I have had two of these sort of experiences. I most always wear a floatation/impact vest when i ride in the gulf.
Once as a newbie was riding in light wind with a seat harness and booties on, wind dies while i'm in a channel with a strong current which made it difficult to do anything. Add in the imobility of a seat harness and drag from booties combined with the fact that it was hard to swim in with all the channel markers, I had one hell of a time!
Another time I didn't have my vest on I got stuck on a crab trap bouy and could have got my kite free had I had floatation. Since I didn't I ran out of gas quickly and had to swim back to shore...
The second story was after much more experience, so anything can happen...
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