so tether launching my kite in strong winds usually results in me running like the clappers praying to the wind gods not to send my skyward through the wind window and smashing it into the slsc rusty shed at dongara, im usually the only one there and dont trust a passer by or the missus to launch me, anyone whos been to my local in a big frontal with no beach and sea weed and debris will know its not a self launch spot, so ive been doing this and it works a bloody treat, all you need is a nylon tent peg that has a hook, walk your kite to the launch position then as shes set lay it over, walk back to your kite and youll see your lines laying in position, push or knock in the peg just above the ground side steering line float and hook your line under, walk back to kite clicking your heels together and with a gee im clever look on your dial, set kite to it origonal lauch position, walk back to your bar in a leisurly stroll taking in the scenery, when at the bar unhook your line and hook yourself in as normal, leave the peg in as its there for you when you finish your session , when finished tether your kite hook the groundward steering line under and retreive your kite with a bit more heel clicking as you go, cost of peg $2 cost of new kite ?

your the teacher , sort it

Its like having someone steering your bar for you. ( did you notice i started with a capital and threw a full stop in there epps).

yeh I guess it would work but surely it will still pull a tent peg out of the sand especialy since your kite will need to be slightly further downwind than normal so it doesn't try to dive nose down

cauncy said..

your You're the teacher , sort it.

Sorry, couldn't help myself

Btw, thanks for sharing.

eppo said..

Christ cauncy can you use some grammatical conventions such as punctuation, maybe a couple of paragraphs as I'm going blind trying to understand what you just said!

8 commas & a ? mark. Thats pretty good.
Must have been paying attention the day they covered "commas 101"

shane75 said..

Unless your talking about flying it in over 35knots by yourself which is dangerously stupid for saftey sake don't end up another statistic.

?dangerously stupid? as apposed to just stupid or dangerous?
What if it was stupidly dangerous? Is the more or less risky that dangerously stupid?
Isn't something that is very dangerous by nature also ?stupid?

Let us resolve this with maths,

35+ knots = Dangerously stupid

dangerous = stupid

So.....

35+ knots =stupid squared.

Stupid = fun

35+ knots = fun Squared.

Root of 35+ knots= fun

result.

35+ knots is farking good fun.

Better check that with Eppo the maths teacher Plummet

Hey I'm all for 35+ I've even done 40knots, but going out on your own without backup in high winds without knowing or being able to self land/launch without tether is just a no no in my books, but hey that's just my opinion, take it with a grain of salt.

cauncy said..

Yeh lost dog , you got it bro

Lol....forgive them for thou not know what thou are saying...

Be nice be nice. Ta ta.

Hey got on that kite we have been talking about cauncy (not the dice for all those that may wonder).

Damn that edge does anything compare!!! Probably not.

Farqin animal. gonna try tomoz.

eppo said...





Cancys aka animals new idea. A ripper will need it Tomoz.

Ooh that zephyr is better than Viagra

TurtleHunter said..

aah that makes sense now eppo. I was thinking cauncy was just using the peg on the bottom outside line without the chicken loop still tethered

youve got fluffy ningaloo sand so maybe a bit longer peg, tried it all ways on all knot settings, depowered, un powered, mid powered, slightly upwind and downwind, works a treat fellas, although i do this with some regret, love watching someone chasing a penduluming kite funny as f8ck

This might sound like a newbie question. But how do you fingure out the exact location of thepeg before setting yhe kite? Just guess?.
In my location that can have shifty winds on ghe beach yhe kitr can dart foward and back several meters at the edge on launch. That affects the bar location and place to put the peg.

By the way I'm calling it the AA for animal anchor to name it after its creator.