XRated Xtreme Downwinder Forum - Jupiter to Ft Lauderdale

[ricki]

Originally Posted by RickI

This just in from Neil:

"One major concern at this moment in time is how to keep riders out of swim areas, any suggestions would be helpful. Really do not want to turn such a positive race into a negative outcome for kiteboarding with officials.
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Read all about the pre-race at:
http://fksa.org/viewtopic.php?t=3057

The swim areas typically fall within 300 ft. of the beach, so one approach is to stay at least that far offshore. In the case of guarded beaches we MUST do this to avoid causing problems.

One approach would be to scan the shoreline for lifeguard stands in the distance, they show up pretty easily. Once you see one, head off at least 300 ft. from the beach and stay there until a reasonable distance south of the last lifeguard stand in the stretch. Where there are swim bouys, it would be best to stay outside of those as well.

There are many sections of guarded beaches between Jupiter and Ft. Lauderdale (a dozen, more?).

We are also supposed to stay 300 ft. away from fishing piers. No lifeguards in those cases however fishermen have snagged kiters that have come to close in the past, on purpose.