynamics a bit.

the new light wind free ride directionals make it so easy. kids can hang 5 - you can even gybe with them.

if you stack in deep water it is a bit tricky to get everything co ordinated get board get kid... get everyone/thing in position. kids need to be super comfortable in deep water. as you and the board go down wind much faster than them. so may require a quick tack back up to get them.

every time i go kiting they want to come along. when the conditions are right there is nothing better than sharing your stoke with them - you should have hear the hoot from my son when he lent out and dropped a hand into the face of a wave we were riding - hooked for life!!!







Caney
Caney
SA
118 posts
SA, 118 posts
21 Feb 2013 2:06pm
Amazing photos! thats cool that your taking your kids out for a spin!!
Gorgo
Gorgo
VIC
5124 posts
VIC, 5124 posts
21 Feb 2013 3:00pm
Looks like huge fun on a Sector. I would not be so keen on doing it on a proper race board. Those fins would go through kid skin like a knife through butter.
dafunk
dafunk
QLD
561 posts
QLD, 561 posts
22 Feb 2013 8:27pm
looking forward to doing this !!!
on a tt as im crap on a directional lol
might have to start practising ?
jp747
jp747
1553 posts
1553 posts
23 Feb 2013 7:41pm
love looking at the pics I don't have a raceboard but did this to my daughter piggyback though till my neck was bloody red.. fun!
ffifty5
ffifty5
VIC
102 posts
VIC, 102 posts
25 Feb 2013 10:30pm
Did it with my 4yo on a sailboard. Got so carried away, I completely overlooked the end game, .... what to do when we came to the gybe. Needless to say I swept the poor blighter off the board and into waist deep water (on him).
He was well bought up though and came up spluttering, ...."DAD YOU SAID IF I WENT OUT ON THE BOARD WITH YOU, I WOULD NOT DROWN!!!!"
dafrog
dafrog
321 posts
321 posts
27 Feb 2013 5:21pm
Dad of the millennium, those look like really happy kiddies!
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