Session 585. Strong winds forecast for Port Phillip Bay arrived mid-afternoon. On the water at 3:30 pm and shared the session with three other kiters.
Northerlies at Brighton can be dicey if you have equipment failure or get your kite tangled - its a long hard swim back to shore against cross-offshore wind. I kite conservatively in offshore winds.
The wind was good further out but not as strong as the 30 knot forecast. The Union 9m kite was nicely powered.
I tacked up to near the Brighton Marina breakwater then surfed the back on the bay swell. The wind was gusty closer to shore.
A kiter jumped and crashed his kite. He was having a lot of trouble relaunching it and looking like he might need to swim a longish way back in.
I kited past slowly and grabbed and dragged one tip of his kite that was jellyfishing (full of water). That was enough for him to relaunch it. It was nice to help out.
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